Begleri or Player
Each social group and person depending on their origins perceives and uses hand garlands differently. When people on the fringes, such as the idlers and the underworld, adopted the tesbih, they were influenced by it and created their own garland.
This garland, known as a “begleri“, consisted of 16 inexpensive beads strung on a string with the ends tied. Users turned it by hand like an airplane propeller, counterclockwise and clockwise, then clattered the beads together.
The term “begleri” is due to the similarity of the movement to the handling of dice (“begleri”) by the boarders. Initially, the garland was also called “paichtis”, but eventually the name “begleri” prevailed.
During the 80s, the youth created their own version of beglerie. Two beads were threaded onto a 15cm string and then twisted between the fingers, shaking the palm so that the beads hit each other. The sound they produced gave the name “taka-taka”, which later evolved into “begleri”.