Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Based on the totem beliefs of the Kyrgyz people, various beliefs and rituals are determined. Most of them adhere to the Islamic religion, bones, wool, color of livestock and dairy products, items used to keep pets, are considered sacred. The scientific novelty of this article is that the information about totemic beliefs in livestock of the Kyrgyz in the southwest of the Ferghana Valley was summarized and presented in full for the first time on a scientific basis. The article aims to determine the characteristics of totemic beliefs in Kyrgyz livestock in the southwest of the Fergana Valley. The study is based on the ceremony dedicated to Zengi Baba and Akyika is a single important ritual that combines totemic faith and the principles of Islam. The remnants of totemic beliefs in livestock were syncretized with pre-Islamic beliefs and Islam, and were regularly used in everyday life among the people. Most of the totemic belief remnants lost their original meaning under the influence of Islam, some merged with it and are entirely used in the traditional culture of the Kyrgyz..
Source: Bulletin of Science and Practice
Author: N. Sapieva
Institution: Batken State University
Language: English
Subfield: Museology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4407597757