What are the customs of Kazak people?

Kazakhs are mainly distributed in Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, Altay, Tacheng, Rem, Balikun Kazak Autonomous County and Wushilang in Xinjiang, and a few are distributed in Aksai and Qinghai in Gansu. "Kazakhstan" means "asylum seeker" or "deserter".

Kazakhs respect the elderly. When drinking tea and eating, we should respect the elderly first. Generally, when eating, it is customary for elders to sit first, while others bend their legs around the tablecloth or kneel on the felt in turn. In the process of eating, we should give the best meat to the elderly.

Kazakhs have many taboos, such as not allowing young people to drink in front of the elderly and not touching food with their hands; Don't step on or step on the tablecloth, and don't sit on boxes or other utensils with food. Taboo to count the livestock of the host family face to face; You can't cross the rope that binds livestock, nor can you ride into the sheep; Don't sit on boxes or other utensils containing food, and don't step over or step on napkins; Taboo others praise their children in person, especially don't say "fat", thinking that this will bring misfortune to children; Avoid dismounting at home and ride a fast horse at home; Do not eat pork, dog meat, donkey meat, mule meat, dead livestock and poultry meat and animal blood.

Kazakhs are hospitable and sincere. For those who come to live at home, the host should serve the best food. When very distinguished guests or relatives who haven't seen each other for years arrive, in addition to slaughtering sheep, horses should also be slaughtered and served with horse meat. Before dinner, the host uses a pot to carry water, a washbasin to let the guests wash their hands, and then puts a plate of sheep's head, hind legs and ribs in front of the guests. The guests must first cut off a piece of sheep's cheek, then cut off the left ear, and then return the sheep's head to the host for dinner. After eating, everyone raised their hands and touched their faces at the same time and made "Bata". If there are men and women among the guests, they usually share seats.

The daily food is mainly pasta, beef, sheep, horse meat, cream, ghee, milk bumps, milk tofu, crisp cheese and so on. Usually, I like to use flour to make Bao 'ershak, scones, oil cakes, noodles, noodle soup, Na Ren and so on. Or make meat, ghee, milk, rice and flour into various foods.

Drinks mainly include milk, goat's milk and horse's milk, especially horse's milk, which is a high-grade beverage made from horse's milk by fermentation. Tea has a special position in the diet of Kazak people, mainly drinking brick tea, followed by Fuzhen tea. If milk is added to tea, it is called milk tea.

Typical foods mostly come from animal husbandry, such as meat, horse milk, and milk bumps.

The main Kazak festivals are Eid al-Adha, ji zi and Nawu Day. In Nawurezi Festival, every household will cook "Kuji" (porridge) with meat, rice, wheat, barley and milk bumps. It is a traditional custom of Kazak people to throw "Balshak" and sugar to welcome happy events.