Kazak Folkloru Çocuk Oyunları Araştırmalarının Güncel Meseleleri
Current Issues of Kazakh Children’s Games Folklore Studies

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the actual problems of children’s folklore formation, namely those that are not considered in the study of game folklore. Starting from the twentieth century, when the term «children’s folklore» was introduced, a deeper study of its development, as well as the study of game folklore began. Game folklore was divided from children’s folklore and classified into genres. However, during the research process, there were many problems that have caused discussions between folklorists and ethnographers. These include issues such as the obscurity of works covered by game folklore; lack of clarity in the classification of genres; correction of children’s folklore texts by editors; lack of intersectoral links and a common system; changing games to a modern way. The article analyzes these problems, gives recommendations for in-depth study of the topic, development of this direction. This Project has been completed and is in the publishing phase. In this article, the traces of Kazakhchildren’s games in cultural life and the teaching of cultural value judgments through games are examined. At the same time, a cultural analysis of current children’s games are in teaching cultural value judgments in the future. The study determined the requirements of Kazakh people in children’s folklore and suggested solutions based on these determinations.

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