kazakh women

Stasevich Inga Vladimirovna, candidate of historical science, Senior Research Fellow of the Central Asia Division, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Science, is engaged in the study of the kazakh women social position of a woman in Kazakh society. — Inga Vladimirovna, how long have you been studying the social position of a woman in Kazakh society? Why have you been interested in it? — Since my first trip to Kazakhstan in 1998 I’ve been studying Kazakh national customs and traditions and mechanisms for their preserving and adaptation in the world today. As I learn more about Kazakh culture, I become more and more impressed by Kazakh people. I really amazed by their hospitality, openness, sanctity of traditions and respect for the older generation. Inga Stasevich visiting one Kazakh family The specificity of an ethnographic expedition is regular communication with people. We have to interview various-aged men and women. All of them have different levels of education and status in their families and society. Frequently, entering Kazakh house in the daytime, when all men are at work, Kazakh women are the first who come out to welcome you. Older woman, man’s mother or wife, or even young kelin (daughter-in-law) are always happy to escape household chores and talk about their life. Women tell stories of how they became a member of this family and organized their wedding ceremony or discuss their relationships with relatives.