CERTAIN RITUAL GAMES AND SYMBOLS IN KYRGYZ TOY (FESTIVAL) TRADITION
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46827/ejpe.v0i0.2701Keywords:
Kyrgyz toy culture, rituals, traditional games, symbolism, sports gamesAbstract
Kyrgyz toy (festival) culture stems from traditional sources which are supplemented by an economic life specific to the development and sustainability of the people and also buttressed by a geographical environment promoting this economic life. One of the most crucial elements of the toy tradition which supports the protection of identity from generation to generation and contributes to the reinforcement of the link between generations pertains to the people’s traditional sports games. Methodology: from among qualitative research methods, descriptive and comparative research techniques were implemented in this study. Objective and significance: this study will attempt to ascertain expressions of observed symbols which are used up in four traditional games which form an integral part of Kyrgyz festival tradition. Toy rituals act as a form of organization for maintaining people’s cultural memory. In order to expand the scope of a ritual, it is essential to maintain its behavioral and semantic sequence. Furthermore, the study will seek answers to the question as to what type of representations are signified by symbols of traditional sports games, an integral part of toy, yuğ (lamentation) and ceremony culture. Result: based on ritual games approach, symbolism function of certain games and competitions exposes complementary and archaic layers of Kyrgyz festival and ceremony culture. National power myths and ethical codes which were associated directly or indirectly with ritual games and symbols in toys highlighted the gender equality and reconciliation notions in social coding.
Article visualizations:
References
Abramzon S. M. (1946). Ocherki kultury kirgizskogo naroda [Articles on the culture of the Kyrgyz people]. Frunze: Izd-vo Kirg. Filiala AN SSSR. Russian Printing.
Akmoldoyeva, Sh. B. (1997) Dukhovnyy mir drevnikh kyrgyzov: Manas [The spiritual world of ancient Kyrgyz: Manas], Bishkek: Ilim. Russian Printing.
Chotonov, A. O. (1964). O natsional'nykh traditsiyakh narodov Sredney Azii [About the national traditions of the peoples of Central Asia], Frunze: Izd-vo AN KirgSSR. https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/problema-inkulturatsii-v-sovremennoy-kulture-kyrgyzstana
Fink E. (1988). Osnovnyye fenomeny chelovecheskogo bytiya Problema cheloveka v zapadnoy filosofii [Main Phenomena, The Human Problem in Western Philosophy], Translation Russian, Moscow: Progress. Russian Printing.
Fiyelstrup F. A. (2002). Iz obryadovoy zhizni kirgizov nachala KHKH veka [From the ritual life of the Kyrgyz in the early twentieth century], Moscow: Nauka. Russian Printing.
Gennep A. V. (1999). Obryady perekhoda [Transition Rituals], Moscow: Vostochnaya literatura. Russian Printing.
Huizinga J. (1992). Homo ludens: Opyt opredeleniya igrovogo elementa kul'tury [Homo ludens: Experience of identifying the game element of culture], Translation Russian, Moscow: Progress-Akademiya. Russian Printing.
Ilebayev A. K. (2007). Kirgizskiye igry i razvlecheniya [Kyrgyz entertainment and games], Bishkek: Nauk. Russian Printing.
Kayua R. (2003). Chelovek i sakral'noye: Mif i chelovek [Human and holy: Myth and human]: Moscow: OGI. https://bulletin-religious.kaznu.kz/index.php/relig
Kochkunov A. (2013). Etnicheskiye traditsii kyrgyzskogo naroda [Ethnic traditions of the Kyrgyz people], Bishkek: Mektep. https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=25010738
Moldobaev I. B. (1989). Manas: istoriko-kul'turnyy pamyatnik kyrgyzov [Manas: Historical and cultural monument of Kyrgyz], Bishkek: Ilim. Russian Printing.
Ömürzakov D. & Musin, Y. (1973). Kirgizskiye narodnyye igry [Kyrgyz folk games] Frunze: Kyrgyzstan Masması. Russian Printing.
Simakov G. N. (1984). Obshchestvennyye funktsii kirgizskikh narodnykh razvlecheniy v kontse XIX – nachale XX v [XIX. late and XX. public functions of Kyrgyz folk entertainment in the early 20th century], Leningrad: Nauka. Russian Printing.
Türkmen M. Azizbaev S., Tagaev M. (2018). “Reflections of modern sports on traditional Turkish sports”, Scientific-practical journal, ISSN 1694-6707. №3 (22), УДК 796.01, 55-60 pp. http://ksapcs.kg/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Журнал-2018-г-№3.pdf
Türkmen Mehmet, Ayça Genç, Abdybekova N. (2017) “The enish, ogdarysh game in Asian Turkish peoples”, Vestnik Fiziçeskoy Kulturi i Sporta, ISSN 1694-6707. №4 (19), УДК 798:9, 73-76 pp. https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=28377064
Türkmen M., Demirhan, B., İmamoğlu, O., (2013) “General factors which prepared Kirgiz for equestrian cultura”, Scientific-practical journal, №1- (9), August- Centabır, 14-18 pp. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319482398
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
