The Wedding Ceremony in Kazakh Folklore: Yesterday and Today

2025

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DOI 10.7592/fejf2025.95.kazakh
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Abstract

The study aims to analyze the most significant area of family and household ritual folklore, which is regarded as a complex system of folklore studies, and to showcase the extent of research on these topics in national folklore. The relevance of the study consists in describing the ancient traditions and rituals of the Kazakh people, which have great importance for traditional Kazakh society, their spiritual development, the formation of personality in the community, and behavioral education. Wedding ceremonies were considered in conjunction with the history of various understandings, and an analysis of current problems of development and transformation, from ancient centuries to the present time, will be carried out. Experimental method was used during the study. As the results of the study of ritual customs held during weddings, the form of performance of rituals and related folklore samples and the level of their application and sensation were determined. It can be emphasized that Kazakhstan in the 21st century is faced with living conditions at the intersection of different cultures.