Tradition
A tradition to give present to someone who has brought good news.
Suiinshi
Goddess of fertility and motherhood among the nomads
Umai Ana
Material and spiritual culture of society at a certain historical stage of its development
Civilization
What does the motto Awake, Kazakh!” tell you?
The life story of Mirzhakyp Dulatov, a prominent Kazakh poet, writer and one of the leaders of the Alash movement of Kazakh
Name of the author of opera ‘Birzhan-Sara’ which was first performed in 1946
M.Tolebayev
A Kazakh tradition that has origins in Tengrism and Shamanism
Otka mai kuyu (a gas burner with oil or fat)
Belief in the supernatural properties of material objects, both natural and made by human hands conveys the concept...
Fetishism
Laws and standards of social life of people
Cultural norms
The National idea of “Alash” party was based on the principles by Alikhan Bokeikhan. What are they?
Land, language, education, creation of a national democratic state based on science, national identity
First Kazakh film shot in 1939
Amangeldy
How many instruments of 'tusaukesy' do you know?
a) a white and black embroided rope
b) green grass
c) intestine of a sheep
Belief in a person's ability to influence animals, people and natural phenomena in a special way is...
Animism
The idea that nations or ethnic identities are fixed, natural and ancient is ...
Primordalism
His thoughtful words raise the problems of national education and worldview, morality and law, the history of the Kazakhs.
"Words of Edification" written by Abai Qunanabaiuly
What was the subject of Kazakh writers’ novels in the XXth century?
The peaceful life of the country, the heroism of everyday socialist labor
The groom's family, headed by his father and accompanied by close relatives arrive at the bride's house, where the parties agree to hold a wedding, get acquainted, tell about their children, and give each other gifts
Kuda tusy or kudalyk (matchmakings)
Ancient Turks worshiped…
Fire and ancestral spirit
The transformation of the globalization process on a local level is ...
Glocalization
He was one of the members of Kazakh intelligentsia, an enlightener and educator who opened the 1st school and wrote textbooks.
Ybyrai Altynsarin
The novel that has been labelled as an “encyclopaedia of Kazakh people’s life”
“The path of Abai” by M. Auezov
A type of Kazakh rites held on the 40th day after the birth of the child
Kurkynan shygaru (celebration of the 40th day since the baby has been born)
System of belief in which humans are said to have kinship or a mystical relationship with a spirit-being, such as an animal or plant...
Totemism
Types of Kazakh culture today
Known and unknown culture
Statesman and public figure, widely known as an educator, outstanding turkologist, the founder of Kazakh linguistics and literary criticism.
A.Baitursynov
i.e. together with A.Bokeikhanov and M.Dulatov, founded the Alash party and the government of Alash Orda, the national liberation movement of the Kazakh people in the early 20th century.
Author of collections ‘1000 songs of the Kazakh people’ and ‘500 Kazakh kyuis and songs’
A. Zatayevich