Tag Archives: Adyghe

Horse ride on a beautiful day, on the outskirts of Kfar-Kama.

When measuring the nature of the horsemanship culture based on the quality of the equipment, the adyghe culture has certainly a say. For example, only few unique types of saddles are used today, and the adyghe saddle is one of them. This saddle, that evolved over centuries of documented horsemanship …

Group riding ethics of the Adyghes, who traditionally were excellent horsemen, shows the important role that horses had in their life. they have developed an entire culture around horse breeding and riding. The horses were never tied to wagons, a task reserved for bulls, but used only for riding. A …

A scene from the short film “Land of the Narts” [“Нарт Хэку”] (2015) The film laments the loss of the Circassian language (bza) and traditional norms of conduct (Xabza) in urban Kabarda (Eastern Circassia), the only place on Earth where the Circassians form a majority.

After two snowy off-road trips to Golan Heights, we couldn’t pass the opportunity of a third consecutive snowy weekend, this winter brought. After inquiring about blocked routes, the path up the Golan Heights, which had numerous Adyghe villages, was chosen. “The first permanent settlers of the Golan Heights in the …

For the first time, on May 20, 2010, a group of horse riders from Kfar-Kama set off to Rehaniya, commemorating the Circassian National Mourning Day, held annually in memory of their country’s occupation by the Russian Czar and the brutal deportation from their homeland on the shores of the black …