Kazakhstan

A considerable portion of Kazakhstan's ethnic Russian population left for Russia during the country's early years of independence. The demographic composition of Kazakhstan was altered by this departure and the return of ethnic Kazakhs, with the Kazakh population approaching half of the total and the Russian population closer to one third by the mid-1990s. The pattern continued into the twenty-first century, with the Kazakh population approaching two thirds of the nation's total population and the Russian community making up little more than one-fifth. Together with Ukrainians, Germans, Tatars, and Koreans, other ethnic groups residing in Kazakhstan are Uzbeks, Uighurs, and Tajiks.

The Kazakh communicate using one of the Turkic languages from the Northwest group or also known as the Kipchak (Qipchaq) group.  Although, its official language is Russian,  a language used significantly alongside  Kazakh, the state language.

The nominal religion of the Kazakh people is Islam. The Kazakhs maintained an informal and lax approach to Islam for most of their protracted period of nomadic existence. That changed when they settled in towns or sent their kids to towns like Bukhara or Sterlitamak for schooling. Young Kazakhs enrolled in Muslim madrasahs and maktabs there, where religion provided the primary themes and ideologies. Thus, before the Soviet communists assumed power in the early 1920s, the younger generation of intellectuals became Muslims in an urban manner. After that, until the fall of the Soviet Union, the government aggressively discouraged or banned religious activities in Kazakhstan. In general, Kazakhs have had religious freedom since their independence. Eastern Orthodox make up about 25% of the population.

The demographic trend of Kazakhstan is dominated by the younger population. As of 2020, more than 25% of people are under the age of 15, and about half of the population is under 30. While the death rate is slightly higher than average, the birth rate is just slightly below the global average. Men can expect to live for 67 years, while women can expect to live for 77 years, which is significantly longer.

(Source: Hambly et al., 2023)

In the Kazakh culture, the spirit of mindset wisdom is very much valued.  This metaphor connects closely with  Kazakh's ancestral tradition, lifestyle, folklore and treasure history.  The Kazakhs possess abundant spiritual resources that are unparalleled in their inventiveness when it comes to tackling complex situations, setting them apart from other nations.  Other than mentality wisdom, they also express this wisdom in their communicative delivery mainly via substituting a discussion about something with another equivalent idea to ensure a clearer message could be conveyed.  In addition, it is important to note that the Kazakh culture is based on spiritual connectivity between the inner and outer soul. Remarkably, the primary instrument of the Kazakh people's spiritual culture is the beginning of the power of the soul that touches the inner soul and the inner soul, the creation of a mind-boggling language that defines the meaning and range of the image-metaphor in its delivery in broad strokes. In this context, this lead to the element of "colours" being perceived as carrying their own meaning and symbolism in the Kazakh culture.

(Source: Sagatova & Adylkhanova , 2022)