Fairy-tale about revenge and fear, and about loneliness of an abrek. [From Maria Mussova’s folkloric series “Circassian Fairy-tales”]

"Blood-revenge led to the common North Caucasian phenomenon of the abrek (абрэдж; abrej; protector of the weak and poor), the outlaw horseman who would live in the wild and without the norms of society until the feud was resolved, which could be never. In the Russian and Soviet eras the reference was extended to those wanted by the authorities, in this context becoming local and sometimes national heroes, eulogized in music and verse. North Caucasian literati were duly obliged to denigrate the abreks as anti-heroes.

“Abrekhood” evokes notions that corresponded to Western romanticism regarding Robin Hood and his eternal quest and struggle for social justice, and in general it had the same positive connotations in the Circassian ethos."

"These [ten] pictures are of large size, and are printed on canvas-like paper, making them look almost like paintings. Each item in the series represents a personal fairytale for the author, her allusions and impressions born in the depths of the national self-identity. Here we find chrestomathic characters (e.g., Sataney), cultural phenomena (e.g., ажэгъафэ – a jester in a mask of a he-goat), images inspired by folklore and literature (“abrek”, horseman), and some light associations from the depths of consciousness (boy with a wheel, wood nymph, prayer to a tree). They are all devoid of stereotypes: The author pays much attention to detail, retouching is moderate, and the composition and the content of each picture follow strict rules. Sataney-Guashe is as if unguarded and, with all her perfection, she is very human, clear, and close to one’s heart. A young girl staring off into the distance symbolizes the eternal waiting of women – waiting for love and for the loved ones, for the winds of change, and for destiny. The fully-armed horseman is in hesitation, and he is with his horse – the only creature that will ever see him in these moments of weakness. His sabre is casually hanging behind his back, and, with all his vital energy, his hand caresses his horse’s muzzle. Maria Mussova appeals to origins as they exist in her own imagination. This personal approach helps her create works that communicate with a wide range of spectators."

No language is useless.

Berate and scorn any moron who says otherwise. Harshly!

*yes this is about the Irish language, which many loyalists, unionist politicians and useful IDIOTS in the Republic of Ireland (all because they’re bitter about having to learn it at school, in their 40s! I say move on! For fuck’s sake!) want to see DESTROYED!*

*among MANY other languages*

today, on 21st of may, we mourn and remember the victims of the caucasian war and of the circassian genocide.

in 1864, this day was marked by a military parade in honor of the victory in the battle of qbaada and the annexation of circassia by the russian empire.

i have a long twitter thread from last year where i gave a brief description of what happened, but mostly i tried to give a little insight into who my people are, to get the world to know what our culture is. it's in russian and i wonder if i should translate it.

ig/circassian_mood

"Сын Камня". Son of stone. 1982

based on the Adyghe tales about Narts по мотивам адыгский сказаний о нартах

The Circassian superwoman: ✨Lashin✨

In our folklore we have a story of a woman named Lashin who had extraordinary strength that she defeated the mongol’s strongest wrestler.

The Mongol army who around that time swept through the north Caucasus challenged the Circassians to bring in their strongest wrestler to fight their wrestler Qaisin.

The Circassian chose a woman named Lashin and dressed her up in men’s clothing to disguise her. Lashin was able to pick up Qaisin, defeated him and emerged victorious. It was said the reason why they chose her is that her father in law once witnessed Lashin pick up a big cow in anger and managed to throw that cow several distances away.

The Circassians later revealed her identity and this time requested another duel without her disguise. Out of fear the Mongols declined and retreated from Circassia. It was said the duel took place near the chegum river known as Lashinqey named after her.

The story does have different versions with minor differences.

21st of May is Circassian genocide remembrance day, the day of mourning. on the 21st of May 1864 was the last battle between the Russian army and Circassians in Kbaada, nowadays called Krasnaya Polyana (which Russians had turned into a resort). Circassians were killed and deported from Russia to the Ottoman Empire, some tribes were eradicated completely, namely the Ubykhs, the natives of Sochi. every year there is a procession and events dedicated to commemorate the victims in every Circassian republic: in Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Circassia.

This year the officials in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, banned the procession. I wonder why... :)

The son of Stone ( The legend of The Sosrykwa)

Adygea Indigenous

dunno about other indigenous folks, but recently i've been talking to more of our adyghe youth and it became clear that many dont want outsiders to know all that much about us actually. We just want to connect amongst ourselves and it results in somewhat exclusionary behaviour (there is a whole conversation to be had about this actually, but that would be too much for this post). I mentioned this video a youtube history channel made about us and it was met with :/ faces.

Makes me curious about how the youth of other indigenous people view stuff like that.

Circassian people

Tapestry by Mykharbi Kokonov from Adyghe Republic, Russia

Stop reducing the value of a language to perceived economic merit!

“BuT tHERE’s No DEMand tO LEarn or sPEak IRish, syRiaC, or ADYghe¡”

Says who?

And who gives a shit?

That doesn’t mean such languages aren’t worth preserving or learning!

For God’s sake!

Circassian written in a reformed Arabic script, ca. 1920s.

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Portrait of Kabardian Tovchenova. XIX в. Портрет кабардинки Товченовой. XIX в.

Photographer A. Engel. (А.Энгель)