The Revival of Local Koumyss Festivals in Kazakhstan: Safeguarding Traditions and Contributing to Sustainable Development Goals

Author(s) Salykova, Balgyn Omirzakovna en Kozhakhmetov, Baktiyuar Saparbekovich en Shaygozova, Zhanerke Nauryzbaevna en Салыкова, Балгын Омирзаковна Кожахметов, Бактияр Сапарбекович Шайгозова, Жанерке Наурызбаевна
Title The Revival of Local Koumyss Festivals in Kazakhstan: Safeguarding Traditions and Contributing to Sustainable Development Goals
Publication Type Journal Article
Language eng
Number of Pages 2
Location South Korea
Keywords mare’s milk beverage kumiss social practice traditional knowledge festive events
Relevance to ICH Safeguarding identification documentation promotion transmission definition
ICH Genre festive events ecological knowledges and practices food culture
Description A triad of spring festive rites—biye baylau, ayghyr kosu, and kymyz muryndyk, identified and documented in Terisakkan village in the northern outskirts of Ulytau province of central Kazakhstan—were inscribed in the UNESCO Representative List in 2018. The annual festive event starts in early May with new grass, flowers, and foals, opening a year-round cycle of reproduction and a new season of making koumiss, an ancient sacred drink. It had become the case that only the community in Ulytau province conducted this local festival from an earlier time. Now the tradition is being revived in several areas of Kazakhstan, and there is a strong interest in other countries with nomadic cultures.
Book/Journal Title ICH Courier
Publisher ICHCAP
Place of Publication Jeonju, Korea
Date of Publication 2023
Volume 54
Pages 22-23
ISSN 2092-7959
Academic Field Cultural Studies Anthropology
Community/Ethnic Group Central Kazakhstan Ulytau region
Contributor Kazakhstan National Committee for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Active Contribution Kazakhstan, FY 2023
Data Collection Project

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