UDC 745 / 749
DOI: 10.36871/hon.202402164
Authors
Zhanerke N. Shaygozova,
Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Almaty, 050010, Republic of Kazakhstan
Abstract
The world culture knows various systems of time calculation, and one of the most complex is the 12-year animal cycle (the Tengrian calendar), which has allowed to order the nomad’s existence, to form a globally important ability to live in a single rhythm with time and space. This calendar, like all other ethnocultural calendars, is not only a “time-measuring device”, but a much wider and more extensive cultural phenomenon. This article reveals the problems of time and space reflection in Turkic arts and crafts, or rather in ornaments. The thesis that the spatio-temporal picture in art is represented exclusively in a symbolic context is already undeniable. This context can be expressed in a variety of images: geometric, zoomorphic, plant and even anthropomorphic. The article focuses on the comprehension of animal images of the Tengrian calendar and their reflection in the Kazakh ornamental system. At the same time, the author is far from thinking that all samples of traditional arts and crafts reflect the folk calendar, but it is difficult to ignore some of its echoes. Thus, the article clarifies the traditional Kazakh names of the years of the Tengrian calendar, and also presents some aspects of comprehension of animal images in the ornamental system.<br>
Keywords
image, time, space, arts and crafts, Turks, Kazakhs, images of animals and birds
