Kazakh Pregnancy, Childbirth and Childcare Traditions

Q2 Social Sciences

Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI:10.2478/jef-2023-0020

Meruyert Karpykovna Yegizbayeva, Mukhtarbek Karpykovich Karimov, Gulnara Bestibaevna Kozgambaeva, Ainur Kydyrgalievna Beisegulova, Natalya Yurievna Soikina

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Abstract The article deals with customs and rituals related to pregnancy, childbirth and childcare among Kazakhs at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, and the preservation and changes in these traditions today. The article is based on written data, as well as field data collected by authors from East Kazakh-stan. The customs of the Kazakh people are connected with those of neighbouring people, including the Turkic-speaking people of Siberia and Central Asia. The rituals associated with a pregnancy and childbirth have been divided into three main stages: prenatal customs, childbirth customs, and postpartum customs. We analysed the formation of these customs and their semantic meanings. This helps us to identify factors that have influenced and affected women’s position in the family and in society, as well as those factors that led to an increase or decrease in status. Kazakhs have a particular respect for pregnant women, and the status of women who give birth to sons, or to many children, is especially high.

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哈萨克族怀孕、分娩和育儿传统

本文论述了19世纪末20世纪初哈萨克族与怀孕、分娩和育儿有关的习俗和仪式，以及这些传统在今天的保存和变化。本文基于书面资料以及作者从东哈萨克斯坦收集的实地数据。哈萨克人的习俗与邻近的民族有联系，包括西伯利亚和中亚讲突厥语的人。与怀孕和分娩有关的仪式分为三个主要阶段:产前习俗、分娩习俗和产后习俗。我们分析了这些习俗的形成及其语义。这有助于我们确定影响和影响妇女在家庭和社会中的地位的因素，以及导致地位上升或下降的因素。哈萨克人特别尊重孕妇，生男孩或多孩子的妇女地位特别高。

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Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

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期刊介绍： Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics (JEF) is a multidisciplinary forum for scholars. Addressed to an international scholarly audience, JEF is open to contributions from researchers all over the world. JEF publishes articles in the research areas of ethnology, folkloristics, museology, cultural and social anthropology. It includes both studies focused on the empirical analysis of particular cases as well as those that are more theoretically oriented.