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Secret of Abkhaz tolerance |
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Written by Sausryqua
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Sunday, 29 April 2007 |
Abkhaz "Christians" and "Muslims" profess the common religion of their ancestors
Alexander Krylov, doctor of science in history
Nezavisimaya Gazeta
A survey of Abkhazia's population (1997 and 2003) shows Abkhaz people are highly religious. In 2003, 60% of the people surveyed considered themselves Christians, 16% Muslims, 8% atheists and unbelievers, 5% pagans, 3% devotees of an Abkhaz religion. Jehovah's Witnesses and Jews accounted for less than 1% each, and 6% thought it difficult to answer.
The big number of religious people among Abkhazia's population does not yet mean they all are deeply pious or at least aware of the outlines of a religion. Most people's declared devotion to Christianity continues to be purely formal. Just a few parishioners go to church even on the most important Christian holidays. Meanwhile, Abkhaz pagan sanctuaries are often attended by hundreds of people.
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Wednesday, 14 February 2007 |
Lemsalough - Neidorf - Sukhum
The first German villages near Sukhum appeared in 1870s, after completing of last Russo-turkish war (1876-77). These are grouped around a system of woody hills, between Beslet and Kelassuri rivers, and mostly around one called Gnadenberg (Germ. "Gracious Hill"). The czar government hoped "civil nations" would positively influence the newly incorporated "wild" Caucasian tribes, 'push' them to develop faster. The names of villages were Lindau, Gnadenberg and Neydorf (Neidorf). Just in 1942, as the WW2 Caucasus reached, Stalin and Beria have ordered, the Germans, as an "unfaithful" nation, to Kazakhstan as fast as possible to move. The majority of inhabitants, who have "German" note in passports, said 'goodbye' to their homes forever. Accordingly to the main Beria conception, thousands of Georgians from inside of Georgia the leaved homes should have occupied freely or forcibly. German village names were later deleted on all maps and changed mostly into Georgian (e.g. Neidorf into Akhali Sop'eli). The benefits of Sukhum German population allow them to join stocks and build in 1913 a normal Lutheran Church nearby Market place.
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THE RELIGIOUS SITUATION IN ABKHAZIA |
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Written by Sausryqua
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Thursday, 01 February 2007 |
Wednesday, 25 February 1998
by Aleksandr Krylov, Keston News Service
From July to November 1997 the Oriental Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences conducted field research in Abkhazia as part of project 97-01-18011 'National Communities in Abkhazia: the Current Situation' with the financial support of the Russian Humanitarian Science Fund. The aim of the project was to illustrate the particularities of the situation of the local population as a whole, as well as of all national communities living in Abkhazia in the post-Soviet period, during which the republic once again became an unrecognised state after the bitter Georgian-Abkhazian War of 1992-93, and its citizens became isolated from the rest of the world once Russia introduced 'special' conditions on the Russian-Abkhazian border in December 1994.
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Abkhaz Fairy Tale-M.Khuartskia |
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Written by Sausryqua
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Monday, 29 January 2007 |
In the gorge of river Bzyb, where are a lot of beautiful fir-trees and big meadows,
lived the families of Kujba and Shamakhua. Seven brothers were in the family of the
Shamakhuas and they had a very beautiful sister, who was engaged to Marshania and
they had a wedding soon. Kujba was the only child in the family. His name was
Kapit. He was very strong, he could do everything but flying, he was a good hunter
and knew everything too.
Once, Kapit put a saddle on the horse, sat on it and went to the Shamakhuas. Their
mother was in the yard at the moment. He asked:
- May I come down?
- If you came with kindness in your heart, then please do, - answered the mother.
Kapit jumped down from the horse.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 29 January 2007 )
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Abkhaz Fairy Tale: Three Brothers |
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Written by Sausryqua
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Monday, 29 January 2007 |
Once upon a time there was a good hunter. He had three sons. When he felt, he was
dying he called his sons to him and told them:
- My sons, I am dying, remember you always must be a real men like your father, be
respectful and modest, and always do this way. When you go hunting, don’t turn on
the disconnecting road, never go to the left- hand and hunt always in the right – hand
forest.
One fine day the elder and middle brothers forgot about what the father had told
them and went hunting to the left-side forest. They hunted for some time, but did not
find anything for food. Having been hungry they walked and walked and suddenly
saw – a table full with different food standing in the centre of the beautiful meadow.
The looked around and did not see anybody. So, they decided to sit and eat a little bit
and went ahead to the table. Suddenly there appeared a grey old man:
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