A heart beating for evil eye beads

Mahmut Sür, who has been making evil eye beads for 43 years in his atelier in Nazarköy in İzmir's Kemalpaşa district, is on the UNESCO List as a Living Human Treasure List (LHT). This title is given to people who possess a very high degree of knowledge and skills required for performing or re-creating specific elements of the intangible cultural heritage.

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