RELIGION IN SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXTS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT

THE VALUE OF RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS: CULTURAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE KAZAKH PEOPLE AND THE ZOROASTRIANS

Vol. 80 No. 4 (2022), RELIGION IN SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXTS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT
Vol. 80 No. 4 (2022)
2022-12-14

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How to Cite

Касабекова, Е., Seidumanov, S., & Z. Haji , S. (2022). THE VALUE OF RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS: CULTURAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE KAZAKH PEOPLE AND THE ZOROASTRIANS. Al-Farabi, 80(4), 113–120. https://doi.org/10.48010/2022.4/1999-5911.10

Abstract

In our material presented to your attention, the value of religious and devotional traditions common to the Kazakh people and Zoroastrians, as well as inter-ethnic, inter-religious features and similarities of religious traditions are studied and discussed. Today, in social networks and mass media, the majority of existing Kazakh traditions in Kazakhstan are foreign to Islam, some of them are full of elements of traditions of foreign nations, as well as comments from the side of Islam that «associating partners with God is wrong.» In this article, the Zoroastrian religious and other traditions and holidays, which are closely intertwined with some Kazakh traditions, are studied and analyzed from a scientific point of view. Returning to the past, studying history, re-examining historical relics, spiritual renewal and turning to new and fresh perspectives are the demands of time. It is true that any nation has its own culture, spiritual identity, and spiritual world. In fact, just as no nation can live in isolation without individual historical, political and economic ties, culture cannot exist without mutual influence and connection.

Key words: Zoroastrianism, element, Turkish, Kazakh, spiritual world, culture, tradition.