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The Circassian flag is a national and cultural symbol celebrated on Circassian Flag Day, April 25th. Its design features a green background with twelve gold stars forming a bow and three crossed arrows at the center, symbolizing unity and defense. The flag is not only significant to the Republic of Adyghea but also to Circassians globally, representing their cultural and spiritual unity.
David Urquhart, a British diplomat, is traditionally credited with the flag's creation in 1836 when he sent three flags to Circassia, symbolizing independence with a design of a white circle and three black arrows. However, this narrative oversimplifies the complex dynamics and roles played by others, notably Seferbiy Zaneqo, a key Circassian national movement figure who facilitated Urquhart's brief visit to Circassia in 1834.
Seferbiy Zaneqo's involvement was significant in the flag’s introduction to Circassia, a symbol of Circassian identity and sovereignty. The flag’s design connects to the heraldic traditions of the region, tracing back to the banner of Kuchuk Dzhankhotov, a senior prince of Kabarda, which featured similar elements of crossed arrows and stars.
Today, the Circassian flag symbolizes more than a regional emblem; it stands for freedom, unity, and pride. Celebrated with processions and cultural festivities, it represents the resilience and rich heritage of the Circassian people. Circassian Flag Day is an occasion to reflect on the community's ongoing struggle for recognition and self-determination. For more on the flag’s history and significance, the interview with historian Samir Khotqo on abkhazworld.com provides deeper insights into its ties to Circassian national identity.
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Circassian War Chant.
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Da tempo volevo insegnare questa danza a lezione, dovendo aspettare ancora a lungo prima di poterlo fare ho approfittato della reclusione per danzarla in prima persona. Il Circassian Circle è una danza tradizionale che si trova in molti manuali dell'Ottocento. Le varianti sono molteplici ma si assomigliano tutte. In particolare mi affascina questa versione, descritta dal Maestro Thomas Hillgrove nel suo manuale pubblicato a New York nel 1857. Curiosamente nella riedizione del medesimo manuale dell'anno successivo questa danza è stata eliminata.
La particolarità di questo manuale rispetto agli altri è che dà la descrizione precisa di dieci diverse sequenze (dieci! esatto) che chiama "figure". Quindi ci siamo divertiti a farle tutte quante, una dietro all'altra.
Ho fatto la scelta di danzarla "alla scozzese" quindi con la tecnica di passi e figure della RSCDS: anche se probabilmente non è la scelta storicamente più esatta, è sicuramente quella che preferisco stilisticamente; ballare il Circassian con una musica francese o camminando sono entrambe ozpioni deprimenti...
Ovviamente essendo solo due coppie nella progressione abbiamo dovuto aggiungere una curva per poterci nuovamente fronteggiare: l'originale prevederebbe di proseguire dritto incontrando la coppia successiva.
Infine notare come la versione ufficiale dell'RSCDS (il Circassian è la terza danza che l'RSCDS ha pubblicato, dopo Petronella e Triumph, quindi anche l'RSCDS ha attribuito a questa danza grande valore tradizionale) ha come progressione la Poussette, che non è presente in nessuna di queste 10 sequenze!
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Since long time I wanted to teach this dance in class, having to wait a lot before I could do it, I took advantage of the lockdown to dance it in first person. Circassian Circle is a traditional dance present in many 19th century dance manuals. The variations are many but they all look similar. In particular I am fascinated by this version, described by M° Thomas Hillgrove in his manual published in 1857 in New York. Curiously in the re-edition of the same manual of the following year this dance has been eliminated.
The peculiarity of this manual compared to the others is that it gives an exact description of ten different sequences (ten! Exactly) that he call "figures". So we had fun doing them all, one behind the other.
I made the choice to dance in "Scottish way" with the RSCDS technique for steps and formations: although it is probably not the most historically exact choice, it is certainly the one I prefer stylistically; dancing the Circassian with French music or walking it are both depressing.
Obviously being only two couples in the progression we had to add a curve to face each other again: the original says to continue forward to meet a new couple.
Finally note how the official version of the RSCDS (the Circassian is the third dance that the RSCDS has published, after Petronella and Triumph, therefore the RSCDS itself has attributed it great tradition) has the Poussette as progression, which is not present in any of these 10 sequences!
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(17 Feb 2014) While Olympic spectators watch the Winter Games in gleaming arenas, boys in nearby Bolshoi Kichmai herd their goats by tying them to rickety bicycles, riding through a rocky valley where their ancestors fiercely resisted the Russian Czarist conquest.
Circassians, a Muslim ethnic group, say the Russian Army committed genocide against their ancestors and exiled them from Sochi from 1860 to 1864.
Russia has denied the charges of genocide.
Members of the Circassian diaspora from New Jersey to Turkey and Israel have protested, arguing that Sochi Olympic skiing and other events are being staged on the blood of their forebears.
Russia's most prominent militant, Doku Umarov, has also adopted the Circassians' cause.
In a warning last year, the Chechen rebel leader urged Muslim extremists to target the Games.
Activists say Umarov's threat has provided Russian security services with a pretext to increase document checks and pressure on women wearing headscarves and men with long beards across the Caucasus.
However Circassians living in villages sprinkled through the Sochi region insist they are peaceful and have nothing to do with Umarov's threat.
Aisa Achmizov, who runs the small folk art museum in Bolshoi Kichmai, hopes the Olympics will bring in more visitors.
"This is a huge breakthrough, and not only for me, but for our children," he said.
Circassians in Bolshoi Kichmai, struggle to get by on tourism in a town with few amenities, just a few dozen kilometres from Olympic events but a world away from their glory.
Firewood is the primary fuel for many families.
But water is running short, after a company building railroads for the Olympic project hauled away huge amounts of gravel from the Shakhe river, disrupting its flow through the town.
Achmizov said businessmen and authorities took too much gravel, more than was necessary.
"We were against it. We closed the road for them here, but still they look for the way to get here," he said.
Residents filed a lawsuit against the company, but are still waiting for results.
The No Sochi campaign (www.nosochi2014.com), launched by exiled Circassians, wants Russian authorities to recognise what happened in 1864 as a genocide, to allow Circassians from around the world to move back to ancestral lands, and an end to de facto quotas for Circassians in local police, government and other positions.
Amid the pressure, regional authorities belatedly acknowledged that the Olympic sites are on what was once Circassian land, and Olympic organisers hastily erected a Circassian House in Olympic Park.
President Vladimir Putin however, has dismissed Circassian protests abroad as a tool in a campaign against Russia's global influence.
Bolshoi Kichmai's residents meanwhile, are leading their lives as if the Olympics weren't happening just a few valleys away.
Beekeeper Khamed Komzh shrugs when asked about how history has treated his people.
"Well, what can we do? It is done. God will be their judge."
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