Law of the Mountains

The film tells about what unites the peoples of the Caucasus - these are the laws that determine the spiritual state of one or another people: namys, namis, namus, alamys - they are so named among different Caucasian peoples. All living peoples of the Caucasus, represented by different nationalities, must comply with the high moral law bequeathed by their ancestors. The film includes the following filming: Part 1 Landscapes of the Caucasus Mountains: mountain ranges, a lake in the mountains, mountain villages, a snowy peak of Elbrus, a panorama of Makhachkala, a girl - a resident of Dagestan calls out a headscarf, a group of girls goes to fetch water, pass over a bridge across a mountain river, a bride preparing for the wedding, a flock of sheep walks along the street of the village, an old man plows the land with a plow, children run, residents of one of the mountain villages celebrate the ceremony of making it rain; view of the aul Kubachi in the mountains of Dagestan; chasers at work; a panorama of the products of the Kubachi masters; an old man with boys by the stream; a woman sculpts figures from clay; interview with candidate of philological sciences Abdurakhman Abdurakhmanov, academician, director of the Institute of language, literature and art named after Gamzat Tsadas Haji Gamzatov, doctor of philological sciences, professor Abdulkhakim Adzhiev, philologist Raziyat Abakarova, doctor of philological sciences, professor Kh.Khalilov (sync. and per frame. ) .2 part. Landscape of the Caucasus Mountains, a panorama of the relict grove of St. Khetag; celebration of the Ossetian pagan holiday in the sacred grove: women play the accordion, people walk through the grove, stand near the temple, put gifts on the altar in the temple; general view of the temple; the participants of the holiday cut pies, meat at the festive table, dance Ossetian folk dances, sit at the festive tables; general view of the "city of the dead"; towers in the mountains; view of the village in the valley and the "Hsau Dzuar" sanctuary; people in the sanctuary at the table with gifts; the kind of pies, the head of a bull on a plate; people at the laid festive tables; interviews with the builder Tamerlan Dzheliev, film director Lyudmila Makgeeva, N. Dzhusoev (sync. and frame). 3 part. Types of Nalchik; view of the building of the Russian State Drama Theater; people in the streets of the city, horsemen in the mountains, a herd of Kabardian horses in the valley; horse racing; panorama of folk instruments, incl. and on the instrument - shakapshina; seamstresses at work in the atelier of national clothes; panorama of national costumes; craftswomen for making mats, batik; children in the classroom with painting; view of the mountain landscape with Elbrus, horsemen in the mountains; interview of Doctor of Philological Sciences (sinhr. and for the frame.) A. Tsipinov. 4 part. Panorama over the mountains, along a mountain river; type of villages in the mountains; a herd of cows grazes in the pasture; haymaking in the mountains: mowers at work, on vacation; stacking hay in a stack; a flock of sheep, a herd of horses in the mountains; sitting a group of men - representatives of the Council of Elders of the village of Kendelen; general view of the Balkarian village; view of one of the rural courtyards; an old woman - a resident of the village sits with a spindle, spins a thread; the girl prepares ayran; children swim, play in the river; women and girls knit; grandmother with her grandchildren in the yard; interviews with Zhamal Chepkenchiev, Ramazan Atmurzaev, Anuar Zheteyev (sync and behind the scenes) Part 5: Panorama of the mountains; view of the road in the mountains, houses on the side of the road; general view of the Adyghe aul Mafekhabl; view of the destroyed chapel, dolmen; folk rituals in the Adyghe auls Chirakai, Pshizov and Hautokhabl: a holiday in the Adegean aul Chirakai: girls in national clothes, dancing; conducting Adyghe national rituals in the village of Hautokhabl - "swaddling a child", "first step of a child"; celebration of a wedding in the village of Pshizov according to folk customs; interview with the director of the center of folk culture A. Kulov, head of the administration of the aul Mafehabl Abdula Abazi, Fakhriya Asani (sync. and behind the scenes.) Part 6: Landscapes of Abkhazia: mountains, Lake Ritsa, waterfall, rocks; men are sitting in the park; streets of Sukhumi; a panorama of the memorial to those who fell in wars; a holiday in the Abkhaz village of Dzhukhva: the villagers are preparing for the holiday, sitting at the festive table; children swing on a swing; members of an Abkhaz family - residents of one of the villages are sitting at a set table: they eat watermelon, hominy; rainbow over the village; a male choir sings; general view of the New Athos monastery; interviews with Candidate of Historical Sciences Yuri Argun, B. Kutamia, G. Tarba, D. Lotharia (sync. and for the frame.).

Color

6

2006