Ethnographic characteristics of traditional poems (on the material of family customs)

Abstract The richness of the spiritual culture of the people can be found in the ethnographic nature of poems and songs related to family customs and traditions. The active use of traditional poetry in family ceremonies, rituals and everyday life of modern Kazakh society predefines the research relevance. The research aims to investigate ethnographic peculiarities of the poetics of Turkic-speaking peoples and to study the understanding of historical context and symbolism in the traditional family poems of the Turks. The following methods were used: historical-typological method, cultural-historical analysis, comparative method, and survey. The research studies the traditional family poetics of Kazakhstan and Great Britain, relying on the peculiarities of the cultural traditions and history of these countries.