Circassian Folk Song and Social-Class Conflict
Without a written language, the Circassians turned song into their archive, preserving heroes, shaming traitors, and giving voice to the deep tension between princes and commoners.
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Mikhail Lermontov marched with the empire against the highlanders of the Caucasus, and left them the most honest portrait in Russian literature.
The honour of another people: remembering Zaur Naloev
First published on AbkhazWorld.com on 5 July 2026
Music, Water and the Soul in the Circassian Rite of Psykheghe
by Metin Kodzoko - BA Musicology, Erciyes University - CircassianWorld.com
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