Culinary Traditions and Ethnographic Lexicon in The Samarkand Korean Diaspora: A Comparative Study of Food-Related Rituals and Language

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The Korean Diaspora is one of the largest of the creative commons attributes 4.0 License. ethnic groups in Uzbekistan, with a population of over 200 thousand. CIS Koreans call themselves Koryo-saram. Their language is Koryo-mar dialect. Being close to the Yukchin dialect, the Koryo-marunderwentthe strong influence of the Russian language. Koryo-saramalso speak the local languages: Uzbek, Russian, Kazakh and others. Representatives of many nationalities and ethnic groups have lived in Uzbekistan since ancient times. Interethnic harmony is one of the priorities of the state policy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, that implies the unity and cooperation of numerous nationalities and ethnic groups, living in a particular area. This issue is also very important for the Republic of Uzbekistan. The harmony in interethnic relations effectively influences the political and economic development of a multinational society. The vivid example is Uzbekistan – South Korean relations. There are 31 Korean national cultural centers in Uzbekistan. They have the same conditions for the development of language, culture and customs as other nationalities and ethnic groups. The Interregional festival of Korean language and culture is also traditionally held with the support of the South Korean embassy [1]. In a letter of thanks to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, President of the Republic of Korea Park Geun-hye said, "I was pleasantly surprised and deeply impressed by your attention to the Korean diaspora in Uzbekistan [8]." Keywords: linguocultural, glutonic, ethnographism, lexicon, lexical-semantic, concept, ethnic, lexical- semantic, deport, dialect, suyunchi, folklore, aqeeqah, European International Journal of Philological Sciences 56 https://eipublication.com/index.php/eijps European International Journal of Philological Sciences dominant position, ethnographic lexicon (EL), lexical- issue of food. Among peoples of the East, this issue has semantic group (LSG). risen to the level of a philosophical problem. After all, eating habits and culinary traditions have a national significance and are a part of the national culture. Introduction: On May 19, 2017, the Decree of the It is known that the ceremonies associated with the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On measures birth of a baby have a special place in the spiritual for further improving interethnic relations and friendly culture of Samarkand. It is important to pay attention to relations with foreign countries” was adopted. In order the lexical units associated with this process and study to ensure the stability of civil harmony and peace ethnographic words related to the birth of a baby, the between different nationalities, to strengthen the ceremony of cradle, beshketti, chillaqochdi, solendar, sense of a multi-ethnic family, to support and develop aqeeqah to’y, muchal wedding. the activities of national cultural centers and friendship societies, to expand cultural and educational ties with RESULT AND DISCUSSION foreign countries on the basis of the International With the birth of a child, the process of preparing him Cultural Center the Committee on Interethnic for his future life and society begins through the ancient Relations and Friendship Cooperation with Foreign traditions of the people. This process is carried out Countries under the Cabinet of Ministers of the through rituals such as naming, bathing the baby, Republic of Uzbekistan was established [9].The cradling, chillqochdi, chilla, ceremony of first teeth, Committee is tasked with ensuring interethnic cutting the nails, hair removal, muchal, going to school, harmony and tolerance in society, promoting peace- and so on, as well as the influence of ethnographic loving policies, achievements and progress in all traditions and folklore language. We are interested in spheres of life, strengthening the friendly relations the fact that each of the named processes are organized with the international community, including the Uzbek with preparing its own special dishes. For example, the diaspora abroad [4]. The Decree “On measures for ceremony of naming a baby: aqeeqah is an Arabic word further improving interethnic relations and friendly for a ceremony in which sheep is slaughtered at a feast ties with foreign countries” pays special attention to on the seventh day, and the child is given a name. educating young people in the spirit of tolerance, Although the names given to children are mainly respect for national and universal values, preservation included in the Dictionary of Uzbek Names [2], of history, culture, national traditions and customs. In sometimes anthroponyms of ethnographic nature are this regard, our article meets today's demand. formed by adding the suffixes -a and -ay to the names of METHOD girls. For example: Amir - Amira, Aziz - Aziza, Rahim - Rahima, Sabir - Sobira, Adash - Adashoy, Erkin - Erkinoy, In world linguistics, becomes important to study the Olmas - Olmasoy. Sometim