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Nawrïz in Kazakstan: scenarios for managing diversity
Contemporary Kazaks : cultural and social perspectives • New York • Published In 1999 • Pages: 73-101
By: Eitzen, Hilda C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a detailed study of the nationalized Kazakh holiday known as {n]Nawriz[/n], the Central Asian New Year, which was introduced to the Kazakh people by the Soviet government during the late Soviet period. This holiday was ostensibly a means of appealing to and unifying specific national populations of Central Asia. In this document Eitzen describes the history and origin of [n]Nawriz[/n] and its religious and secular components.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organized ceremonial
- Tribe and nation
- Spectacles
- Drama
- Musical and theatrical productions
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Cultural identity and pride
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kazakh
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1970-1997
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kazakhstan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Hilda C. Eitzen
- for bibliographical references see document 18:Svanberg
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 99037997
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kazakhs