of the the, [000:00:00;00] the we are in august on one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse regions on the entire planet. in fact,

this city there been states all the way back to 8th century b. c. and was an important cultural stop on the great. so way which means it's a perfect place for us to jump right in and get a feel for everything the . ringback

the which is a lead me though, is a local historian, musician and guy with a special passion and connection to dr. stunning culture, the as well. thank you for meeting me here in talking. it's a beautiful, beautiful area. um, so let's get right into a druggist on a 30 different ethnic groups. 14 different languages about 200 different dialects. how can you have so much diversity in such a small, small space? a little boy, which was the arabs and other travelers who came here. i used to say that i guess done was not just a land of mountains, but also a mountain of language is that i'm

a good people living on each mountain, spoke their own language for the cars, they got a booth, we as it, the roads were barely possible that will get through the settlements have little contact with each other, so different places have their own different languages, different customs and different cultures that instead of the other kids as me, which it doesn't include to, to even today. so when you literally go past the next hill, you'll hear a different language come through boys. they've done some speak, doug, in the use of the speak, look, a lot of those speak list getting go to the southern. i'm the purpose of them. so impossible mountains they go to eat and it's the nature of people i knew they liked to be different from everyone else at the traditionally they're attached to what they say is their own language croft and so on. the rest of the 2 languages and doug is done today because of what i preach, unfortunately 25, a likely to go extinct in the near future because language is a disappearing. but just like in the rest of the world. and that's very sad. is

this a vision will do some scary, so on the issues and most of your social media, we also issues with so much diversity. it's still incredible that there isn't any in fighting. in fact there's a word that i believe you have. it's called good. see. meaning, highlander, what does this word mean to you? what does it mean to be good? see here, and i guess don't go to the people who are free, so free like an eagle or the highlander is self sufficient. some of the stuff, actually, as we say, new people in the mountains entre rich, they all self sufficient for us to pursue this. they have enough a sub some plate, some of highlanders and guardians of land. a bit it goes into the little settlements were built and how to reach spots where agriculture was impossible, was miserable. and the name dug as done itself means a land of mountains. so that makes the old guess dani, people who go to the from if a boat you have for good, when someone does a good job, people praise him or we'll go to it's being called a gun. it's weird because a sign of recognition from the local people. you're talking about relationships

between people. everyone here is open their friendly and they help each other. in fact, i've, i've seen this with my own eyes. people can walk into someone's house and there's so much hospitality. but i've also heard that the mountain people are tough. it seems like a paradox. can you explain this paradox to me? no. well, you can walk into any harland his home and be there on a guest on more than that, not just on big holidays unless they're going to go. so you can do that at any time . proof of product, as we say, a guest is a messenger from, i'll probably just send it with us and doesn't just show up in the mountain village for no reason the the time is if he's here because he must need something similar to the end. the highlanders who hosts job is to help that person the best way he can, so that the visitor is comfortable with the gas to get to the best room, the best food here, the best treatment, and up to date when you get the money. at the same time how harsh conditions with temperature is dropping sharply,

a nice product must have influenced the local character as well. we saw people can easily get relaxed, but at that time, but as rise just as quickly difficult was like a muscle of contracts and relax. is that what that may be that explains the paradox item, then it's one that that's what i think, at least as someone who lives here, we go to look at the resources. so even getting it here today, it is not that easy. living in the mountains is hard. why do people choose this live to live up here, away from all technology away from all civilization? what the well, as i said before, and then go to the highlanders, main treasury is freedom and the venue with a footboard that you would give him his he felt free in places like this. there was no wall surrounding him to believe nothing. blocking is vision. there so you can see an enemy more, a friend approaching from long way away, boy is so if you have this special climate, so people found their roots here are 2. and once they settled for whatever reason, they go to the 1st lands on the mountain terraces,

mostly. and they were self sufficient in bush and they had everything they needed. yes, i think the right alpine meadows above to this terrace, foaming below, there was some gardens where you can at least grow apples and pass it. and that was enough to sustain life here in the mountains. you just go to the principal, if it will defer punishment. it's fast moving. i have to ask because you look amazing and tell me about which way of being uh, between uh this is traditional highland dress. so when you start out at 1st they will white. but during the caucasian, well, they will mostly read so that wounds wouldn't be so visible. that's why we have this joke and august on the read does the have a color with a jet of cask special breast pockets. the rifle charges the very next in flint deluxe. we used to multiples. i can put you because i see that in the front desk doing the pockets help to reload quickly. well that's but it was easy to remove cartridges when lying down, which is much easier than from a cartridge belt. and little prepared to get a cartridge out to a belt. you have to raise the upper part of your body, even only a little caught up and become

a target. let's start with the puckett allowed you to reload and shoot on the well staying press to the ground to good. it's what benefits to do this. here is just an element of the cost to him, but also a reminder is the highlander is always ready to help. and if the need arises, are coming from, but you're not supposed to pull your alphabet scabbard without good reason. and it took them according to all saying, probably in order to wear a danco around your belt minutes, you need not just have a pass code on your head vision, but also a head under your pass code. and that means that you're supposed to think twice before using a dagger. wouldn't even tell me what the even wind got. so you would get into a fight, stepping your opponent with a go like this was considered the calendars and made you a target of a blood feud. missed to you was supposed to slash in order to stop your opponents cushion. would that you can cut his wrist, but stabbing meant killing $200.00 religion in some be from pointing at a person like this is perceived as a threat, but you're not supposed to do it most part of it. even if i just do this, i'll have to answer for this threat to the almighty. if it needs it. so

a dagger is just a deterrent of google. it for she fits the budget was they would also need pay that solution for just that for sure. and i see i have so many more questions for you, and i also know that you are a musician, so i'm fascinated to care on this conversation someplace else already the . so i have to say this is a beautiful, incredibly interesting instrument. tell me the story. what do we have here on the instrument like any of our language, we call this instrument on time or not more pandora in russian. it's with the, it's the oldest musical instrument in the mountains. got off,

a young guy fell in love with a girl but failed to win a hand in marriage. so he killed his family, go to come and shop down his own entry. beautiful because he was the owner of the only one dagger. and then he made this instrument with strings fashion from the gods gods. and then he sang a very bitter song about unrequited love system. and that the story of how psalms and this instrument appeared in the mountains engulfed, fails with all mountains, songs of very long and have very profound meaning sections in the back in the day, one could get a whole sore. a knock says payment for a song, the words web, a very highly prized here in the mountains and so with songs for go businesses. very cool. um, one thing that i can't miss here are all of the terraces. um, obviously they're not natural, but they've been here for thousands of years. how are they made and why? so that's the terraces here and show me with a 1st example of green terrace funding and the well behind the village of charl. that's on the other side of that rock with this choice,

the site of the chalk several months. we do what they think back to the 6 or 7000 years, b, c. yeah. and it's very ancient. it's thought to be now listen to it outside of these terraces of very, very old would that these lands sustain the full fathers? not far from here is a small goes to town or village called it comes to little it's a little bit hunting and some people are calling it the much repeats you of august on why did everyone pick up and leave from this area? and this within the us, we do coal gum. so to the ghost village then some refer to it as the metro peach who lived, i guess, done one of them. it's a unique place that's just behind the backs. so the parking people up end to the doctor, a heavy rain full in 1963. when it was raining and august done for 3 straight months. most a bridge down below was washed away. so come, so to it was left without a bridge for several years. you barbara,

the most i am by children began to ask the parents to come down from the village. it would be great, of course to revive gums with one. it was a very interesting village because there's no language. we call it ramos, or i'm sort of a looks chest in the mountains. it's never been captured and it's fascinating. so we're from brooklyn. there are many villages like that doesn't. it can nibbles of what you think you've sold, but unfortunately, every year goes to village as a parent gets done because because people are leaving this upon my hopes athletics . so that will be a program and over a public to present of the mountains and support the highlanders who still live that so mostly if it's not so easy to live here, but it really is amazing or, and there's, this is all and our roots are here there's kind of cool secular cause there was no other place in the world that we'd rather be coordinate, you kind of stuff for the nickel that we've done, which i want to thank you for an incredibly interesting conversation and for helping us get a better feel for what doug is done is all about, appreciate it. bye. thank you. i'm glad you've enjoyed it before i hope you've

attempted august down again and again will always be happy to have you here. your account. ok, now as we say in the mountains, look, my home is your home, don't want the home belongs to the one who lives in it. you're welcome to doug is done, especially the connection to the and this is such a dangerous beauty. 2 words to describe the landscape of august, or perhaps no one embodies that idea more. it's an ever eccentric camille, my my t and his family have been practicing the art of tightrope walking for 6 generations. camille. hi. hello. i see in the 2nd. so it's what's right tom well, come you. thank you for coming down to see me because there's no way that you are

going to catch me up there on the rope. and so thank you for that. so let's get right into it. why is your village specifically known for type wrote walking? how did this art evolve? and why do you do it? not civil village didn't invent type, right? walking or anything like that, but at some point many people started practicing this stores. most of these thoughts and then expose the data around the world or people from my village have worked with many sexes by c and abroad was just not how a village came to be known as the capital of type, right? well ok, they mostly did that to any living with intake and we know it's dangerous through all of the risk. what's in it for you specifically? why do you personally do this the best and become my purpose in life? i tradition and i consider it my duty to pass it onto the next generation to improve it. i wanted to come old modem and make it safer as well, but it's, do you ever get scared? i mean, what's going through your mind when you were up there?

on the rope. so like what do you feel is always scary on the right for everyone gets scanned, this is normal. you just need to relax and be aware that there is danger and there is fear. so i use the safety harness. i know it's safe and i tried to keep my fair in check. if i knew more, you train the easier it gets who, who to this of what. and we know that there is a lot of physical work in what you do. i mean it, it takes a sportsman to be able to have that type of control over your body. is it all about your talent and what you can do physically, or is there a special mindset that you have to get into? physically, anyone can walk and type right my mass of what that range of weights was that there are different varieties of this slack line trick line, borderline, etc. right? some young type right? well, because do tricks with those who are afraid of heights can do loan line was very the right as long god, but it's low. you don't have to get up so high so everyone can find something that works for them. that was, that was that, is that and final question is, we know this is your job. we know you're very good at what you do. does it bring

you joy of that? yes, he does. i love what i do, but it's tough. one of the times i've thought about quitting, but those thoughts behind me now is i have a goal and i'm going to achieve it that i should be. my main task is to make this a safe environment for the next generation. so they can learn and train i very my performances and introduce new tricks to get them interested. i want to make type right, walking parking lot voting. thank you for an interesting conversation. i just want to say stay safe. c as you make your way through the start, you will discover each region is known for its own unique arts and traditions. since at least the 4th century b. c. the people of the top us that runs key area have been making world the same as carpets by hand. and the total amount of is going a step further to preserve the engine are using only natural colors. the. this is really cool to be able to

be here where they're actually making these carpets. so as i understand these a carpet started off, it's something more practical to keep homes warm. but now they're incredible art form. how did this transition happen? a deal of terms the, these design, so they've all, it wouldn't be back in the old days, up to 2000 years ago and the comp into a produce the purely practical purposes to keep your home or some of those things that they to accomplish. wave is turned into real losses for the 1st people that bid would now be called design those. but those own design has created these unique patterns and carpets. so this is beverly to when you're gardening different. i know that it's more than just beautiful designs that we have here in these carpets. but there's more of a code inside them as well. can you translate some of what this code means in some of these carpets for me that is facing uh yes, it's true. you could say there's history in these rugs, the story of the design. so every day,

objects more than the things that surround people in the daily lives with me at the board of that was reflected in compet packing. this was ready to de those things were connected with the culture of a specific area. the square footage region had its own designs, which one named off to the regions i'm villages or towns where those carpets were made available video and that's good. i understand you're gonna show us your uh, a workshop. we actually make the colors. i can't wait to see that with us. we'll be good to show you on look the product and the art is passed down from generation to generation, with each individual learning their role from an early age. so this is an amazing experience to be able to watch you work. i can tell you that my mom would be fascinated with this experience right now. so this is a pretty big rug. how long does it take to make a rug, the size, or even just a normal size rug, a small continuously. if there's no other work to be done,

it's obviously a quicker process. the so if she only focus on the carpet, she can, we've just about one square meter per month or the last name. yeah, that's, that's good. very cool. and how many people does it take to work on one specific rug which is of a big grass like that needs about 5 leavers working 6 to 8 hours per day, and i should spit on us. it's not that to me. well, there's no formal education for carpet and weavers. when girls are 6 to 8 years old, they are taught how to make not sweet. these are simply movements like this. and then overtime a girl learns this crap from her mother or grandmother of again, there's no formal training, it's a gradual process. first, it's not in pattern making the threatening of west overtime. any girl can learn or just every weaver chooses. the design herself to colors are selected intuitively based on how they look together when you're leaving and you see this beautiful pattern emerge. and it's very pleasing yes. and when the carpet is finished, your neighbors and relatives usually come to take a look. i have a well made rug is a source of pride at a good and best. well,

thank you for taking the time to show me. it is fascinating the semester about the so this is a carpet that you've been working on. it's almost finished. lots of intricate designs, beautiful colors, but to me it tells a story. so tell me the story of what this carpet says. position is a dragon. dragon means power on energy. it though it stands for beauty, that absorbs everything. that's the body of the dragon, contains all these different elements which gave was the dragon's head. cooling over here is this body arms and legs which may be watching. but this is a highly unusual past and typical of all culture and reflected in this rug with nashik. we've got to make a copy like this. you need special colors to show that it has some unusual hughes that,

that this is rose mazda on this color comes from problems that only grow and digress dawn because they just, you can't get this beautiful green shade anywhere else. over us, the green is the symbol of the dragon is very beautiful. you normally see it, which and christy would see it. i'm surrounded by all of these yarns that are vibrant and rich in color. how exactly are they made? no sense. it's all these colors come from different pond. seeing you, i'm holding rosemont a room and in the confused to produce rent dies, asked me, we make different shades of red from rose mazda, manually that comes from will not with harry comp, majority different plants who used to make different colors around the 1st thing to deal with or housing is 5th time. do you feel like a kid with the coloring book and some crowns when you're in? they're making these colors? what's going through your mind when you're actually doing the process? okay, and you're familiar with that kind of it certainly isn't in through learning process for that to do is making it done. it depends on many things, including your mood,

put something to look at on these reds page, rick, red, and other hughes. the exec shade depends on minute factors with shame, and so it does in school and captivate you just truly like a child. was that other it? so you're going to keep this a good yourself. are you going to tell me the secrets so that i can help make some colors as well? yeah, my, what present if i could share doesn't secrets. but there are many hundreds and thousands basis because creating each color is an odd which leads you to discover new secrets with no, so i can share any secret with you. no problem. 6 of them, i would say, that'd be my guest. i mean yet. thank you. very much it's been a pleasure of seeing where you work. thanks. press 0 for assistance. the. c moving deeper into the caucasus mountains, you will find the village of coupon she, well known for a few 1000 years for the exquisite silversmith russell could tell you it is one of them. it is an incredibly rare experience for

someone to come inside the workshop and see where the magic happens. so thank you for this and honor. for me, i have to ask the technology that is used to make this beautiful jewelry dates back thousands of years a how have you preserved it? how does it stay the same for so long stick the bunch of jewelry is always because of this cool feature. because the ornaments the designs, unless they remain pretty consistent for a 1000 years. well, you mentioned in combustion you in the history here. i'm interested in how this one specific place became famous for jewelry. and what's your story? how did you get involved this many legends about persian all french influence is sometimes people, quote french or francs on tools. i mean, the idea being that some foreigners settled here in the mountains, but i started making weaponry. and as i came up with these adjustments, boom, unfortunately, there's no historical data about how it all began. and yet we know about 6 or 7

generations of our families to me. and there's always been a jewelers amongst us right up until this day. is this something that has taught and such an early age like? is it a skill like reading and writing? i mean the work is so interesting. the last for the 2. 0, children have him as a bit so comfort in silver as that choice because they have no way trying to make stuff. so they acquire these skills before they learn how to walk. and i look through as they get older, they see them making something beautiful and they see them helping visits. and so these found the traditions i am, family, family is preserved, see me and they get used to seeing this and develop a so as an inclination and yeah, so when they started school, that's when we became teaching them for them from 1st grade on was missed and just as they learn to write, they then the grammar, but she might as well which is going to as close to are they just beautiful designs or do they tell a story? what, what do they mean?

can you tell me what is behind the meaning of these different beautiful designs and the jewelry wrist of my mental and some sort of really, all designs would divide from nature and supply by file is etc. so those natural shades would be modified, them broken down into different shapes to bring out the beauty of one of these, 2 little offices has his own imagination as his own little quick. so just be, i mean usually every person is different to the, even in a small bracelet like this. so you can see that each link is different from the rest because it's all her mates on the you can add most it up because i always say the sub employee of soul into every piece you create called as well as over knowledge. either kimberly, to or over the decades disruptive thinking for an interesting conversation and a very fascinating experience pressure. but she looked. c just as fascinating as the artist or you can combine, she is the traditional culture,

still respected in the daily life of people here. this is an incredible space. thanks for taking the time to speak to me here. so it's my understanding that women help out in the process of making the jewelry here as well, in terms of blackening and in other ways. are there certain parts of the job that are only for women and only from and talk to me a little bit about time for the most reasonable? yes. all the men do how to now the judy making, so they help disciplined enamel was blackening with the additional engraving part of it. so there in holding some of the process is allowed to remain handled tasks to do with assembling, polishing the initial in grading course, and which is a challenging process i bought from all the sewer work. i mean, i'm a freeman also do embroidery and see the conversation the shots and i to wish of the way. if you don't mind me asking, i see that you're wearing a beautiful headscarf. and my understanding is that this means something here in kentucky is that a woman wearing a headscarf, it tells a story. so what does this mean? can you tell me about that? the if yes,

she thought traditional debauch ahead scoff. it's called cause because i'm, i'm betting a married woman is cause is ation. so a cause tells you the marital status of which where you all mothers look grandmothers give my son great grandmothers born these kosky. we put them on to live in the house region with some least cause i am voided by the women of combat you themselves. but they're typically so long for let me show you my collection that, that will some of this cost us unmarried in san for unmarried government, or at least you, this one is made in scoffing me some which you can tell, but sort of tassels it had a band with some kind of small patterns. we'll see all those us cost that i, where the effort remarried. you might know of what am i able to use of look at this as being very, i'm working on right now. well, i just started on my task, enjoy design. oh, it's been done. begin to embroider. it's very beautiful and this is something you're working on right now. now, yes,

i'm working on it now. incredibly interesting. thank you very much for taking the time to show us part of your culture. it was a fascinating look at the english. so the, [000:00:00;00] the, the western deletes and they apply and media of media clear the green proxy war is

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