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The Circassian Genocide (21/05/1864) by Nadide Öçba “A woman fakes nursing her dead child so she could give her a proper burial in a foreign land”.
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Circassian woman Zainab Ibragimovna Kerasheva (1923-1998). She was a linguist, specializing in dialectology, morphology, syntax, word formation, lexicology of the Adyghe language.
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Circassian wedding traditions
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Circassian dresses by @ ruzannaparanuk on Instagram
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Today is the anniversary of the Chechen-Ingush deportation to Central Asia. We know and feel the pain of our brothers and sisters. Never forget, nor forgive.
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Circassian female names
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Circassian dance Laperise
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WAR LETTERS FROM CIRCASSIA (THREAD) - by James Stanislaus Bell ( 1797 - 1858 )
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the Circassian Genocide (21/05/1864) "I was six years old when the final deportations were launched. We were all forcibly placed on small ships along with thousands of people. Women and children were kidnapped and separated from their families and loved ones.-
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Circassian couples in traditional clothing.
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Abdzakh lands 📍Tkhatch, Adygea
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Circassians in Conversation, Qat Teuchezh, 1980s.
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Sounds of Northwest Caucasian languages.
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Taras Shevchenko, an Ukrainian poet, glorified the Circassian struggle for independence in one of his poems.
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Circassian male names
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Circassian dance by ensemble Nalmes
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„Black Sea Dandelion” by Zaina El-Said
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Circassians are known for having 12 tribes only. But historically, it has always been way more. Unfortunately, they got extinct during and after the Russo-Circassian war and genocide. No matter what, and how many years have passed already, they will never be forgotten.
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Circassian stylized dresses, by Madina Saralp
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The opening of a new Masjid in the village of Koshekhabl, Republic of Adygea (26/07/2022).
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Sounds of songs in different North Caucasian languages (THREAD) 1. Circassian
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Circassian girl in traditional clothing
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Kabardian (Circassian) girl. (year unknown)
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Dialects of Circassia
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Thread about Circassian Paganism (Khabzeism)
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Circassians from Kosovo (photos published in 1931)
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Circassia
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A Circassian School in Beşiktaş, which was opened in 1918 and closed in 1923.
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Tkhatch, Adygea (тхач шэрджэс)
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Dolmens of Circassia
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Circassian couple of the Daur family clan. 1890.
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Circassian genocide “A mother pretends nursing her dead child so she could give her a proper burial in a foreign land” (Edit by Huseyin Kuchkarov)
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Art by the Circassian artist Hamid Savkuev. 21.05.1864
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Despite the ban on Circassian Mourning Day on May 21, we will not stop. We will continue to remember what was done to our ancestors and this will always live on in our hearts. Although it’s 159 years ago, the genocide is still happening deep within our roots.
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North Caucasian villages in Turkey that were deeply affected by the earthquake in Turkey. Added the second map to get a better insight between North Caucasian nations. ⚫️ Circassians/Abkhazians/Abazins 🔵 Vainakhs (Chechen/Ingush) 🟡 Ossetians 🟣 Karachays/Balkars 🔴 Dagestanis
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Old pictures of Circassians in Jordan (🇯🇴)
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A Shapsug (Circassian) family, belonging to the Hakuchi clan, a Circassian warrior clan.
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Circassian elders of Adygea, 1927.
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The Circassian spiral (universe) symbol This symbol is mostly depicted on female Circassian clothing. Two elements in this composition are interesting , which is a bird, located on the spiral, and, presumably, the fish-tail to the right of the spiral.
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Mermaids in Circassian Culture Psyguashche/псыгуащэ, Circassian “Virgin of the Waters”. She was described as a young girl, so beautiful that whoever looked at her was immediately captivated by her charms and voluntarily entered the abyss of water to risk his life.
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August 1 1998 The return of Circassians from Kosovo
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Circassian woman
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Circassian stylized wedding dress
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How to preserve the Circassian language? (THREAD👇🏻)
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Circassian women’s chest adornments
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Circassian woman, Hapach Izhlal, Turkey. (1962)
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Kabarda, 1950.
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Kabardian (Circassian) princess. Shehzade Anzorova, 1912.
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Circassians. Kazanukova and Chitaov Ahmed Edygovich (1904-1984), 1925.
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Circassian wedding
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Traditional Circassian wedding in Kabardino-Balkaria (Rustam & Fatima, 14/09/2021)
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"Throughout my life, my heart has burned with an unyielding passion for the freedom of my motherland. In the brief moments when I wasn't battling against our foes, the Russians, I dedicated myself to mending my wounds and nourishing the young ones.-
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Circassian mythology „Sataney guasha stopping the sun” by Lelas Beslaney
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Circassian dance „Islamey” Performed by ensemble Sindika
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Circassian inspired drawing by Gisela Röder for German magazine “Für Dich” (For you). March, 1983.
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Proposed flag of the Cherkesogai people The Cherkesogai are ethnic Armenians that inhabited historical Circassia since the end of the 15th century. Now, they inhabit mostly Maykop (Adygea) and Armavir (Krasnodar Krai) (Armenian: Cherkezahayer , Circassian: Adygheyermeli)
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Circassian women's clothing accessories Nail file, ear cleaner, tweezers, object and needle thread box for massaging the scalp without disturbing the hair braids etc. (National Museum of Adygea)
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Circassian tradition «Гущэхэпхэ» A rite in honor of a newborn when he is laid in the cradle for the first time.
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Documentary of Circassians in Düzce, Turkey. Düzce is mostly inhabited by Western Circassian tribes (Ubykhs, Shapsugs, Abadzekhs) and the Abkhaz/Abaza
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- THE KASSOGIANS/ KASSOGIA - Kassogia was a medieval Circassian state that existed in historical Circassian lands, next to Zichia and Alania. It was a tribal confederation. (Art by the Circassian artist Hamid Safk’wiy /Savkuev)
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“It is possible to take a persons’ homeland away, but it’s impossible to rip it out from the heart” Repatriation is a condition for the survival of our ethnicity. Happy repatriation day Adiga L’epk 💚
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Lady Satanay and her minion son Nart Sosruqua in Circassian Nart mythology.
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Russo-Circassian war song (Abdzekh zek’o wored) by Aslan Tlebzu. Zaur Nagoev. Album: “Freedom”
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Circassian men (Ubykh and Shapsugh), 1922.
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Yusuf Pisheh, from the village of Manyas Hacıosman (Turkey), died in March 1990. He was fluent in Circassian and the Ubykh language. His house in the village was next to the house of Tevfik Esenç (the last speaker of the Ubykh language).
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Winter in Adygea
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Си нып дахэ April 25th, Circassian flag day One Nation, One Language, One Homeland, One Xabze.
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Retro Circassian wedding in Bozüyük, Turkey. Dance „Leperuj” (also known as Ubykh), year 1986.
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Muammar Gaddafi, a Libyan politician, revolutionary, and political theorist, with Circassians. Date unknown.
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Pictures of a Circassian village in Golan, which most of its residents still speak Circassian until today.
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Destroyed Circassian mosque in Golan
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Mosque in Koshekhabl, Adygea
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Dragons in Circassian Mythology: The Dragons (Circassian: благъо/блэгъожъ), in Circassian Nart Epics and Mythology, are well known dangerous inhabitants in the “Middle Sea” or “Two Seas”. They have black blood in their veins, and their breathing is poisoning.
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Circassians in the Kuban region, 1915
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Circassian men in the Ottoman Empire, 1900s.
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