Science and Education in Karakalpakstan issn 2181-9203 Science Magazine chief editor

 
Keywords: 
youth, culture, leisure, Central Asian youth, game. 
 
 
INTRODUCTION.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Leisure or free time as a social phenomenon has deep historical roots, and at this stage it is 
an established system of views, the axiology of which originated in the ancient world in the 
philosophy of Plato, Democritus, Aristotle [1.420]. From ancient times to the present day, the 
sphere of work and the sphere of leisure remain historically established and closely interconnected 
spheres of human life. Leisure activities have become the object of systematic analysis of scientists 
relatively recently, at the beginning of the 20th century. Representatives of such sciences as 
sociology, cultural studies, ethnography, archeology, history, anthropology are engaged in the study 
of the most complex issues of leisure [2.58]. As Yu. V. Bromley says, ethnographic studies closely 
interact not only with historical and sociological ones. The specificity of the subject of ethnography 
leads to the fact that it does not have "zones", sections of knowledge that would not intersect with 
any of the related sciences, allowing deepening the knowledge of ethnically special [3.20]. This 
proves that the study of the ethno-cultural leisure activities of young people can be attributed to the 
sphere of ethnological science and develop the subject of ethnology.
The purpose of this article is to analyze modern studies of Central Asian scientists devoted 
to identifying the ethno-cultural characteristics of youth leisure. There are several points of view on 
the issue of leisure activities of young people, which can be reduced to two main ones. The first 
relates mainly to the studies of foreign scientists who consider leisure as a recreational means, 
Recreation (lat. recreatio "recovery") - carries a more medical than biological semantic load. 
Recovery is necessary after almost any active activity of a person: physical, mental, psychological, 
emotional and even leisure, it is necessary for the moral life of a person and the restoration of 
strength, attention, memory, and much more in the form of changing conditions and forms of 
activity. That is why recreational activities are more associated with medicine [4.1]. From another 
point of view, leisure is necessary for the development of the entire set of spiritual and physical 
qualities of a person, based on his sociocultural needs. Typically, rest includes the following stages: 
fatigue, relaxation, recuperation, entertainment, communication. Leisure in the entertainment stage: 
games, food, conversations, recreational sports, recreational fishing, listening to music, radio, 

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