SHAMANISM CUSTOMS THAT HAVE BECOME PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE UIGHUR PEOPLE

Abstract

Uighur language is one of the Turkic languages, together with Uzbek it forms Karluk group. The history of the Uighur people is quite complicated, and many historical monuments are extremely under-researched. In this article, we want to reveal the role of shamanism in Uighur culture. The relevance of this work is to clarify the role of shamanism in Uighur culture, to distinguish between the concepts of culture and religion, because we are very often confused with these concepts. We consider our beliefs in our ancient religion as a part of the culture. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to show the difference between the culture and remnants of the religion. In the article a general review on shamanism was done. Also, various explanations, meaning of the word "shaman" were considered. In the main part , we have considered the beliefs, customs and traditions that emerged during the times of shamanism, and which are preserved in everyday life to this day, such as “pouring lead into water”, “knocking on wood”, “Tying red fabric”, etc.