The culture of the Kazakh people is amazingly interesting, peculiar and rich. From this article you can find out a brief history of the development of national features of this beautiful and developed country. The culture of the Republic of Kazakhstan attracts the attention of many scientists and travelers.
Today, Kazakhstan is a country with a rich historical and cultural past. Successfully located in the very center of Eurasia, the country found itself in the very center of the most ancient civilizations of the world, social, cultural and economic ties - between 4 cardinal points, between Asia and Europe.
A brief history of the culture of Kazakhstan: development
The Great Silk Road, stimulating the development of world trade, was the carrier of ideas both in the fields of science and in the field of culture.
At numerous stages of history, states with a unique and distinctive history reappeared in the vast territory of Kazakhstan. The development of culture in Kazakhstan was fairly quick and effective. The successor of all this has become modern, developed in all respects, Kazakhstan.
It should be noted that as a result of collectivization in the 1930s, a terrible famine arose in the USSR. Due to the fact that some Kazakhs left with their households to China and the neighboring countries of Central Asia, and due to the death of many people due to starvation and disease (1.5 million people died), few native Kazakhs remained in the republic.
It is noteworthy that in the days of the USSR, Kazakhstan was the only republic of the Union in which the indigenous population began to constitute a minority. This also happened as a result of the relocation to the territory of Kazakhstan from other regions of a large number of people who were objectionable to the Bolshevik regime. And all this together contributed to the development of a unique multinational culture.
Religion
Multinational Kazakhstan. His culture, as well as religion, is multinational. Here the most diverse religious denominations peacefully coexist throughout the history of Kazakhstan. Here there are Buddhist and Christian monasteries, Muslim mosques, Zoroastrian communities, Sufi orders (combining their sermons with representations of the Turks - Tengrianism, the cult of Heaven and other natural elements). All this had an impact on the peculiar worldview of the Kazakh people.
Architecture and decoration
An amazing and outstanding heritage of ancient times is Kazakhstan. The country's culture is visible in many ways.
In antiquity (the beginning of the 1st millennium A.D.), the Scythian-Saka nomadic civilization flourished in the steppe zone. So, cultural monuments of those times are still preserved.
Household items, bronze and gold jewelry found in various parts of Kazakhstan are impressive. The tomb of the Golden Warrior is known, which was discovered near Almaty (in the Issyk fort).
The architecture of the cities of this country is amazing and beautiful. Architectural historical monuments have been preserved here, namely the famous mausoleums of Aisha Bibi, Arystan Baba and Sufi Khoja Ahmet Yasavi.
National dwelling of Kazakhs
Kazakhstan is rich in national traditions. The culture of life of the people of this country is curious and diverse.
The home of the Kazakhs, a yurt, is also the oldest, but still perfect for the life of the Kazakh people invention of Eurasian nomads. It is a domed, rather easily disassembled and assembled convenient portable dwelling, built of wooden grates and felt.
Kazakhs love to live surrounded by beautiful things. Beautiful national handmade wall carpets with magnificent embroidery decorate almost every home.
Kazakh national costumes
The national traditional costume of such a country as Kazakhstan is interesting and peculiar. The culture of the people can be traced in his clothes.
National clothes of each region of Kazakhstan have peculiar features, which are mainly manifested in certain elements: in ornament, decoration and decoration. In general, the traditional Kazakh national costume for men consists of a chapan (dressing gown with a belt of embroidered velvet) and a high cap, skullcap or hat made of fox fur.
Women's folk costume is a white or color (cotton, silk) dress, a velvet vest with beautiful embroidery and a high cap with a silk scarf.
It should be noted that many great thinkers, word artists, philosophers, composers, poets, in a word, outstanding personalities of world significance are the sons of this great nation.