THE HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF FOLKLORE OF THE KASHKADARYA VALLEY
Abstract
This article analyzes the history of folklore of the Kashkadarya valley step by step. The study covers the processes of collecting and recording folk samples in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the activities of scientific expeditions in Soviet times, and the systematization of folklore materials. Also, the influence of Soviet ideology on folklore texts, their ideological interpretation and editing processes are scientifically assessed. It is substantiated that in connection with the process of national revival in the period of independence, new methodological approaches to the folklore were formed. The article analyzes the current problems of source studies, textual studies, dialectological and poetic studies, as well as the actual problems of the digitalization process. The regional originality of the folklore of Kashkadarya, the schools of martial arts and friendship and the prospects of their scientific research are shown. The results of the research confirm the need to study the valley folklore on a comprehensive, historical, typological and interdisciplinary basis.