Open AccessEthnographic overview of the cult of Beket Ata in modern Kazakhstan
Author(s) -
Ulan Bigozhin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
l.n. gumilev atyndaġy euraziâ u̇lttyk̦ universitetìnìn̦ habaršysy. tarihi ġylymdar, filosofiâ, dìntanu seriâsy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-2489
pISSN - 2616-7255
DOI - 10.32523/2616-7255-2020-130-1-8-17
Subject(s) - ethnography , saint , cult , meaning (existential) , central asia , connection (principal bundle) , ancient history , history , sociology , anthropology , philosophy , art history , epistemology , engineering , structural engineering
This research is the short ethnographic survey on the visitation of Muslim saint (aulia) Beket in contemporary Kazakhstan. In this research, I show that Beket`s authority is based on the three major elements which have an important meaning for the local and saint`s followers. I show that about connections of Beket with the sacred families of Central Asia, connection with the two spiritual guides, the first one was Shopan ata, a Sufi spirit or uwaisi and the second one is the reals, Sufi master, from Urgench named Muhammadjon Baqirgani.