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A chokha, [a] also known as a cherkeska, [2] is a woolen coat with a high neck that is part of the traditional male dress of peoples of the Caucasus. [3] It was in wide use among Avars, Eastern Armenians [4] Abazins, Abkhazians, Azerbaijanis, Balkars, Chechens, Circassians, Georgians, Ingush, Karachays, Kumyks, Nogais, Ossetians, Tats, the peoples of Dagestan, as well as Terek, Kuban [4 ...
The Chechen social code is called nokhchallah (where Nokhchuo stands for "Chechen") and may be loosely translated as "Chechen character". The Chechen code of honor and customary law implies moral and ethical behaviour, generosity and the will to safeguard the honor of women. The traditional Chechen saying goes that the members of Chechen ...
There are two different Caucasian papakhas. One, called a papaha, is a high fur hat, usually made of karakul sheepskin.The hat has the general appearance of a cylinder with one open end and is set upon the head in such a way as to have the brim touch the temples.
The shift from traditional to modern clothing occurred during the second half of the nineteenth century, with location playing an important role. Prague is a metropolis with many different Slavic nationalities (Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian, Polish), and the city changed to modern dress earlier than other parts of the Czech Republic; residents of ...
Svan man with burka and kinjal Georgian burka (nabadi) and papakhi displayed at a folk festival in 2008. A burka (Abkhaz: ауапа awápa, Adyghe: кӏакӏо chakwe, Armenian: այծենակաճ aytsenakach, Avar: буртина burtína, Azerbaijani: yapıncı, Chechen: верта verta, Georgian: ნაბადი nabadi, Ingush: ферта ferta, Kabardian: щӏакӏуэ [1] shakwe ...
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, an ardent war supporter and Putin’s loyal ally, called the party “satanic” and demanded that attendees who are posting apologies prove their “sincerity” by ...
When H. F. B. Lynch visited Eastern Anatolia in 1901, he wrote that the Circassians (referring to Chechens) [8] wore traditional clothing and that their living standards were far better than that of their Armenian and Kurdish neighbours. [12] In 1925, the Kurds of the newly proclaimed Republic of Turkey staged a rebellion led by Sheikh Said.
Chechen separatists fought two wars against the Russian military after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, resulting in heavy destruction and casualties.