#didoi

A Tsez (Didoi) Couple from Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia

"The Didoys, or Didoi, are an ethnic group [related to] Avars, one of the native peoples of the Caucasus, and are part of the Avar-Ando-Tsez group of peoples. The Didoys are a small indigenous people of southwestern Dagestan. The self-name of the people is Tsezi, which means "eagles" in translation.

Neighboring peoples and Avars call them Tsuntal, Georgians call them Zida. Usually, the peoples of Dagestan do not distinguish between the Didoys and Avars. These two peoples have become closer in the course of their history, they have similarities in genetic relationships, language, family life, everyday life, spiritual and material culture."