South Ossetian dancers perform a Central Asian dance

[abdelhazim]

The dancers and the musicians are 100% South Ossetians. Whaterever the dance and music style may be. I think I'm going to delete this video soon due to the stupid comments, agree?

[UNdesiredReality]

hey people why you don't want to understand............... Osetia, Daghestan, Georgia, Azerbaijan are Caucasian nationssss and of course their tradition do coincide too despite one having some genes more than others. And Armenians were moved here by Russia begginning 1820's but our caucasian friendship dates back b.c and we georgians (iberiya) azerbaijan (atropatena and Albania) fought against Roman's in 66 A.c.

[UNdesiredReality]

@UNdesiredReality  We fought against Russia. We must stand together against external powers and at last we must preserve our culture to the next generations.

[okhchu64]

EEYY!! SIKANISH?? Its AZERBAIJAN dance! name of dance "NALBAKI"

ALAN it is IRON..IRON it is OSETIN!

AZERRBAIJAN-OSSETIAN FRENDSHIP!!

DZHABAH!!!

[turkestanable]

i dont think this dance and especially music has to do with Central Asia...

[OSSETIANgorgoch]

FREE OSSETIA!!!IRAETTAE RAZMAE!!!

[Turkgurl11]

lol .

[Turkgurl11]

Its armenian dance becasue the music of this video is like armenian music and we dont have clothes like that. NAd maybe armenians copied from us beccause they don hav anything no no this is armenian this is nelbeki but u copied.

[AZE033]

lol was that a real sarcasm? good one!

[Turkgurl11]

no this is definetly not azeri dance, I think its probabily armenian dance.

[RITAbakes]

Am I have to reply after one year to u ?I agree with u .This is an Armenian dance.This is not Alan also.Alan danced this beautifully.But probably we shouldn't criticize this too.They tried.Not the best of the best but nice try.

But it is same that ther is no more "Alan". Free market swiped "Alan" and brought us this. ...

[Ballerinochka]

I dont think its armenian, .. the music is not for sure, and the belly ance kind of part, armenians dont have that.. i think its not armenian... its nice though

[yashasinturkler]

its not azeri dance its armeni dance and it sukks

[turkmongol]

chto eto za chumu, eto mix gruzinskogo, dagestanskogo armyanskogo, hey tupie azeri, i vi skazete chto u vas muzika i tanci est? eto prenadlezaet kavkazu, a vi gandon azerishki idite v mongoliu, na xui otsyuda, gandoni porshivie

[QelbiminHarayi]

GREAT AZERI DANCE...

[antyhollo]

see nelbeki is an Azerbaijan word and there is not any word in armenian nelbeki. So we can say that nelbeki is an Azerbaijan dance and not just because of this, also the things dancers weard is Azerbaijan cloths or something..

And please dont make an Armenian-Azerbaijan fight here just because a dance thing..

[7891079]

it is Azerbaijanian, because only azerbaijanians have NELBEKI, cause there is such a dance when girls t use dishes or glasses while dancing and show their flexibility..... SO dont be confused, ok..... Armenians, why u always take what does not belong to you? Because, you are jealous have NOTHING!

[vaazma]

lol this is not armenian at all.we dont use accordeons at all and we dont use those glittery colours nor shake our hips like that

[ghorbati]

Azari, Armani or whatever. It is beautiful.

Thanks for posting.

While we fight over ancient history there are super powers like the USA with virtually no history who are masters of the universe. It is so pathetic we argue over who was where first and all. Instead we need to find common grounds and cooperate to achieve something.

It is good to know history but to argue and fight over it????

[xxxLilPwincesSxxx]

Central Asian dance of the Caucasian region.

Can... (more)

Added: 29 January 2007

Central Asian dance of the Caucasian region.

Candle light dance of Azerbaijdzan or Azerbaijan (done by a troupe of South Ossetia).

This is not bellydance but is more related to oriental dance. It could also be the Armenian dance called "nelbeki". One thing is sure, it's an Central Asian oriental dance

lol ur confused ))

[184tube]

Since when Nelbeki is an armenian dance?

[xxxLilPwincesSxxx]

ur such an idiot.. i never said that it is .. what a fucker u r!! read what i wrote first u silly willy!!

[184tube]

"It could also be the Armenian dance called "nelbeki"." - this is what you said.

Agzinin danishigina fikir ver.

[184tube]

It could also be the Armenian dance called "nelbeki"." - this is what you said.

Agzinin danishigina fikir ver.

[colouredwinds]

because of the objects in their hands they are dancing with i can say it is Azeri.

[narkiz]

You have a seriously flawed knowledge of Geography. Caucasia is not Central Asia, it is a unique piece of land between the Black sea and the Khazar Sea. Oriental is a seriously flawed word to use here. Oriental dance is not from Central asia, it is from Arabia.

[abdelhazim]

One poster mentioned this was probably georgian. The comment was accidentally deleted but he might have been right?

[colouredwinds]

i am presuming it is georgian too because i did not realise the differences//

[stellita12]

Numerous cultural examples, the Maiden's Tower, Yusuf ibn Kuseyr Tomb, Mominaxatun Mausoleum, Barda Mausoleum, Tabriz Blue Mosque, Shirvanshakhs' Palace in Baky and many other unique architectural monuments emphasizing the rich cultural traditions people of Azerbaijan has been recognized worldwide as a unique and unparalleled contribution to the world cultural treasury.

[CilicianAri]

ALLL BUILT BY PERSIANS hahahahaha ALL BUILT BY PERSIANS you have no culture YOUR A YOUNG COUNTRY why do you think russians call you " Caucasian TATARS" lmaoooooooooooo

[antyhollo]

Look dude, i hope ur IQ number bigger than ur age, but I dont think so anyway,

First of all, when you'll look to that fckn roman map, you will see that there is Atropates or something like that written over there.. second; Azerbaijan ppls always livd in that area which is called Atropates and armenia were near of it, and Thats the because of this land is Azerbaijan s land.

[stellita12]

It doesn't matter ... he see what he wants to see... and I don t think that he has idea what is Atropatena... I just don t understand why he can't face the truth, and what for this hate to azerbaijani people and country itself...It was not azeri that they raped small children...and that blood and pain is on their hands! I don t want to say anything, Im sure, God will jugde them! I just hope that it will be in this life...hate never brings hapiness...whatever...

[CilicianAri]

Atropatena hahahahaha thats not even A TURKIC WORDS lmaoooo PLEASE PLEASE go to a history class ive seen the maps ON THE COLLUESEAM my self in ROME the only three peoples in the entire region were ARMENIANS PONTIC GREEKS AND PERSIANS, i did not see Azerbaijan nor did i see Georgia, YOU VERY WELL KNOW YOU COME FROM TURKIC NATIONS LIKE KAZAKSTAN BUT YOU DO NOT WANT TO ADMITT IT BECAUSE YOU ARE ASHAMED!!! you know you are lying but TRUTH HURTS so you hide it with false claims

[stellita12]

Lights are on but nobody is at home.. you know that? it's abut u...Im bored of u and your 'opinion' If u have ne, share that somewhere where u can be properly judged after that...I m not going to listen about you DREAMS about great armenia... Ciao!

[antyhollo]

And last of all, what is wrong with you? why are you hate from Azerbaijan and Turkic ppls so much?

You armenians stealing few of our songs and mix ing them for ur eurovision fantassy but none of azerbaijanian hating from you, and you know what, that is the real difference btwn you and other ppls. All you can do is just hate, hate and hate more. Its not your fault, its your teachers or your parents fault! Live in peace brother

[stellita12]

Im sorry for you, and your shamless mentality... ciao

[CilicianAri]

SHAMELESS lmaoo question your self love we all know the first time azerbaijan was mentioned it was mentioned in 14 TH CENTURY A.D.

first time Armenia was mentioned 3500 B.C. by a egyption pharoe :)))) facts are facts and idiot are idiots, you fall in the category of a idiot peace and love ;)

[stellita12]

WHAT U WANT?

[antyhollo]

its Azerbaijan dance. and might be called nelbeky :)

[Yerevan87]

This is not Armenian...you'll know when it's Armenian. Armenians are not fucking Turkic craps of Central Asia.

[stellita12]

Dear neighbours! If you don't have enough literature to read in your country, and you are not pretty good in internet, I can give you some links to read... Every country has it's own culture, and if someone here has no knowledge about caucasus and Azerbaijan, Im sorry for your education... Use your energy for peace, not for stupid war... I dont want to say that the miserable armenian soldiers did with small children, women and elderly people.. Its not war, its psychomania!!! Dont be the same...

[stellita12]

These cities are mentioned by antique, medieval and later authors who wrote in the ancient Greek, Latin, Syrian, Arab, Persian, Georgian, Turkish, Russian, English, Italian, German and French languages. Among these authors were travelers and missioners, geographers and scientists, merchants and pilgrims, writers and poets like Herodotus-"the father of history," Strabon, Plinius Senior, Ptolemeus, Marco Polo, Iosafat Barbaro, Anthony Jenkinson,Pushkin,Lermontov, Alexander Duma Senior.

[CilicianAri]

strabo does not ONCE MENTION A COUNTRY CALLED AZERBAIJAN what are yu nutsss THE FIRST TIME AZERBAIJAN WAS MENTIONED WAS IN THE 14TH CENTURY A.D. BY A GEORGIAN HISTORIAN stop twisting words OK!! LOOK AT ANCIENT ROMAN MAPS NO SUCH THING AS AZERBAIJAN ALBANIA GEORGIA ALL IS ARMENIA ;))

[stellita12]

listen dearest... Im not gonna spend my time to do what your teachers haven't done 10 years at school...try to read some literature,NOT WRITTEN BY armenian...

[CilicianAri]

I do lmaooooooo i only get western sources WHY WOULD YOU LIE SHOW ME WHERE YOU FOUND AQUOTE FROM STRABO HIM QUOTING ABOUT " AZERBAIJAN" lmaoooo Strabo only knew about two nations in the region one Armenia and two Caucasus Albania NO SUCH THING AS TURKIC AZERBAIJAN DONT LIE DONT CHEAT TO YOUR SELF PICK UP A BOOK AND READ DONT TRY AND HEAR WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR ;)

[stellita12]

Great silk road" (GSR)-is a general name of a caravan road, which has been the main two-way trading bridge of East and West since III century BC up to now.Since the ancient times cities of Azerbaijan were known as centers of trade, culture, various crafts, science and education. Their production was used both in domestic and foreign markets and through the Great Silk Road. The Caucasus part of the Great Silk Road included cities of Sheki, Shamakhi, Baku, Gabala, Basgal and Lagich...

[FDTAFDW]

i thought u were muslim.... what the hell does that have to do with fire?

[CilicianAri]

oh is he lol, oh no dont worry i wont need to begg, gods been with armenia since 2500 B.C. no peoples have destroyed or subgigated Armenia, WORLD EMPIRES collided in ARMENIA ALL FAILED TO DESTROY THIS "WORTHLESS" race but we still survived, i dont think azerbaijan will accomplish this but yeh oh well!

[CilicianAri]

hahaha dont go off subject mate! azer means fire in iranian YOU HAVE NO CULTURE lmaoo atleast turky kept its turkic routes and called themselfes "Turkey" loool, but you guys damn shit lol, argggg dont worry its ok i know its difficult to accept you fuck Hayasdancis hmmmm?? well i mean thats a nice statement, but if im mistaken didnt 20,000 armenians destroy 60,000 azerbaijanis in a war?? hmmmmmm

[antyhollo]

You are a poos little bastard cfilicianari, and you feel proud about what have your gay grandpaps done in the war?! Ppl like you shouldnt ever exist in world! If you want to live in Azerbaijan lands, to take them get a fukin visa and live in peace. But if you fuckr want to fight then fight, but after that dont cry like your gay dads and granddads about the genocide or holocaust or whatever call it...

[CilicianAri]

azerbaijani LANDDDS??? jhanhjshaahAHh azerbaijani land OK MATE WHATEVER YOU SAY go look at your self in the mirror you probably have slanted eyes, high cheeck bones and look TURKIC that is proof YOU DONT BELONG IN THE CAUCASUS AND ANATOLIA your nation derrives from MIGRATIONS FROM MONGOLIA! the whole NATION OF AZERBAIJAN HONESTLY BELONGS TO ARMENIA AND GEORGIA natives of THE CAUCASUS!

[CilicianAri]

no sorry i wouldnt want to suck your dick im affraid maybe you should Kemal Mustafa Ataturk he was actualy a gay man btw molested little Macadonian kids, but ne who thats me off the subject! Azer means "Fire" in (Farsi) so you have no culture btw!! you couldnt even name your selfes lol THATS ANOTHER SHAMEFULL THING !

[antyhollo]

if I would be an armenian gay like YOU, I would probably cut my head off.. Cuz what your grand dads or dads have done in war, theese was the MOST SHAMEFULL THING!

But no, "some of you" armenians are just so shameless.

[CilicianAri]

im mindless hmmmm??? i begg to differ when i show you facts you deny, FIRST reconing of a mindless person lol! Good try and kill the Children in Arstakh and you clearly know Karabkh is the Turkic word for the land first mentioned in 14 century A.D. where as Artsakh was mentioned in 200 B.C. :))) so yeh keep on dreaming mate, its really funny i wouldnt think your THATTT dumb to deny facts, but after all you are a mindless mongol invader!

[CilicianAri]

Look i know its really hard to accept the fact you have no culture NO HUMAN ON THIS EARTH will do it, no person who belongs to a certain group of people will accept the fact they arent what they seem, and or have no culture BUT AZERIS DONT, thats the first reason why you even MIGRATED TO ANATOLIA AND CAUCASUS from mongolia kazakstan uzbekistan! etc etc your language is the only thing i can say that is your culture NOTHING ELSE its true

[CilicianAri]

preserve what fucking culture YOUR MUSLIM, you speak TURKIC thats NOT PRESERVING CULTURE lmaoo, Armenians preserve culture go type in Caucasian Albania IT LITRALLY STATES MOST YOUR KINGS WERE ARMENIAN DESCENT, and your ALPHABET MADE BY ARMENIANS lol LOOK AT HISTORIC ROMAN maps THERE IS NO SUCH COUNTRY AS albania THAT WHOLE AREA IS ARMENIA what do you have to say about that lol?? please be ethical lmaoo

[CilicianAri]

YOU SPOKE ARMENIAN, and Mesrop Mashtots the Armenian invented your alphabet!!!! FOOOL lol

and JUST ABOUT ALL YOUR KINGS WERE ARMENIAN, i give you facts you show me non! -_- SO PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY ARE YOU MUSLIM AND WHY DO YOU SPEAK TURKIC???? if your caucasian albanians lmaooo and thirdly why do you LOOK TURKIC lol!

[CilicianAri]

if your caucasian albanian

1. YOU WOULD BE CHRISTIAN

2. YOU WOULD SPEAK ARMENIAN (Hence its a proven fact caucasian albanians SPOKE ARMENIAN)

[CilicianAri]

lol thats great to hear i see the turkic mongol blood is very prominent after all thanx for proving this :)) childrens blood lol, when 20,000 badly equiped armenians destroy 60,000 well equiped azeris, i think stats were on your side, but the fighting ability WAS OBVIOUSLY LACKING lmaoo, ne Caucasian Albania hmmm LOOK AT ANCIENT ROMAN MAPS LOOK AT ARMENIA, caucasian albania IS BERELY A FREEKIN COUNTRY and azeris are TURKIC thats that :)

[CilicianAri]

hundreds of years hmmmm, azerbaijan has only exsisted for 200 years mate dont get to lucky with the hundreds of years phrase lol! Even the Dutch Human rights group said in Kojali azeris purpously put their civilians out in the middle of battle so it will prevent the armenians not to attack, but we werent have any of that IT WAS YOUR OWN LITTLE SNEAKY SCHEME to stop us attacking FOOL!

[CilicianAri]

provoke lol you see provoking is when you begin being rude and you swear like ive seen you display your self several different times!

However i always keep my manners, i dunno but i think a certain gene malfunction in turkic peoples makes them very aggresive and angry, but obviously its rude if i mention where that gene originates from.

[CilicianAri]

i just complimented azeris and georgians on the Lezginka dance am i honestly a bad person, because i say i think this dance and music is cheap???

[CilicianAri]

ill do what ever i like is it my problem if honestly think its cheap, however i do like the Lezginka of georgians and azeris, but i really dont like this dance nor the music!

[CilicianAri]

this is not armenian we dont have cheap culture like this!!

[NorthAzeriCaucasus]

Music is Azerbaijani.

Dance is not Azerbaijani.

[Cholka142]

to all armenian here...yea the dances you "have" are all stolen from azeries. couldnt steal land from turkey they kicked u out and then from azeries...too bad we havnt done it YET. Inshallah.

And this is georgian not azeri nor armenian.

ps. armenians are the ones hating on relagion all the time...and saying they have been christian for 3000 years. azerbaycan is the place where there are and always have been people of many religions. So go study history pleeeease

[Iamdawinner]

ok that women in pink was able to move her hand  and rotate it .. wow flexible ...

[Ballerinochka]

i am armenian, this is not armenian

[shkutsi]

who knows the name of this music ? or song?

[rapboybaku]

fuck armenia!!!this is natural AZERBAIJAN culture!!!fuckin armenia hasnt any cultures or something like that!!!

[ronningun]

This is a traditional tea dance of the Caucus. Which part of the Caucus I have no clue.

[jigyarovhayaxchik]

hell no this isnt armenian, we have our own dances wich are much much better more beutifull what the hell is this

[kavkazian]

This dance is no armenian... We have our own culture. This dance is azeri or daghsetani or from another caucasian country, but not armenian. Our dances are completly differents. Besides, we play Armenian typical instruments, not an accardion and a dhol. We have the richest culture in all caucasus.

Instead, the azeris stole their culture from Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Georgia and Dagestan.

[beholder47]

I wonder, if Armenians have their own culture, why do they keep plagiarizing Azerbaijani music? You guys copy some pieces even without troubling to change anything. And yet you are the ones who come out with "blaming arguements." But this is not your fault, I guess. String anti-Azerbaijani hatrid propaganda has been affecting the way people think in Armenia for many years and you appear to be its victim.

[kavkazian]

Hahaha... azerbaijani paranoia. We have been composing music in our land since you were in central asia fucking sheeps. Our culture is studied in all the universities of the world because its particularity. But your music is exactly like Persian music, your dances are a copy of Armenian and Georgian dances, your language is like turkish, you have no own alphabet... YOU HAVE NO CULTURE. Your country and your culture are just 300 years old. Everybodies knows the truth.

[beholder47]

I am sorry for you

[kavkazian]

Believe me, I am sorry for you.

[kolobara08]

i am not from azerbeijan and i know that you are so wrong and actually fed with propaganda and hatered. i even know why but thats another topic. there are so many tribes etc. in caucasian region and genrally azerbeijan just like armenia was one of first people to become christians. and now you say they have no culture?? u know better than that, stop hating based on religion!!

[Absurdistian]

Azerbaijani music? "Azerbaijani"???

[laztechs]

as an armenian, i affirm this is not armenian.

[umid123]

How is it that Nelbeki dance is Armenian? Do you even know what Nelbeki means?

[kirgizasman]

folks... being from cenrtal asia i can assure you this dance has nothing to do with central asia... dance is not bad but it looks very much like dance of some caucasus ethnic group... may be north caucasus...

[yellepe]

the second piece of music is called "yarim gozleyer meni".Abbas sings it today in Azerbaijan.but the dancers are not azerbaijani, because in azeri national dances women are not supposed to move theis hips like that(esp.first piece).also in the first piece garmon (accordeon) sounds more like northern caucasus music.Anyway, they're so close.But in general it's a good performance.thanx South Ossetians.

[WarrioRDFB]

very nice music, very nice dance, very nice girls, south ossetians.

[jimmybalham]

this is good! armenians, ossetians and azerbaijanis have a lot in common, music, dance etc

[orxan]

if this dance is armenian, then the World should stop turning:) (but the dancers could actually be armenian, i dont know... They are used to claim everything they see as their own!)

[seroona]

sure that fucky dance is not armenian coz the armenain dont do this silly fakes theses dancers are stupid and don have the armenain shine i think they had stole the music from armenian

[seesee4321]

That last sentence sure is true. They grasp at straws trying to prove their worth.

[hayyyyyyyy]

IT'S NOT AN ARMENIAN DANCE

[fdadasheva]

this is Azeri dance!I think our AZERI poeople will recognize elements of the national music , and the name of the last song is -OXU DENIZ OXU . BUt dancers are not Azeri people. I didn  t felt coloring and tenderness of our dancers. anyway...

[SogomonTehleryan]

the music is azerbaijani but the dance is armenian.

[fdadasheva]

waaaao, and how much time u spent for finding so dumb answer to my comment.hahahahahaha.

and i didn t write abt dance, i wrote abt DANCERS :))))))

[Meline001]

it's not an armenian dance it's Azerbaijani.

[WarrioRDFB]

This is dancing. Stop political bullshit. This is dancing shut up and enjoy. Stop be jelous!!!

[WarrioRDFB]

hosank you stupid brainedwashed cunt. Who told you about those kind of bullshit ? We were and will be in caucasus and you indian prick go and eat your own shit. You have enough.

[hosank]

lol, it's like a made in china immitation of an armenian dance. and azeris are not caucasian..you are central asian mongol invaders, who happen to live in the caucasus, after having massacred it's inhabitants.

[GrandFiesta]

this is a armenian dance fuckers! you stole everything from the armenians! Armenian civilization is older then 6000 years! you just excist for 100 years! one day all of azerbiedjan will be in ARMENIA'S HAND, DEATH TO ALL THE AZERI'S, DEATH TO ALL THE MUSLIMS, I SPIT AND PISS ON THE QURAN!!!

[firdovsi]

hey fuck face there no anuy nation have 6000 yeras old fuck your history teacher. the oldes natonos of the historuy they have not more 3000-3500 years old.

[seesee4321]

You Armenians never cease to realize what little influence you have, it's no wonder the Persians had to babysit you for the 2000 or so years of your actual history.

[turkishdelightsermin]

azerbaijan + turkey = love :-)

Beautiful azari dance...And beautiful azari-turkish girls...

[jeyranbatan1]

Moreover, it is neither a belly dance nor a Central Asian one; it is an Azerbaijani dance, which falls under the Caucasian category. I would also appreciate if the posting user made the necessary changes in the description.

[jeyranbatan1]

The description makes a reference to an "Armenian dance called nelbeki", however, Nelbeki is not an Armenian, but an Azerbaijani dance. The word "nelbeki" in Azerbaijani language stands for "saucer", hence the dance with glasses half-full with tea on hands of the dancers. I know Armenians and Azerbaijanis do have similar cultures, as well as, similar dances, but this particular one even has an Azerbaijani name. So Levleons, please do not claim it to be a "wellknown Armenian dance".

[gldnkey7]

Turkish, Persian, Armenian Azerbaijanese, Georgian...they are all very similar and they all have their own beauty!

[rukaplan]

nice comment. even in dancing there are abuses

[stellita12]

Very nice comment, and correct !!!

[Lusine25]

this is not armenian dance,but the music sounds like armenian

[Melkisedek1976]

it is far away )))

[gldnkey7]

No, Levleons. It's a bit similar, but not the same. Armenian dance far away from Azerbaijanese dances.

[Levleons]

It is wellknown Armenian dance "nelbeki"

[Infan7eer]

SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU FUCKIN LOSERS!! YOU TAKE ALL OF OUR DANCES AND CLAIM IT AS ARMENIAN... It's understandable though... your national dances look like shit so you try to steal ours..

[firdovsi]

fuck face the word of "nelbeki" is Azeri word it mean's "plate" it not just in azeri mejor of turk natins using this word.

some timee your fucking grand mam's and grand futher fogeting to change name of the song when they stol it.

[Bolatberjey]

thank you for the correction...

[Bolatberjey]

It's probably an art group from S. Ossetia, because of tags, but this is not an Ossetian dance. :( This is a dance from Azerbaijan. Also, music is Azerbaijan part.

[Bolatberjey]

And... This is not belly dance completely!