A Roundtable meeting "Zhuz khariya, zhuz auyl, the mysteries of ornament, shezhire"
A round table meeting “Zhүz қariya, zhүz auyl, the mysteries of shezhire ornament" was held on December 24 at the Institute of History and Ethnology named after S. Walikhanov.
The director of the Institute H.M Abzhanov noted the
fact that staff of the Institute done a great job during the expedition.
Perhaps, this work will continue in subsequent years. The deputy director of
the Institute on the scientific work N.A Atygai reported on the role and
significance of the results of the expedition.
The candidate of the historical sciences Z.M Tolenova
made a scientific report on the collected expedition materials. The slides on
the shezhire materials were presented in the report. The main features of the
region, with the help of which we could compose the “Tөr shezhіre” in every family, were established during the expedition. In addition,
hunters with the hunting birds were interviewed as a part of the expedition and
some previously unknown materials were collected as well.
During the expedition to Kazygurt and Saryagash
regions, the candidate of the historical sciences Z.K Nogaeva collected
materials about the “holy places”, as well as some information from the elders
of the countryside. The interesting information and photos of the "holy
places" were presented.
The candidate of the historical sciences K.K
Nurumbetova visited the villages in Shieliysk and Kyzylorda regions. She also
made a trip to the village of Mustafa Shokay, where the researcher collected
information materials about the origins of the Kazakh clans (shezhire). The
reporter made a proposal that we should continue to collect materials for the
oral history (legends, stories).
The candidate of the historical sciences G.U
Orinbayeva introduced the audience with the rich history of the region and the
social and economic situation in Maktaaralsk area of South Kazakhstan region.
During the scientific expedition, the junior research
assistant G.A Omarova collected the materials from the descendant of S. Datov
in the 7th generation as well as other materials.; research assistant M.R
Satenova presented material on the history and shezhire that was collected in the
Shu and Bayanaul regions.
The research assistant of the Institute N.Y
Shetpisbayev presented a valuable material on the history of the Ural region
that was collected from the stories of the elders.
The junior research assistant A.A Dzhunisbaev
collected the materials on culture and cultural life of the population in the Raiymbek
region during the ethnical and cultural expedition.
To sum up the results of the round table meeting in
should be said that, the decision was made on the presented materials, as well
the decision to approve all of the existing materials and after an appropriate
analysis, they should be sent on the web portal “History of Kazakhstan”.