Culture of the Caucasus

practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry

right|thumb|Drawing by famous Russian artist Vasily Vereshchagin "Lezginka" which after visiting southern [[Dagestan and Elisabethpol Governorate wrote the scene, observing the customs and traditions of the Lezgins. (1867)]] right|thumb|Lezgins dancing the "lezginka" in the village of [[Akhty, Dagestan region (1900)]] The Lezginka () is a folk dance common throughout the North Caucasus. It is named after the Lezgin people. It uses a fast rhythm, and can be either a solo male or a pair dance.

thumb|right|Georgian nobleman Constantine Gelovani wearing a chokha with military [[shoulder marks]] A chokha, also known as a cherkeska in Russian, is a woolen coat with a high neck that is part of the traditional male dress of the peoples of the Caucasus, as well as Terek and Kuban Cossacks of the former Russian Empire, who subsequently adopted it from the Native peoples of the Caucasus.

adopted motto of Azerbaijan

right|200px|Dagestani Gazyr bag from Kubachi (urban-type settlement)|Kubachi|thumb right|200px|thumb|A Georgian man in chokhathumb|right|200px|Baron Pyotr Wrangel in Russian Cossack uniform A gazyr (Abkhaz: Аҳазырҭрақәа/а-хьазыр, Adyghe: хьэзыр, Armenian: Գազիրներ, Avar: Роцен, Azerbaijani: Vəznə, Chechen: Бустамаш bustamash, Dargin: Буста/Бустат, Ingush: Бустамаш, Ossetian: Бæрцытæ, Georgian: მასრები masrebi, Lak: чила, Lezgin: Везнеяр, from Turkish hazır, "ready", ultimately from Arabic) is an implement to hold a rifle charge: a tube with a bullet and a measure of gunpowder or a paper cartri

type of early Caucasian carpet