PRE-ISLAMIC WORLD VIEWS OF THE KAZAKH PEOPLE: FROM THE END OF THE 19TH TO THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY
This article analyses the problems of the traditional world views and beliefs of the Kazakh people. The main purpose of the article is to show the features of such cultural phenomena as âreligious syncretismâ and âhybrid worldviewâ. The author pays attention to the cosmogonic and cosmological belief...
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| description | This article analyses the problems of the traditional world views and beliefs of the Kazakh people. The main purpose of the article is to show the features of such cultural phenomena as âreligious syncretismâ and âhybrid worldviewâ. The author pays attention to the cosmogonic and cosmological beliefs, the perception and feeling of place and time, religious consciousness and national identity, folk customs and traditions, cultural branding. The farming and cattle-breeding practices in the harsh climatic conditions of wide steppe spaces influenced the formation of a special type of culture and unique worldview. In the long history of the nomadic peoples who inhabited the Eurasian steppes, the history of the development of the religious worldview occupies a special place. Being in the crossroad of civilization, Central Asia has been a region of interaction between different world religious traditions, such as Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Christianity (in their earliest forms as Nestorianism), ManiÑhaiesm, and Islam. However, the Kazakh people did not break ties with nature due to their way of life, so peopleâs beliefs and superstitions were based on the animistic, totemistic beliefs and magic. The author concludes that the cornerstone of the entire system of worldview was the faith in the opportunity to transform the world for the good of peopleâs traditions and it was reflected in the special rites, traditions, and practices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-16843a56e38b43438d68427138f0d7842023-12-18T12:15:15ZengEstonian Academy PublishersTrames1406-09221736-75142023-11-01274415438https://doi.org/10.3176/tr.2023.4.06https://doi.org/10.3176/tr.2023.4.06PRE-ISLAMIC WORLD VIEWS OF THE KAZAKH PEOPLE: FROM THE END OF THE 19TH TO THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURYRustem Dosmurzinov0L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University Satpayev 2 010008 Astana Republic of KazakhstanThis article analyses the problems of the traditional world views and beliefs of the Kazakh people. The main purpose of the article is to show the features of such cultural phenomena as âreligious syncretismâ and âhybrid worldviewâ. The author pays attention to the cosmogonic and cosmological beliefs, the perception and feeling of place and time, religious consciousness and national identity, folk customs and traditions, cultural branding. The farming and cattle-breeding practices in the harsh climatic conditions of wide steppe spaces influenced the formation of a special type of culture and unique worldview. In the long history of the nomadic peoples who inhabited the Eurasian steppes, the history of the development of the religious worldview occupies a special place. Being in the crossroad of civilization, Central Asia has been a region of interaction between different world religious traditions, such as Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Christianity (in their earliest forms as Nestorianism), ManiÑhaiesm, and Islam. However, the Kazakh people did not break ties with nature due to their way of life, so peopleâs beliefs and superstitions were based on the animistic, totemistic beliefs and magic. The author concludes that the cornerstone of the entire system of worldview was the faith in the opportunity to transform the world for the good of peopleâs traditions and it was reflected in the special rites, traditions, and practices.https://kirj.ee/wp-content/plugins/kirj/pub/TRAMES-4-2023-415-438_20231105231741.pdfworld viewscosmogonyanimismtotemismmagicthe kazakh peoplekazakhstancentral asia |
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| title | PRE-ISLAMIC WORLD VIEWS OF THE KAZAKH PEOPLE: FROM THE END OF THE 19TH TO THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY |
| title_full | PRE-ISLAMIC WORLD VIEWS OF THE KAZAKH PEOPLE: FROM THE END OF THE 19TH TO THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY |
| title_fullStr | PRE-ISLAMIC WORLD VIEWS OF THE KAZAKH PEOPLE: FROM THE END OF THE 19TH TO THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY |
| title_full_unstemmed | PRE-ISLAMIC WORLD VIEWS OF THE KAZAKH PEOPLE: FROM THE END OF THE 19TH TO THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY |
| title_short | PRE-ISLAMIC WORLD VIEWS OF THE KAZAKH PEOPLE: FROM THE END OF THE 19TH TO THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY |
| title_sort | pre islamic world views of the kazakh people from the end of the 19th to the beginning of the 21st century |
| topic | world views cosmogony animism totemism magic the kazakh people kazakhstan central asia |
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