Ethnographic Origins of Kazakh Marriage Folklore

Throughout human history, marriage and families have played a significant role. The establishment of marriage and the family was prompted by the early social era of human reason’s need for togetherness in order to survive. Naturally, the ancient knowledge and ways of life of the people were linked to and reflected in this route of growth. According to folklore, the complex of ritual ceremonies that take into account family values at the scientific level were first developed during the Soviet era and continued to grow during the independence era. One of the most important of them is Kazakh family traditions. Each of the traditions related to the creation of a family, which is considered to be the basis of the whole society, had its own deep meaning. But this was covered by the policy of "establishing the Soviet way of life" and caused the development of common international traditions. After gaining independence, family rites, including wedding rites and rites related to the meeting of the groom with the bride, received a new life, previously silenced aspects were scientifically substantiated, and their national significance was revived. That is why the revival of the educational and upbringing side of wedding rites is an urgent and important issue. The article deals with the historiography of Kazakh wedding ritual. Collected in it poetic, musical essence, history of family values, rich heritage of folk pedagogy and psychology together with the history of world cognition of the whole people represented a comprehensive value. The paper studies the ways of development of folklore as a science of research of family rituals, including wedding rituals, in different historical periods of Kazakh people’s life.