Bats people
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The Bats people or the Batsbi are Nakh-speaking Tushetians in the country of Georgia. They are also known as the Ts’ova-Tush (წოვათუშები) after the Ts’ova Gorge in the historic Georgian mountain region of Tusheti. The group should not be confused with the neighbouring Kists – also a Nakh-speaking people who live in the nearby Pankisi Gorge.
A late nineteenth-century Batsbur wedding in the village of Zemo Alvani (eastern Georgia).
Ingush people
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Ingush, historically known as Durdzuks, Gligvi and Kists, are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group mainly inhabiting Ingushetia in central Caucasus, but also inhabitanting Prigorodny District and town of Vladikavkaz of modern day North-Ossetia. The Ingush are predominantly Sunni Muslims and speak the Ingush language.
The Caucasus in the 1st century BC according to ancient Greek geopgrapher Strabo, composed by Frédéric Dubois de Montpéreux
Pottery: an ancient Ingush vessel with three handles. The side handles used to tie the knots, and the vessel itself is well balanced for an operator to pour water down with one hand. Dzheyrakhsky District of Ingushetia.
Armament of a medieval Ingush warrior. Found in the crypt of the village of Ozdig. Photo (1921)
Ingush male warrior helmet