Folk Culture in Kazakhstan

Kazakhs are turkic people ethnically tied to the Uighur people of western China. Similar to Mongolians in appearance they have inhabited the area since the 1991. Kazakhstan is 1 million square miles located in Central Asia along the historic Silk Road.

In their society the patriarchal tradition is still used, meaning men are generally respected more than women. Woman usually do the house work while the men work or lounge around. The food they eat is usually pilat or manti, pilat is a dish made with rice, carrots, meat and lots of oil. Most dishes are eaten with bread, fruits and vegetables. They also drink lots of tea and are Muslim so they don’t eat pork. But since Russian brought over Russian Orthodox about 44 percent have claimed that religion. The most observed holidays in Kazakhstan are FatherLand Defenders Day which is observed on May 7 and Nauryz aka New Years, it is celebrated on March 21st and continues for several days.

The Kazakh land is abundant in oil which is why they have become one of the main places for oil supply. And now foreign influences have threatened the culture. Western, Chinese, and Russian societies have started to be incorporated into daily life. Since more modern ways of life are over throwing the folk culture, many traditions will be lost. This also causes uniformity and loss of diversity from other places in the world. Another problem with this happening is pollution. Areas that only rely on animals and nature don't have all the air and water pollution that more modern areas have. More buildings will be bought and more cars will be bought, soon there will be no place without some kind of species extinction or extreme pollution fog hovering above it.