Traditional Kazakh Costume as the Objectification of the Mythopoetical Model of the World
| Author(s) | Volodeva, Natalia en Kenzhetaeva, Assel en Alisheva, Alila en Володева, Наталия Кенжетаева, Асель Алишева, Алила |
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| Title | Traditional Kazakh Costume as the Objectification of the Mythopoetical Model of the World |
| Alternative Title | Традиционный казахский костюм как воплощение мифопоэтической модели мира |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Language | rus |
| Number of Pages | 16 |
| Location | Kazakhstan |
| Keywords | traditional craftsmanship social practices festive events nomadic worldview |
| Relevance to ICH Safeguarding | identification documentation definition revitalization awareness raising |
| ICH Genre | traditional craftsmanship social practices festive events worldview |
| Description | This article considers the mythopoetics of the Kazakh national costume as a phenomenon of nomadic culture. We identified significant mythologies and archetypes, which has found its embodiment in the costume complex and its elements. We revealed the subject of the traditional costume of nomads as expression of the model of the world. In particular, as a result of the semantic analysis, we revealed a correlation between the archetypal images of the World Tree and World Mountain and the artistic-figurative and compositional structure of the Kazakh national costume. According to the concept of triune, the headdress, belt, hem and shoes correlate with the Upper, Lower and Middle world in the cosmic hierarchy of nomads of Central Asia. Such binary oppositions as top and bottom, male and female are primary in the semantics structure of the Kazakh national costume. The costume of the bride and all its components (in particular - the specific headdress, named saukele) represents a model of the macrocosm and has significant sacral meaning. Apart from clothes, big semantic value also inherent in decor of jewelry and accessories, that represents in stylized form multiple astral and zoomorphic elements. The primary color triad of the costume is "white - red - black", but all other colors are also endowed with special symbols. The picture of the world, expressed by Kazakh masters in the objects of a costume complex, shows a deep world outlook, an insight into phenomena of nature, and represents an attempt to build a harmonious model of human existence in the universe. |
| Book/Journal Title | Central Asian Journal of Art Studies |
| Publisher | Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts |
| Place of Publication | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Date of Publication | 2018 |
| Volume | 3 (1) |
| Pages | 29-44 |
| ISSN | 2414-4177 |
| Usage | copyright cleared |
| Academic Field | Anthropology Cultural studies |
| Community/Ethnic Group | Kazakhstan |
| Contributor | Kazakhstan National Committee for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage |
| Active Contribution | Kazakhstan, FY 2024 |
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