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National features of self-organization, or What is the Kurultay?
Thanks to the natural processes of globalization, different cultures mix more and more, exchange traditions and characteristics. In our language, new words and concepts are intertwined, the meaning of which is sometimes not so simple to realize. For example, what is the Kurultay? How is it different from parliament? Let's understand.
What does "kurultai" mean
Naturally, any study is logical to begin with the analysis of the word, which means the phenomenon. TF Efremova does not write much about him. When asked about what a kurultai is, we get a short answer: it is a congress of representatives of some Turkic peoples. From this we draw a conclusion: we will examine a practically state meeting. Kurultai, according to historians, in some countries and was such. It was practiced by the Mongolian lords of the Golden Horde. The fact is that Genghis Khan united many small tribes. Each had its own leaders and respected people. To better manage disparate, in fact, people, the general meeting was a magnificent find. Since ancient times the tradition of kurultai has begun.
On what issues did they meet?
Like any representative body, the kurultai was used mainly for political purposes. So, if we talk about the times of the Golden Horde, then it solved the most important issues of the organization of life. Namely: where to roam, on whom to attack. This was an event to develop a strategy for the "state". Historians argue that the ancestor of the tradition - Genghis Khan - used this method quite often. The successors also did not refuse to support the "elites", which was formed at general gatherings. It is impossible to understand what a kurultai is, examining only historical examples. The fact is that the tradition developed and filled with meanings according to the development of civilization. Let's consider some modern examples.
Traditions of the Bashkir people
Gathering to consider issues of peace or war, travel routes, life style, to judge internecine conflicts, was a tradition inherited from the Golden Horde. The Bashkirs do not ask themselves what the kurultai is. Everyone knows from the small years that respected people are nominated by local communities to protect and represent them at an important congress. I must say that the role of this meeting does not depend on the level of its officiality. The Kurultai is considered to be a body of self-organization on a national basis. Nevertheless, it is quite functional, as it develops a common point of view of peoples. I must say that the Bashkirs are heterogeneous, they consist of different groups. Their distinguishing feature and achievement is the equality of all the peoples belonging to the community. Therefore they need kurultai. This is an indicator of respect for any point of view, a kind of higher democracy, sometimes inaccessible to the current "civilized" countries.
Traditions of the Crimean Tatar people
For Muslims living on the peninsula, the people's congress has acquired special significance since the time of its return to the homeland. The fact is that the institutions of local self-government were established in the Crimea. Representation in them was common. That is, the Crimean-Tatar people could nominate candidates for deputies, win mandates. Only the people tried to live on their own, not to assimilate into the society of the peninsula. Therefore, all vital issues affecting the nation were decided at the general meeting.
The Kurultai became the organ of self-organization of the people. So, it addressed issues of the influence of the Crimean Tatars on the development of the peninsula's economy, cultural development, and others. In the foreground on the agenda has always been the impact on political processes. Without the consent of this respected body, no representative of the nation could claim to participate in elections as a candidate for deputies or for the post of hortussel head.
Historical can be called the Kurultai of the Crimean Tatar people on March 29, 2014. At this meeting, it was decided how the people should refer to the referendum on joining the peninsula to the Russian Federation. Perhaps, after a certain time, the leaders of the people admit that they have taken the wrong path. But at that time it seemed politically correct for them that their people did not participate in the voting. And it happened. There was not much listened.
Kurultay as a positive experience
I must say that this kind of self-organization, despite the fact that it has a colossal experience of existence, can be called progressive. This is a reliable method of forming public opinion. Let it affect only a single nation so far. But civil society has not yet created such an instrument, which has such a huge impact on every citizen, rallying individuals to the people! And it's not so much in the implementation of political decisions as in the art of preserving their own identity, relying on the traditions of their ancestors. The Kurultai is a meeting of those whom all members of the people respect, except for the marginals. That is, it is brought up in every particular family. It is passed from grandfather to grandson and so on. This tradition is invincible!
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