Turanga: traditional processing methods, its sanctity in the environment

Abstract

   The distribution area of trees «Populus diversiolia», «Populus pruinosa» from the family «Populus section Turanga» on the territory of Kazakhstan can be divided into two: in the southeast and east in the Balkhash-Alakol basin in the Aktau valley Zhetysu, Bakanas, Zharkent, Altynemel, Zaysan, Moyynkum; in the south and southwest in the sandy zone along the middle and lower reaches of the Syrdarya river, Northern Kyzylkum.

Turanga provides an environmental service such as «environmental cleanup», «sand stop», «natural monument» for the local population and it is an integral part of the life of the residents of the place where it grows. The use of turanga by the Kazakh people in everyday life is a feature of knowledge of nature, the connection between «human and nature» and the formation of a unique system of folk knowledge and worldview. In addition to the manufacture of various household and household items, water transport – boats, it was also used for architectural construction. It is prohibited to mow turanga due to its inclusion in the «Red Book».