The genealogy and morphology of ritual cults of Kazakhs

In article formation and development of the cult and ceremonial culture of Kazakhstan which became reflection of steady forms of behavior of Kazakhs, ways of development of world around, and also their relationship with the nature based on understanding of life as the complete phenomenon are considered. The wide range of ethnological and archaeological material is involved in contents of article. Historical and cultural formation and development of ceremonial cults of Kazakhs is tracked: cult of fire, sun, home. National early religious forms of beliefs with their cults are comprehended: animism, cult of ancestors, totemizm. The special attention is paid to the analysis of family and household cults in their functional form in the form of ceremonies, holidays, rituals. The cults connected with labor processes are tracked. "cults of men", "ofotsialny cults", "communicative cults" are separately considered. In article the conclusion is drawn on close interrelation of the cults and holidays which created in Kazakhstan the special cult and cultural activity based on historical canons of outlook, on forms of art culture, the Kazakh ethnos, on provisions of Islam in its national refraction on features of life and material activity of the Kazakh people.