Editor(s)	Tolybaev, Qurmanbai en Толыбаев, Құрманбай
Title	Kazakh Tales [Texts]. Vol. 1
Alternative Title	Қазақ ертегілері [Мәтін]. 1-бап.
Publication Type	Book
Language	kaz
Location	Kazakhstan
Keywords	folklore
Relevance to ICH Safeguarding	documentation promotion transmission revitalization
ICH Genre	oral tradition social practices others
Description	Fairy tales occupy a large place in the upbringing of children, developing their oral skills, expanding their thinking process and demonstrating the ways to achieve their dreams and goals. Our ancestors knew well the importance of storytelling of tales to children with a strong focus on children's education in order to safeguard the traditions and acknowledge of the vital role of justice and truth. The first volume of Kazakh fairy tales contains fantasy and mythical tales. The known peculiarity of fairy tales is in expressing the people's dreams be the means of a characters of fantastic images. The volume contains stories about "Karamergen – Black Hunter", "Wooden Horse", "White Rabbit" and other popular Kazakh fairy tales.
Publisher	Zhazushi
Place of Publication	Almaty, Kazakhstan
Date of Publication	2000
ISBN	5-605-01636-9
Academic Field	Folklore Cultural Studies
Contributor	Kazakhstan National Committee for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Active Contribution	Kazakhstan, FY 2023
Data Collection Project	Sustainable Research Data Collection for ICH Safeguarding: Focusing on Central Asia and Small Island Developing States