THE SOCIAL VALUE OF TRADITIONAL WOMEN'S CLOTHING IN THE KAZAKH CULTURE

Authors

  • Kadirgaliyeva A.T
  • Nasurlaeva G.O
  • Spanov M.Zh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54251/2522-4026.2026.31.14qaz

Keywords:

Kazakh culture, women's clothing, historiography, ethnography, value, social factor, regional peculiarities

Abstract

The article examines the history of the study and the stages of the historiographical development of women's clothing in the traditional Kazakh society. By studying the history of the formation and development of women's clothing, it is possible to determine the social classification of society in a certain historical period, age-related cultural norms, family and ritual relations and artistic worldview. In the course of the research, it was proved through a historiographical prism that women's clothing is not only a material value, but also an important semantic source of information that determines social status, age specifics, and ancestral-regional features in nomadic culture. Relevance of the topic, goals and objectives of the research at present, this area is becoming a comprehensive scientific field that combines historical, genetic, ethnographic, art history, cultural and semiotic methods. From a scientific point of view, the clothes of a traditional Kazakh woman are a phenomenon that preserves the worldview and cultural code of the Kazakh ethnic group. He combined aesthetic beauty, strict social hierarchy, religious and mythological protection and the practical needs of nomadic life in one channel.

Published

2026-09-13

Issue

Section

LOCAL HISTORY - RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND ANTHROPOLOGY
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