#dargins

[songs-of-the-east]

Dargins from Dagestan in Traditional Burka Made of the Pelt of a Karkaul Sheep

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Those aesthetics are part of a serie. Aesthetic of the ethnies of the world ! Caucasian ethnies part 1 !

The Chechens are a northeast caucasian people inhabitants of the region of Chechnya, officially in Russia. They speak chechen. They are Sunni and Shafi’i muslim. There are around 2 millions of them.

The Dargins are a northeast caucasian people inhabitants of the region of Dagestan, officially in Russia. They speak dargin. They are Sunni muslim. There are around 700 000 of them.

The Avars are a northeast caucasian people inhabitants of the region of Avaristan, officially in Russia. They speak avar. They are Sunni muslim. There are around 1.3 millions of them.

The Tabasaran are a northeast caucasian people inhabitants of the region of Tabasaranstan officially in Russia. They speak the tabasaran language. They are Sunni muslim. There are around 150 000 of them.

The Ingush are a northeast caucasian people inhabitants of the region of Ingushetia, officially in Russia. They speak Ingush. They are Sunni muslim. There are around 500 000 of them.

The Circassians are a northwest caucasian people inhabitants of the region of Circassia, officially in Russia. Most of them live in Turkey, thought. They speak circassians dialects for around 20 % of the people, otherwise they speak turkish or russian. They are Sunni muslim. There are around 4 to 8 millions of them, with 1 to 5 millions of them in Turkey, and 710 000 of them in Russia.

Here it is ! Those aesthetics are part of a serie. We will cover most of the biggest ethnies of the world. Just for fun !

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Inspired by this picture! Ed makes some friends down by an oasis in Uldum.

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Another little doodle done during class today, trying to figure how Ed’s colorscheme and all that fun stuff. Poor guy and his dragon underbite.

[seibaku]

I think...Dragon Age will be in my future soon...like in three hours! Haha Also, MH4U, why u kill me with a Teostra? I did nothing to deserve lava in the face. :(

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Kaitags are a rare form of embroidery from Kaitag, a Dargin inhabited region of Dagestan. There are only 600 known Kaitag pieces in the world. They were made for ceremonies such as births and weddings as a form of protection from the 'evil eye'.

Photos credited to Metropolitan carpet