to 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. signing culture,

the as well thanks 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? little boy, which was the arabs and other travelers who came here. i used to say that i guess done was not just the land of mountains, but also a mountain of languages that are not good people living on each mountain, spoke their own language, but for the cars they go to both wheels. it, the roads were barely possible that will get through the settlements have little contact with each other. so different places had their own different languages, different customs and different cultures that instead of the, of the 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 come speak, doug, and that gives other speak luck. a lot of those speak lives getting go on the bus

out and coming up for both of them. so impossible. mountains go to eat and it's the nature of people, and they like 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 it goes up to unfortunately $25.00 a likely to go extinct in the near future because language is a disappearing. but just like in the rest of the world, because i'm kind that's very sad, is this a regression will do some scary. so on the issue of how much the calculus to meet a we have like 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 to hear and i guess don't go to the people who are free, so free like an eagle or the highlander is self sufficient to come up with perfectly,

as we say, new people in the mountains entre rich. they all self sufficient purposes if they have enough focus on right. some of highlanders and guardians of land a bit, it goes into the little settlements were built in 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 guest dani people who go to the phone. if a boat you have a good when someone does a good job, people praise him and we are a real god. it's being called a god. 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 highlanders home and be there on a guest. not just on big holidays and most are going to go. so you can do that at

any time close for park. as we say, a guest is a messenger from, i'll probably just send you both of us and doesn't just show up in the mountain village for no reason is i bet somebody's if he's here because he must needs something like some of the band. the highlanders who hosts job is to help that person the best way he can, so that the visitor is comfortable and the quotes of the gas gets the best room, the best food, the best treatment, and i'll put it when you get the money. at the same time, a harsh conditions with temperatures dropping sharply, a nice product must have influenced the local character as well. we saw people can easily get relaxed, but that tempers rise just as quickly difficult was we'll, there's like a muscle that contracts and relax is going on with it. but maybe that explains the paradox item that it's on that. and that's what i think, at least as someone who lives here, we go to look at the resources stephen getting here today. it is not that easy. um, living in the mountains is hard. why do people choose this live to live up here,

away from all technology away from all civilization? uh, what the hell, as i said before, and then go to the highlanders main trash services. freedom. and then you, with the folder, you would give him his, he felt free and places like this. there was no walls surrounding him, but nothing blocking is vision there so you can see an enemy more, a friend approaching from a long way away. boy is so if you have a special klein medical, so people found their roots here are 2. and once they settled for whatever reason, they go to the federal lands on mountain terraces, and they were self sufficient in bush and they had everything they needed. yes, i think the right alpine meadows above the 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 supposition. it's fast moving. i have to ask because you look amazing and tell me about what you a lovely in between. this is traditional highland dress. when you start out at 1st

they will white. but during the caucasian will they will mostly read so that wounds wouldn't be so visible. and that's why we have this joke and august on the red is the have a color with a jetta cask special breast pocket for rifle charges. the very next in flint deluxe . we used to have multiples. i can put you because i see that in the front desk doing the pockets helped to reload quickly with us. but it was easy to remove cartridges when lying down, which is much easier than from a cartridge belt. and look, putting to get a cartridge out to a belt, you have to raise the upper part of your body. even though the a little cut up the more and become a target, we stood puckett allowed you to reload and shoot on the well staying press to the ground. good. it's what benefits to do this. here is just an element of the cost you 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 di alphabets scabbard without the good reason . and it took them according to all saying, probably in order to wear a dagger around your belt, you need nope, just have

a pass code on your head vision, but also a head under your deposit. 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, or missed to you was supposed to slash in order to stop your opponent ocean. would that even cut his wrist? but stabbing meant killing $200.00 religion. can somebody from pointing out 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 google. it but she fits the budget was they would also need to pay the tuition for their thoughts or shots. 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. great. the

. so i have to say this is a beautiful, incredibly interesting instrument. tell me the story. what do we have here? um, nor did the instrument like any of our language. we call this instrument on more than normal pen door in russian. elizabeth a, 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 him to go to come and shop down his own a tree 0 because he was the owner of the only one dagger. and then he made this instrument with strings fashion from the goat's gods. and then he sang a very bitter song about unrequited love just and that the story of how songs and this instrument appeared in the mountains. it was with all mountain songs a very long and have very profound meaning sections in the back in the day one

could get a whole, so we're a no cause as payment for a song is the words web. a very highly prized here in the mountains and so with songs for go, businesses. very cool. one things that i can't miss here are all of the terraces. 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 charles that's on the other side of that rock with the choice, the site of the chalk several months we did what they think back to the 6 or 7000 years, b, c. and yeah, and it's very ancient. it's thought to be near listen to it outside of these terraces of very, very old would that these lands sustained full fathers? not far from here is a small goes to town or village called it comes to little. um it's a little bit haunting and some people are calling it the much repeats you of august

on. why did everyone pick up and leave from this area? i know this within the us, we do coal gums, so to the ghost village and 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 have been 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 gum so to it was left without a bridge for several years. with 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. understand our language, we call it ramos, or i'm sort of a local chest in the mountains from us. it's never been captured and it's fascinating. so we're from brooklyn. there are many villages like that doesn't, can nibble's that way. you think it's a little bit unfortunately, every year goes to villages appear in doug is done because people are leaving this

apartment. i hope that the next or that will be a program and over a public to present of the mountains and support the highlanders who still lived. so mostly 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 with this kind of coast. secondly, because 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. my thank you, i'm glad you've enjoyed it. before i hope you've attempted to august down again and again, that doesn't will always be happy to have you here. your connect now as we say in the mountains, so i'm not my home is your home. i don't want the home belongs to the one who lives in it. you're welcome to doug has done it yourself, especially the condition of the and this is such a dangerous beauty towards the 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 types of booking for 6 generations . camille. hi. hello. i see on the 2nd. so it's what's the price on the camille. 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. so thank you for that. um, let's get right into it. why is your village specifically known for type rote walking? how did this art evolve? and why do you do it? not to, my village didn't invent type, right? walking or anything like that, but at some point many people started practicing this stores, most of the thoughts and then expose the data around the world or people from my village have worked with many sexes by c and abroad with systems how

a village came to be known as the capital of type, right? well ok, they mostly did that to any living that if they can for what we know it's dangerous through all of the risk, what's in it for you specifically? why do you personally do this demo? this is become my purpose in life, i tradition and i consider it my duty to pass it onto the next generation to improve it was i wanted to come old modem and make it safer as well with it. 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 get scanned. this is normal. you just need to relax and be aware that there is danger and there is fearful i use the safety harness. i know it's safe for you and i try to keep my fair in check. a funny little you train the easier it gets who, who to list 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? no matter what their range of weights, what are the they're all different varieties of this slack line, trick line, borderline, etc. right? some of the young type, right walkers do tricks. those who are afraid of heights can do long line walkers 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? or that yes he does. i love when i do, but it's tough boy, the times i've thought about quitting, but those thoughts are behind me. now as i have a goal and i'm going to achieve it to the rest of my main task, is to make this a safe environment for the next generation. so they can learn and frame i very my performances and introduce new tricks to get them interested. i want to make type, right, walking popular out in to 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 uni carts and traditions. since at least the 4th century b. c, the people of the top us had runs key area have been making world famous carpets by hand. and all these silly models is going a step further to preserve the ancient arts 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 an incredible art for them. how did this transition happen? they loved ones. that was the, these designs have evolved. it wouldn't be back in the old days, up to 2000 years ago and the comp into a produce a purely practical purposes to keep your home or separate of things that they took . comping we've is turned into real losses for the 1st people that bid would now be

called designers. but those own design has created these unique path and some cop, it's beverly to when you've gotten a difference. 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 fits in. uh yes, it's true. you could say those history and these rugs a story that design so every day objects, one of the things that surround people in that daily lives with me at the board of that was reflected in compet happened. this was ready to d. 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 to give a video and it's good. i understand you're going to show us your a, a workshop. we actually make the colors. i can't wait to see that we're doing. it will be good to show you our work.

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. uh, so this is a pretty big rug. how long does it take to make a rug decides or even just a normal size rug, a smart thing to use it if there's no other work to be done, it's obviously a quicker process. the so if she only focuses on the carpet, she can, we've just about one square meter per month or the last name yet. that's a tough guy. very cool. and how many people does it take to work on one specific rug, which is sort of a big grad like that needs about 5 weavers working 68 hours per day. and i should sped on us beside that that can you there's no formal education for carpet weavers . when girls are 6 to 8 years old, they are taught how to make not only these are simple improvements 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 an pattern making. then the threatening of left over time any girl can learn or just every weaver choose is a 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 will make rug is a source of pride at a good invest. 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 color is, but to me it tells a story. so tell me the story of what this carpet says. position is

a dragon. drag and means power on energy it though it's dense for beauty that absorbs everything. so that's the body of the dragon. contains all these different elements which gave was the dragon's head or a cooling over here is this body. arms and legs which the which and this is a highly unusual pass the typical of all culture and reflected in this rug with nashik with respect to make a copy like this comes, you need special colors. you should think it has some unusual hughes that this is rose. matter on this color comes from problems that only grow and douglas done, that you still 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 watching christie 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 ponds. seeing you,

i'm holding rose meant a room in the confused to produce rent dies investments. we make different shades of red from rose. my. the only reason i didn't do that comes from will not with terry. come me. julie. different plans are used to make different colors is what i'm interested in and deal with are housing. if you have time. do you feel like a kid with a coloring book in some crowns when you're in, they're making these colors? what's going to your mind when you're actually doing the process? okay, you're familiar with that kind of, it certainly isn't in throwing process that have to deal with making a di depends on many things and including your mood to look at all these reds page, rick, red, and other hughes. the exec shade depends on my new thing. cuz for shame, and so it does in school and captivate you is truly like a child was evaluated. so you're gonna 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, well presently, if i could share doesn't sequence, but there are many, hundreds and thousands based is because are using each color isn't it says that

which leads you to discover new secrets with no. so i can share any secret with you . no problem disagree with that with you that be my guest. i mean, yet thank you very much. it's been a pleasure of seeing where you work. thanks sarah. pacific. c movie 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 if 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 keyboard to jewelry is always because of this cool feature. because you own a month,

the designs are my favorite main pretty consistent for the 1000 years. well, you mentioned in collection 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? is there many legends about persian all french influence, is sometimes people, quote, french or francs on schools. i mean, the idea being that some foreigners specialty are in the mountains that started making weaponry and those anymore, but these are just missed them. unfortunately, there's no historical data about how it all began in photo. we know about 6 or 7 generations of our families, and they've always been a jewelers amongst us where you might what up until this day is that something that has taught and such an early age like? is it a skill like reading and writing? i mean, the work is so intricate the last for the 2. 0 children have hammons and bits of comfort in silva is that choice because they have no way trying to make stuff. so they require these skills before they learn how to work. and i look through as they

get older, they see them making something beautiful and they see them, i'm helping visits. and so these family traditions, i'm family values observed to me and they get used to seeing this and develop a set as an inclination. and yeah, it's like when they start school, that's when we begin teaching them to process great on woods for missed and just as they learn to right, they then the grandma, but she might as well which is close to by the 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 in the jewelry? this meant on some sort of sleep and all our designs would devise from nature inspired 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, has his own little quick. so just be i meant that he so every person is different to the, even in a sort race and like this. so you can see that each link is different from the rest

because it's all i made on the yeah, that must it up because i always say a sub employee of soul into every piece you create called as well as all the knowledge, even kimberly 2 of the decades deceptive thinking for an interesting conversation and a very fascinating experience pressure because she looked. c just as fascinating as the hardest treat income, but 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 jobs that are only for women and only from and talk to me a little bit about time to the most nation? yes. all the men do. how demanded judy making help to decline enamel with

blackening with additional engraving. parts of it so that in holding some of the processes, a lot of a man handled tasks to do with assembling, polishing, and a nation engraving force, which is a challenging process i bought from all the silver work. i mean, my freeman also do embroidery 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 head scarf. and my understanding is that this means something here and come back to you. is that a woman bring headscarf? it tells a story. so what does this mean? can you tell me about that? no, it's yes, it's all traditional debauch. ahead scoff, it's called cause, cause i'm buried. a married woman is causing sanctioning. so a cause tells you the marital status of which wera is all mothers, grandmothers, skin loss, and great grandmothers born these kosky. we put them on to live in the house. i'm losing some these cause i am voided by the women of culture themselves partnership because i want to show you my collection at double some of this cause of so married

in san for unmarried government out of it you. this one is made and scoffing me some which you can tell, but sort of tassels that are banned from customer pad. and so we'll see all those us costs 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 with my pest control or design and then begin to embroider. it's very beautiful and this is something you're working on right now. no, yes, i'm working on it's now incredibly interesting. thank you very much for taking the time to show us part of your culture. it incredibly fascinating. look at the english. so the,

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