KIMESHEK IN A TRADITIONAL KAZAKH ENVIRONMENT: CHARACTERISTICS AND FEATURES OF USE

Abstract

The research paper deals with the place, environment and features of the use of kimeshek, a traditional headdress worn by Kazakh women. The author says that natural conditions and the nomadic environment influenced the formation of the kimeshek, that at first it was worn by the elderly women, and over time it was worn by women who gave birth to their first child, but that the transition from nomadic to sedentary life drove the kimeshek out of use. During writing the article the works of such researchers as N.I. Grodekov, B.A. Kuftin, R. Karuts, H. Argynbayev, I.V. Zakharova, R.D. Khojayeva, N.P. Lobacheva and others were used, attention was paid to the works of scientists in the published editions «Russia. Complete Geographical Description of Our Fatherland». A comprehensive work such as «Traditional System of Ethnographic Categories, Concepts and Names among the Kazakhs» was used. Furthermore, photographic documents from the collections of museums in Kazakhstan and Russia have been used as part of research projects by the CSM RK.