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=__The Bashkirs__=

The Bashkirs were originally nomads but the exact origins of where they started is unkown. The language of the Bashkirs is the Bashkir language which is closely related to other turkic languages. Even though they have their own language most Bashkirs speak Russian as their first or second language. This is in part due to Bashkorstan where most Bashkirs consider where they originate from, is in Russia. Most Bashkirs were Sunni Muslim early in their culture; during the 16th and 18th century they were forced to change to the Christian religion, but some changed back to Sunni Muslim in the 19th century; others staying Christian. Thus making the two the most predominate religions for most Bashkirs. Though the Muslim faith being more widely spread they practice certain religious practices like reading from the Koran. They are known for living on and around the area of the South Ural mountains. They seem to wear simple clothes and boots to contend with the cold of Russia and the mountainous terrain of the Ural mountains. They also seem to celebrate Muslim holidays the most important being Qorban Bayrami which is the commemoration of Abraham and his willingness to sacrifice his son. They also do certain rites of passage, believing that most newborns are vulnerable to the Evil Eye. So to counteract this they hang many amulets around the newborn's crib to keep the evil spirits away. The Bashkir have access to hospitals but the quality of the hospitals is not very good, they also tend to live in large apartment blocks. One odd piece of information in Bashkorstan the main city where their is a heavy population of Bashkir people are assigned telephone numbers not the house. The clothing is quite simple because of the Cold weather of Russia and the Islamic beliefs so other then ceremonial headgear and cold weather clothing its pretty normal. And this is basic culture, language, and beliefs about Bashkirs.

Worldmark encylopedia of culture and daily life volume 4 Timothy L gall editor published 1989 (Gave a lot of basic information on the bashkir including where they could be found, how most are indigenous to Bashkorstan, Russia festivals rites of passages and a lot of information used. )

Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii. [|A Bashkir Switchman], 1910. Digital color rendering. [|Prints and Photographs Division] (LC-DIG-ppmsc-04427) (22) (This picture shows what some Bashkirs would look and dress like during 1910 when they were working. It shows a picture of a man beside a train track is fairly average clothing carrying a shovel. This picture shows the clothing how basic it is, but how warm it keeps him)

"Bashkir Folk Tales." // Bashkir Folk-tales and Legends | Treasury of Historical Mentality //. Web. 27 Jan. 2011. . (Gave info about old folk tales just showing more culture because folk tales are huge for cultures that started as nomadic societies like the Bashkir did.)

Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection (Library of Congress) //Bashkir woman in a folk costume.// 1910 digital rendering for the Library of Congress by Walter Frankhauser / WalterStudio http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Gorskii_03964u.jpg/665px-Gorskii_03964u.jpg ( this is another picture of clothing except this time it is in a folk costume instead of the normal clothes they would usually wear, it also shows what the houses would look like in the rural areas which seems to be mostly wood)