Symbolic Images Representing Cultural and Ethnic Identity of the Kazakhs in KazakhstanCinema
Matkerim D. Ismagambetova Z. Edelbay S. Karabayeva A. Boldykov Z.
2023Center for Cities, University of Moratuwa
ISVS e-journal
2023#10Issue 11373 - 389 pp.
The issue of ethnic identity is becoming relevant due to the growing influence of globalization and multi-media culture. In this context, cinema plays an important role in the transmission and formation of ethnic identity. Cinema is becoming not just the art of entertaining the masses, not just the work of famous directors, actors, screenwriters, but is also a real space for constructing symbols, values, and behaviors that broadcast cultural and ethnic identities. Cinema as an institution of culture influences the formation or imposition of certain types of identity, broadcasting its stereotypes and values, meanings and symbols. This paper examines the role of Kazakh cinema in the construction of cultural and ethnic identity. It looks at the symbolic images in Kazakh cinema, revealing one of the aspects of cultural and ethnic identity in the culture of the Kazakh people. It analyzes and define the symbols of the nomadic culture of the Kazakhs, which are important for the construction of cultural and ethnic identity. In conclusion, the paper substantiates the statement the horse as a symbol of the spiritual state of the people and Horse as a spiritual and moral state of the soul, which are indicators of the identity of the Kazakh traditional culture.
Cinema , Ethnic identity , Nomadic culture , Symbol , Symbol horse , Traditional culture
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