| Yazarlar |
Osman KABADAYI
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Yergali Yesbossynov
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| Özet |
| Kazakh, who have Kipchak origin and date back to 15th century in historical documents, have some similar traditions to old Turkic traditions in terms of graves and grave stones. Because they live the steppe culture today, Kazakhs continue to do some old Turkic traditions that they have been able to integrate with Islamic rules and basis. The word “Kabir” (grave) is a word of Arabic origin that entered the Kazakh steppes in the process of spreading Islam and means the place where the dead person was buried. The word “Kabirtas” (grave stone) is a stone including many meanings and placed on the grave where the dead was buried. In Kazak language, these structures are called as “sıntas, sandıktas, koytas, kabirtas or kulpıtas”. As in the old Turks, the graves in Kazakhs are usually constructed in high places so that they are not damaged by natural events. In the Kazakh society, some graves were ascribed holiness. For example, the tomb of Hoca Ahmet Yesevi in the city of Turkistan has a very high spiritual value not only for Kazakhs but also for the whole Turkic World. In Kazakh society, some religious obligations that could not be realized are considered to have been fulfilled by visiting Ahmet Yesevi tomb, and visiting the Yesevi tomb three times is considered to be equivalent to pilgrimage. When some Kazakh Khans died, they bequeathed to be buried next to the saints in the city of Turkistan. The burial place was sometimes hidden in Kazakhs, as in old Turkic and mostly Mongolian traditions. For example, the place where Kabanbai Batyr, who gained great reputation for his heroism in battles against Kalmyks, was buried is not known exactly. The grave stone which is erected on the head of the tombs has many meanings for the Kazakhs who adopted a nomadic life style. The grave stone can sometimes serve as a compass during the migration in the vast steppe and sometimes it can be the resting point of the tired. However, just like in the Kokturk, in the old Kazakh culture there is a tradition of drawing the face of the dead person on the grave stone. However, nowadays, it is possible to say that this tradition has been disappearing. In the Kazakh culture, graves and grave stones have a spiritual value as well as their daily functions such as sheltering and orientation. In our field research, it has been witnessed that Kazakh people often visit the grave of the person who is loved and adopted in the society in order to find out solutions for their problems, cures for their illnesses. In this study, historical graves and grave stones will be discussed, especially in the western region of Kazakhstan and around Almaty, and the similarities between some practices related to the construction of the grave in Kazakhs and the old Turkic life and belief system developed around the steppe will try to be found out. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| cultural heritage | death | grave | gravestone | Kazakh culture |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | MILLI FOLKLOR |
| Dergi ISSN | 1300-3984 |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 01-2023 |
| Cilt No | 18 |
| Sayı | 139 |
| Sayfalar | 120 / 131 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.58242/millifolklor.875575 |
| Atıf Sayıları |
