The concept of the "way" in the culture of Altai Kazakhs

The concept of the “way” universally lay the one of the most important places in the traditional worldview of the Eurasian nomads. Codified by epic and myth the way becomes the one of the “cultural matrix” of the Turkic world, which conserved its significance in the worldview, rites of the life cycle and daily practice up to the present. The way is a generalized expression of a personal life in the worldview systems of the Turkic peoples, including Kazakhs. This image is of great importance in the modern culture of the Kazakhs - Moslems Altai. The clear way is a symbol of human well-being in their views, developed in the course of native Islam. A start in life of a newborn marked by rite of “way cutting”. Alm - sadaqa and blessing - the baht is the guarantee of a successful way for adults. The way of man is the way to the open space in the future. Altai Kazakhs arrange the ceremonial feasts, when saw the men and boys to school, army, on a pilgrimage. Ritualized seeing and meeting marked life way. Enforcing on the continuity of the movement, the Kazakh culture emphasizes the beginning and end of the way that is a sign of its measurability and reality. Ritualized and included in the religious context, the seeng and meeting associate a personal way with the family, kin, village community and the “ummah ”.