Zhylu ( kaz. Zhylu , “warmth”) is a type of charity in traditional Kazakh society: helping people who find themselves in a difficult financial situation ( jute , livestock loss , fire, loss of property, big debt, etc.). Help was provided by relatives, close neighbors, fellow countrymen in the form of money, things, cattle. Zhelyu gathered by the decision of elders or authoritative people.
Literature
- Zhylu // Kazakhstan. National Encyclopedia . - Almaty: Kazakh encyclopedias , 2005. - T. II. - ISBN 9965-9746-3-2 .
- Shaizad Tokhtabaev. The etiquette norms of the Kazakhs. Part II Family and society . Litres, 2017.S. 222.
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