Nobody cares but only a few people being aware of their culture and having loyalty to their ancestors try to organize demonstrations. In their traditional clothes and with green flags in their hands are walking and shouting through the streets. This nation, Circassians lost their candle in a deep and dark cave. They have been looking for it for generations. It is like looking or swearing through the darkness. Every year the amount of people taking place in these demonstrations are increasing, but they are still a few considering the number of people in diaspora.
Nobody cares but they are walking by shouting. They are protesting what? They say they are protesting the exile and genocide of Circassian people. They want the Russians admit their ancestors' fault. In a real modern world human-beings care even a single demonstrator. But, we are not living and never lived in a modern world, unfortunately. Our world is not green anymore, they call it as global heating, but I call it as Global Savagery. The world must be called as the Red Planet not Green.
Nobody cares but they are still holding meetings on Circassian people's pain. Every year in the 21 of May, in different parts of diaspora they goes on their annual meetings. They are trying to make hear their voice. Because of why they shout.
Nobody cares but they care and they try to get others to care what happened to their ancestors. They want to inform people about the pain of being grandsons and daughters of a exiled and demolished nation. The banners in their hands shows the great sorrows of their grandfathers and mothers. All the demonstrators just hope this years' to be different than former year. They do much but still these demonstrations are still too weak and far away getting attention of people.
They are looking for a candle (their lost people) in the deep dark cave (modern world), and they are walking and holding meetings for protesting (not only Russians but also their people who are in deep sleep for generations). Every year on 21 of May they try to be got their voice heart by not only Russians but also by their nation. They protest not only being cared by nobody but also not cared even by their nation.
The activities are better than the former years and I hope next years' will be better. The world forget the date, 21 May 1864, The year of EXILE AND GENOCIDE. But, we don't. Because, it is still bleeding and the water in the rivers of the Black Sea flowing still red.
Sincerely Yours,
Kenugi J. UBYKH
May 23, 2010
March 17, 2010
Our Dear Motherland
Our culture is belong to motherland and only there it can survive. So we need there. Culture is based on customs and customs are based on habits. And habits are formed by mostly natural environment. That's why Africans wear thin clothes, and their language has lots of names of animals and plants. You don't have to be quick while going somewhere. Because, it is too hot. You have to do your jobs in the dawn if you don't want to work under the boiling tempature of the sun. So waking up early is a habit there. And this also causes lots of habits done during the early hours of the day.
Once we were there, there was mostly cold especially the highlands. So we wore thick clothes to protect ourselves from cold weather. We had to carry weapons to protect themselves against the wild animals and human enemies to be able to survive. We had to be respected for our olds because they were the only vast source of experience which is vital as a way of gathering information for youngs. We had to have a fast horse to follow our enemies or run away from somewhere. Our dances and the rhythms are mostly fast, because it was cold. The land was difficult to cultivate and we ate fruits and we gave a great importance to fruit trees. Because, it was the most plentiful source of food. During winter nights and days, there weren't much work to do, that's why our meetings were done then. We were waiting long winter nights to tell old stories or to make conversations, which were the only suitable time for the highlanders. Our ancestors survived for generations on the difficult circumstances of the high lands for thousands years. Those valleys and mountains and the creatures gave us some habits like a gift from the creator. These habits built our customs. And they made us. That's why all the Circassians folks are familiar to each other and we are the daughters and sons of the same father and mother.
New technologies has changed the needs and dependencies. We can go to market and buy whatever we want without waiting the proper season for the fruits or anything else. We have warm, comfortable cars now. So our clothes are thinner than before. But we are heavier than before because a car can carry us. It doesn't matter how heavy we are. We are workers and factories run during the winters, too. So there are less conversations than before. We all have to wake up early. So this was the end of the famous joyful long meetings of Circassians.
First a habit and then others changed, which changed our customs and those change us. We were forced to immigrate so we lost some of our habits. And with the technological developments and a new style of living in the modern world we are losing the rest. We are not real Circassians anymore, we can only be called as a modern Circassian people, whose clothes, customs, stories, language ... etc are completely different from our ancestors.
Coming back to our lands probably won't make us as we were once. But, at least we may lose slower and we can mourn for the things taken mercileslly from us.
Sincerely yours,
Kenugi J. UBYKH
Once we were there, there was mostly cold especially the highlands. So we wore thick clothes to protect ourselves from cold weather. We had to carry weapons to protect themselves against the wild animals and human enemies to be able to survive. We had to be respected for our olds because they were the only vast source of experience which is vital as a way of gathering information for youngs. We had to have a fast horse to follow our enemies or run away from somewhere. Our dances and the rhythms are mostly fast, because it was cold. The land was difficult to cultivate and we ate fruits and we gave a great importance to fruit trees. Because, it was the most plentiful source of food. During winter nights and days, there weren't much work to do, that's why our meetings were done then. We were waiting long winter nights to tell old stories or to make conversations, which were the only suitable time for the highlanders. Our ancestors survived for generations on the difficult circumstances of the high lands for thousands years. Those valleys and mountains and the creatures gave us some habits like a gift from the creator. These habits built our customs. And they made us. That's why all the Circassians folks are familiar to each other and we are the daughters and sons of the same father and mother.
New technologies has changed the needs and dependencies. We can go to market and buy whatever we want without waiting the proper season for the fruits or anything else. We have warm, comfortable cars now. So our clothes are thinner than before. But we are heavier than before because a car can carry us. It doesn't matter how heavy we are. We are workers and factories run during the winters, too. So there are less conversations than before. We all have to wake up early. So this was the end of the famous joyful long meetings of Circassians.
First a habit and then others changed, which changed our customs and those change us. We were forced to immigrate so we lost some of our habits. And with the technological developments and a new style of living in the modern world we are losing the rest. We are not real Circassians anymore, we can only be called as a modern Circassian people, whose clothes, customs, stories, language ... etc are completely different from our ancestors.
Coming back to our lands probably won't make us as we were once. But, at least we may lose slower and we can mourn for the things taken mercileslly from us.
Sincerely yours,
Kenugi J. UBYKH
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