#cherkes

Lezginka or Lezghinka (Lezgian: Лезги кьуьл, Russian: лезгинка, Ossetian: тымбыл кафт, зилгæ кафт, Chechen: хелхар, Ingush: халхар, Karachay-Balkar: стеме, Azerbaijani: qaytağı, Georgian: ლეკური, Adyghe\Circassian: Лъапэрисэ, Шышэн, Къэжэхь) is a national dance of the many peoples in the Caucasus Mountains. Lezghins, Chechens, Ossetians, Circassians, Karachays, Balkars, Abkhazians, Kabardins, Ingush, Ingilos, Mountain Jews, Georgians, the Russian Kuban and Terek Cossacks and the various ethnicities of Dagestan such as the Avars, Dargwa and Kumyks have their own versions. A dance of the Lezgin people of Daghestan and Azerbaijan. The name derives from the Lezghin people as they were probably the first Caucasian group the Russians saw dance this dance, but it misleads and Russians called all Caucasian dances as "Lezginka". The one in the clip is Circassian Noble Dance.