{"title":"Childbirth Traditions and Customs of the Kazakh People","authors":"B. Abzhet, Zhuldyz Zhumashova","doi":"10.1080/10611959.2016.1307018","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This article describes beliefs, rites, customs, and traditions of the Kazakh people concerning childbirth. The significance of prophetic dreams associated with childbirth, pilgrimages to holy places to receive beneficent signs, ceremonial placing of the infant in the cradle [besik], and cutting of “constraints” at a child’s first steps is examined. These folk traditions are manifest widely in Kazakh epics. In addition, genesis of ancient beliefs that have been preserved in Kazakh myths and tales is discussed.","PeriodicalId":35495,"journal":{"name":"Anthropology and Archeology of Eurasia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10611959.2016.1307018","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Anthropology and Archeology of Eurasia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10611959.2016.1307018","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This article describes beliefs, rites, customs, and traditions of the Kazakh people concerning childbirth. The significance of prophetic dreams associated with childbirth, pilgrimages to holy places to receive beneficent signs, ceremonial placing of the infant in the cradle [besik], and cutting of “constraints” at a child’s first steps is examined. These folk traditions are manifest widely in Kazakh epics. In addition, genesis of ancient beliefs that have been preserved in Kazakh myths and tales is discussed.
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