What are the characteristics of Kazak costumes?

National culture can never be understood, and the costumes of all ethnic groups will make you feel at a loss. Most Kazakhs in Xinjiang are engaged in animal husbandry production, so their costumes have a strong grassland flavor. Let's take a look at the characteristics of Kazak costumes.

What are the characteristics of Kazakh costumes? 1. Kazak people are a nation with animal husbandry economy as the mainstay, and their costumes have obvious grassland characteristics in pastoral areas. The practical function of its clothing adapts to the natural environment of Kazak pastoral areas.

2. Leather and cloth. Kazak clothes mainly include leather and cloth. Leather clothes are mainly worn in winter and spring, and cloth clothes are mainly worn in summer and autumn. Most leather garments are made of sheepskin by applying bulking agent to make it mature and dyed, and made into leather garments, leather vests, leather pants and so on. , and decorated with black cloth stripes on the side. Rich people also sew cloth and suede coats with lambskin, wolf skin, fox skin and pony skin, that is, "Ishke", and those without cloth are called "thorns". There is also a coat made of camel hair and wool, called "Cooper". Kazakh men also wear a thick cloth with suede and a layer of wool camel hair in winter, which is called "Cooper", and it is also a good raincoat in rainy days. The traditional cloth of Kazak nationality is a long vest, which is a sleeveless and collarless summer dress, and is made of velveteen, velvet and striped velvet. Larger than a short vest, it gradually widens from the waist down to the knee. /kloc-was popular from the 0/8th century to19th century, and some people wear it now. Men's vests are decorated with lace, not embroidered; Lace is embroidered on the front of the women's vest.

3, headscarf. The headscarves of Kazakh women are varied and colorful. There are "Sherek" flower headscarves, "Kemishek" headscarves and "Zilawush" headscarves. "Sherek" headscarf (usually made of red silk) is worn in the first year after marriage, while Kemishek headscarf is a headscarf worn in the first year after marriage. Similar to the headscarf made of embroidered white cloth, it is large and wide, covering the head, shoulders and waist all the way down to the buttocks, and only revealing the cheeks, eyes, nose and mouth after wearing it. "Zilawushi" is a big scarf to be put on your shoulders after wearing "Kemishek". Young or middle-aged women wear bright Keizilawushk headscarves embroidered with beautiful patterns and flowers. The "Michelle" she wears is generally fine in workmanship and embroidered with flowers or patterns. Kaymishek and Zilawush worn by elderly Kazakh women are darker in color. One year after the death of someone in the family, you can't wear brightly colored Cmit and Qi Labouche headscarves, but you should wear special headscarves.

4. Baby shirts. A wide Yitijie shirt made of white satin or soft white cotton cloth specially sewn by Kazaks for babies. It folds a rectangular piece of cloth in half, and cuts a T-shaped opening in the middle of the fold as the neckline, without sewing buttons; Then cut the cloth into an inverted "convex" shape, and sew the joint of the sleeve and the joint of the two ribs by hand, with the stitched side facing outward when wearing. The vest is decorated with silver buttons or silver dollars. Babies wear this kind of clothes until they are 40 years old. My daughter's clothes were sewn by her godmother.

Nowadays, most Kazakhs in rural areas and towns wear suits and uniforms, while women take off their shawls and put on colorful headscarves, western-style coats or flowered skirts and golden velvet.

The above is an introduction to the characteristics of Kazak costumes.