Culture of Ossetia information

The culture of Ossetia includes a range of rituals, customs and language distinctions specific to the region of Ossetia in the Caucasus, divided between...

South Ossetia (/ɒˈsɛtiə/ o-SET-ee-ə, less common: /ɒˈsiːʃə/ o-SEE-shə), officially the Republic of South Ossetia or the State of Alania, is a partially...

Abkhazia and South Ossetia are separatist regions of Georgia in the Caucasus. Most countries recognise them as part of Georgia, while Russia, Venezuela...

Ossetia is a region located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. The folk music of Ossetia (Ossetian: Ирыстоны музыкæ/Irystony musykæ) began...

triggered projects of identity-building among many of its constituent nations. In Ossetia, as in other nations, this involved the recovery of an "authentic...

Iranian ethnic group who are indigenous to Ossetia, a region situated across the northern and southern sides of the Caucasus Mountains. They natively speak...

North Ossetia–Alania within Russia, but is also present in South Ossetia, and in Ukraine. The Nart sagas are central to the religion, and exponents of the...

elections were held in South Ossetia on 9 June 2024 to determine the composition of the South Ossetian Parliament, the legislature of the partially recognized...

the Colchian culture of the western Caucasus and the Kharachoi culture further east. It is named after the village of Koban, Northern Ossetia, where in 1869...

Ossetic) literature is expressed in the Ossetian language, an Iranian language of the Caucasus. The Ossetian literature is comparatively young, with its first...

South Ossetia, a partially-recognized de facto state in the Caucasus and officially part of Georgia, is primarily Eastern Orthodox Christian. A significant...

the "master of the New Year" in Ossetian mythology. It is celebrated annually between 12 and 14 of January. The common customs/rituals of the festival...

[tsxʲɪnˈval(ʲɪ)]) is the capital of the disputed de facto independent Republic of South Ossetia, internationally considered part of Shida Kartli, Georgia (except...

Northern and Southern Ossetia in autumn. The festival lasts a day and can be regarded as a kind of Oktoberfest. Ossetian brewing culture can be traced back...

change South Ossetia's official name to "Republic of South Ossetia–The State of Alania" to mirror its northern counterpart North Ossetia, officially the...

Circassia, Chechnya, Ingushetia, and modern North Ossetia–Alania. With its capital at Maghas, the location of which is still disputed, it became independent...

Government of the Republic of South Ossetia is the political leadership of the partially recognised Republic of South Ossetia. South Ossetia's head of state...

a book about the history and culture of Ossetia", Res, 23 January 2020. Omid Safi, review of Spirituality in the Land of the Noble, MESA Bulletin 39/1...

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crossroads of several major European cultures. Three of the continent's major languages, German, French and Italian, are national languages of Switzerland...