Traditionally every guest is offered Kazakh cuisine at the dastarkhan (the low table) in a yurt.
Handicrafts - harnesses, felt mats (tekemets), and articles made of wood, bone and metal - are lavishly decorated
Kazakh national dress varies by regions. Men wear chapans, a kind of dressing gown with a belt, made of velvet and richly embroidered
The Kazakhs love the art of wordplay and their akyns (poets), who improvise at public competitions (aitys) accompanied by Kazakh stringed musical instruments: the dombra or the kobyz.
One of the cultures of the Kazakh people are considered folk customs. Many Kazakh folk customs associated with wedding ceremonies. Wedding accompanied choral singing, in which relatives and friends of the bride wanted a happy life. At a meeting in the village of the bride groom sang the song "bet-ashar" (opening bride's face), which consisted of exhortations on how to behave in society, the family. According to custom, the groom paid the dowry (bride) and made various gifts: the mother - for feeding and education of the bride, father - for the wedding expenses. In the life of Kazakhs held an important place folk festivals. They were associated with a wedding, the birth of a child, a triumphant return of the soldiers, the new year. Holiday is always accompanied by music and singing.
Traditionally every guest is offered Kazakh cuisine at the dastarkhan (the low table) in a yurt.
Handicrafts - harnesses, felt mats (tekemets), and articles made of wood, bone and metal - are lavishly decorated
Kazakh national dress varies by regions. Men wear chapans, a kind of dressing gown with a belt, made of velvet and richly embroidered
The Kazakhs love the art of wordplay and their akyns (poets), who improvise at public competitions (aitys) accompanied by Kazakh stringed musical instruments: the dombra or the kobyz.
One of the cultures of the Kazakh people are considered folk customs.
Many Kazakh folk customs associated with wedding ceremonies. Wedding accompanied choral singing, in which relatives and friends of the bride wanted a happy life. At a meeting in the village of the bride groom sang the song "bet-ashar" (opening bride's face), which consisted of exhortations on how to behave in society, the family.
According to custom, the groom paid the dowry (bride) and made various gifts: the mother - for feeding and education of the bride, father - for the wedding expenses.
In the life of Kazakhs held an important place folk festivals. They were associated with a wedding, the birth of a child, a triumphant return of the soldiers, the new year. Holiday is always accompanied by music and singing.