The Svans: A Georgian Community Living in Another Time | SLICE | FULL DOCUMENTARY
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- Nestled in a picturesque valley between Abkhazia and South Ossetia lie the 40 mountain villages of Svaneti, homeland of the Svans. Towering mountains reaching heights of 5000 meters surround this remote region of Georgia. Accessing the Georgian mountains is challenging, and time appears to stand still here.
The Svans distinguish themselves from other Georgians with their strong adherence to tradition. They fiercely preserve their medieval culture, maintaining their own language and a unique cult of icons. Despite modern advancements, the Svans continue to farm their meager land without the use of machinery, and ancient rituals remain a vital part of their daily lives.
A new era has dawned for the Svans, marked by change and adaptation. Yet, they are determined not to forsake their cherished values and age-old traditions.
Documentary: The Svans - Between Tradition and Modern World
Direction: Andreas Lünser
Production: Spiegel TV
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Someone please tell them civilization is overrated. Keep those kids safe up there.
I was just thinking the opposite
@@spaghettiqueen230 why? They have clean food, clean water, clean air and a society of loved ones. Why mess with perfection?
@@chaznonya4This is not perfection - no immediate medical care, perhaps an unhealthy diet due to limited variety, no dental care, poor washing facilities, no sanitary wear for women during menstruation. Those five things alone would help me decide where I would rather live. The little lads scoliosis will not improve by correct posture, that is the only thing his father can be offered; he will need treatment to balance the muscles of his back and hard manual labour, which he is doing already, will only make matters worse.
@@maryearll3359 you've never been camping have you? And their food is far superior to our junk food diet. As I've experienced both sides, imo they have it better.
They live in civilization. They live 1,5 hour from the city, have roads electricity tv cell connection and A LOT of tourists there. This documentary is quite misleading. Source: lived in Georgia for 4 years.
I was here in Ushguli last week. There are actually quite a few tourists who pass through all summer. Lots of small restaurants, cafes, and guesthouses around to serve them. And there's a big cell tower that keeps everyone connected to the world year round.
So it's not quite as remote as this doc makes out. Many of the surrounding smaller villages are more remote but not as picturesque for videos like this. In any case, it still feels like a place from the past, still feels quite special.
Pretty sure this documentary is fairly old. Many of the developments shown just starting here are quite well established now.
Was it a tour? Or did you just go yourself? I’m interested. Thanks from Australia
@@soniarose1983 I went myself via motorcycle. If you can't find anything online there are a lot of guesthouses in Mestia who could probably advise about hiring drivers that could take you around to different villages.
the doc is more than a few years old at least, all those things got there relatively recently!
Inside their house alone and some of their clothes they use you can feel that they are living in modernized world.😊
Beautiful country. Beautiful people. Interesting history. I love how the value children, especially boys, while they have those preciously gorgeous girls. Wonderful documentary!
Amazing that people still live this way. Such strong people. If more people had to live this way, basic, purposeful, prayerful, faithful, the world would be a better place. God bless them all.
Most of the world still lives pretty much like this. Get out and travel a little and pay attention to what u see..
I 💯 agree, she wants a better life for her 5 children, they will move to a bigger city or country and never feel so alone as when surrounded by people who do not care or care to care to know you
I think its wonderful that the outside world has not corrupted this beautiful town. The love respect ,the hard work shows how they love their lives and families and their past ancestors.
@@lynettemacdonald3957 The camera is there now it will corrupt.
Plenty of tourists and other Georgians come there. There's cafes, hotels. It's been connected with the rest of the world for a long time though yes, long cut off winter
This is a rather unrealistic portrayal of Usghuli today. You can expect to find development, flashing neon signs advertising cha cha and plenty of tourists from all over the world. It is beautiful, but it is certainly not cut off from the outside world.
Saying that the wheel hasn't been invented there is just ignorant. Dragging a sled works much, much better on those hillsides, with more control of the load going downhill and is not much more difficult going uphill. Work sleds are safer for the animals hauling them and for the people as well. Wheels are expensive and require more maintenance and a specialized wheelwright to make them.
Makes absolute sense.
I was thinking the same. Imagine the momentum wheels would get on those hillsides.
And when there's snow
Lol, then I saw the Toyota truck 😂
Wheels also make deep ruts in the paths that require continuous repair. In medieval Japan wheeled carts were forbidden on the main roads for anyone but the imperial court to protect the road surfaces.
These people have the Right idea ! The World in general could learn a Lot from them . Beautiful people, Beautiful Life !
Thank you for a beautiful documentary on the Svans, I have visited Tibilisi, Gerogia, in 2017, and I just fell in love with the hospitality of these warm, friendly Georgians. Their traditions, their customs, and their religious beliefs in Orthodox Christianity is very humbling. I wish the Georgians peace, progress and love. IF I could visit Georgia, I would do it over and over again.
Спасибо брат
how proud noble and humble can you get ? respect.
What beautiful people they are. The region, the traditions and values are also beautiful. May God grant them both preservation and prosperity.
अगर इंडिया या पाकिस्तान में कोई संप्रदाय इसी तरह से रहता है तो तुम गोरे लोग उसे घृणित दृष्टि से देखते हो,अब क्योंकि ये लोग गोरे हैं तो तुम इनकी तारीफ़ में कसीदे पढ़ रही हो।
@@Arbaaz0694 YOU are the racist. You are also Christophobic.
@@Arbaaz0694 stop being racist and jealous you cry baby.
😂
@@Arbaaz0694Ermmm... no. You're being an itsy bitsy racist.
It's a beautiful documentary..... I dint even skip for a second ....lots of love and respect from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏
Love this so beautiful and authentic
The world is a big place, with many different cultures, this one is a surviving one that in their traditions lives on! Thank you for sharing this wonder! 🙏
I was really impressed that education was so highly regarded in such an isolated, traditionalist village.
Proper wholesome food , living with nature … kudos to them for living the real life
Indeed!
No preservatives in 🧀...oh krafty !
Didn't you see the part where they explained they DONT have a proper diet which leads to malnutrition and thyroid disease?!! No, they're l8ving with reduced health and life expectancy.
Lacking iodine and causing health problems. The wife want's out and wants to take the kids to the city.
@@petethundabox5067 Hang out with al gore ?
Beautiful people, beautiful life style, protect it at all costs.
This is a very good way to live and I hope they don't change the old ways ,such a beautiful place
@@chantelbijeaux6541 al gore approval !
My wifes family is from a small village in Bulgaria on the border of Greece and everyone makes their own rakia or brandy and everyone has the best so I wound of drinking a lot during a festival. What an awesome time with good people! Nazdrave!
I am so happy for Slice to have this documentary. The Svans are beautiful people. Their traditions are just amazing. Hope they never lose them.
what amazing lives!. lived in these isolated Georgian mountains. Thank you for creating this documentary for the public! God bless you!
I had the privilege to patrol all the Kodori valley with UN for almost 2 years. Svanetians are a very proud people who try to keep their traditions alive. They love nature, God and they know about families and tradition, words that unfortunately are unknown for people like us who can't live without the mobile, electricity, internet, fast food, luxury cars and hotels, vacations, money. These people are proud and I hope that everyone who saw the video to have the chance to visit this place and see what is real life
Seems like a tough but happy and fulfilling life. I am rather envious.
I bet many of us city dwellers feel just like you do.
I just saw this documentary from Georgia, and was interested because first time at my work I have a co-worker from there, he told me, he’s going to finish uní here and cam back to Georgia. Beautiful tradition and people. 🇨🇦🇦🇷
You people are very Rich in culture .....lots of love❤ from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Really surprised how close this resembles to remote mountain villages of my region in India.
I come from Uttarakhand, a Himalayan state in India. Here we have these remote villages near the India-Tibet border located at altitude of well over 2000m. In winters, there is heavy snowfall. So many families move downhill but some do
stay in the village.
Agriculture is limited with primary crops being potato, carrot, pulses etc.
Another thing that I found similar is ritual sacrifice. Here too sheeps or goats are sacrificed to goats whenever families movie from downhill to their villages at the start of spring. The meat is shared by all the village.
Collective sharing is kind kf a norm and all the families help each other either to procure food or help wach other in difficult times.
I guess mountain villages share resemblance all across the world.
Yes indeed. All highlander cultures converge into similar archetypes. I was thinking how similar is this to my father's village completely elsewhere in the world and read your comment. 👍
I like how the old lady used the cows leg as her support when standing
...and how the cow actually let her ❤
I would love to see their lives in the wintertime
What a remarkable people! What is so evident in this community is that the strong traditions they have and the strong sense of community is what gives them a strength far greater than what is seen in more modern communities in the West. I pray that they will never allow modernization destroy what they have built over the course of over a thousand years. God bless them.
The world still has places where family values are in real existence, not portrayed. These people genuinely care for each other, and although modernity is around the corner in parts of this region, many will only touch it to advance, not replace...Very interesting doc indeed.
When I first started watching, I thought where do they get their wood?? Makes me think of Easter Island - they better start planting trees!
My thought too.
That requires work. These men can't fix a gate or tie a rope properly. They are misbehaving. Planting a tree - they'd have the woman do that.
They've continue to strip the mountainside. They've already obliterated one species of trees
@@shirleyfrancis4515strip mining put the phone in your hand that you complain on. These people have lived like this for centuries and have made less impact on the land.
@@ddz1375 less impact is still impact.
Someone please tell this women this is the BETTER LIFE, she has everything she needs
It would be a very difficult life for her.
Everything in moderation. Civilization, yes, the problem is us people.
I doubt working day and night with no hospital in sight for when you get pregnant or sick, or for your children is not the best life to have. But it's all she knows. This isn't as romantic as it seems when you actually have to live there when the cameras are off.
Thank you so much for this video & a peek into the lives of Svans...I had heard of them, but didn't know anything much about their lifestyles & such...I so appreciate learning about them & would so love to see more videos from these families...Blessings to all these families & to you for bringing these videos to share here.
I'm surprised they don't dry the cow dung to supplement the wood from the rapidly disappearing trees, as well as plant replacement trees.
@@patricianairn7474 Global warming.
Solar panels to charge generators, saws, drills, etc., while in mountains
They still use scythes
@@mansize6622more trees would grow if it were getting warmer.
@@christinehede7578 Hot sun burns saplings before they grow into trees.
I love this!!! Such rich history and ppl with amazing work ethics and morals.
What a wonderful documentary, thank you so much.
I very much enjoyed this documentary. This is a beautiful place. So important to not loose one's identity. I envy their modest organic way of life and would love to cisit one day. Their respect for God and traditions is what has kept them from corrupted ways of life ❤ Best Wishes for this community💕🙏
There is beauty in their way of life. Yes it is difficult but they are able to sustain without relying on shopping markets. They’re very blessed.
It’s clear that life in Svaneti is tough, and they even have their doubts about it. But I’m sure there’s also a rewarding side to the everyday struggles people endure there.
Love this culture, community and hard work. more rewarding lifestyle than a western grind into oblivion. "in winter when all the work is done I sit by the fire and eat and drink." love it.
I wonder if the women still have to take care of all the animals, children, cooking, baking, laundry & household while he sits by the fire eating & drinking.
@@charleswebster2550yep, that's how it's usually done 😢
@@Windigo-OAK Typical.
@@faze4hit You love everything.
In many ways this is a wonderful way of life but also harsh and hard.
Thank you for this video. Not sure it's the right niche but if anyone's radically obsessed with ultra-in-depth Medieval Georgian warfare I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series. Keep up with the amazing work! Love, Jacques
What a beautiful life and amazing, resourceful people! Your children are blessed.
They all help each other this is how everyone should be living simple lives are better the children are learning what is important and family is first. Looks like winters must be very cold God bless them. Looks beautiful there
I really needed this after everything that’s going on nowadays. So much hate in the world, crime, wars, decline of morals and people struggling for survival.
There are communities like these around the world who survive by working hard and being happy with what they have.
I’m all for progress and an optimistic future for mankind and I truly couldn’t survive in a place like that but kudos for these strong people and I hope that some relief is coming to them soon which fortunately or unfortunately will also mean that their way of life will change!
God bless these amazing and wonderful people.
I like that simple life style......God bless those brave ,hard working people.
Thank you very much for such beautiful video.
Amazingly Magnificent! Thank you for sharing this video. To live free & in harmony with nature. A little Green Technology will assist in lighting, heating, cooking, power grid for basic white goods to enhance their way of life & preserve their limited trees. I will write it on my bucket list to visit such a beautiful & with majestic mountains in that place a great contrast with its 4 seasons compared to our place. May The Almighty God Bless these humble, peaceful, hard working & industrious people. I can relate to the hard work & reliance of these people when I see our people of Kambaramba villages in Keram, Sepik River and our people in Nubia in Madang Province. Greetings from Papua New Guinea.
I enjoyed this very much. Thank you.
Liked & subscribed (there's nothing simple about leading a simple life; it probably isn't easy at all, yet I feel intensely happy after having watched this documentary and the svans' deeply rooted MEANING of their apparently simple lives: It makes everyone wish everybody else in the world hope for a better future -amen).
It looks good seeing the community work together in harmony.
Love the family towers!
There is a reason that dogsleds don’t have wheels, but runners! Spreading the load makes sense in certain terrain.
Thank you for making this imoressive film, which is showing the daily life and work needed to be done! Reminds me of the old farm society which once existed in Nordic too. So nice to see the strong bindings between people and their attitude to forefathers and.-mothers, the celebrations and offerings, and farewell celebration when young people go away to study. Greetings from Norway.
These people shown in this video are so attractive. Beautiful girls and women and handsome men with smile lines rather than frown lines on their faces. Yes, they could get makeup and pretty clothes. But their modesty and lack of competitive envy between the villagers is awesome. I envy this simple life.❤️❤️❤️
The doctor should just “prescribe” and give the families iodised salt for the families to salt their meats with. . ?
These people are living the dream life, how I'd love to see this country❤ 💗❤️
I like this life. Simple but free from toxic and pollution and crowd
My granddaddy was a true hillbilly from Tennessee. He left life that life and became a civil engineer. His family stayed in that life. He continued hunting, fishing, gardening. My Granny an Mom canned and froze it. I certainly enjoyed it! Granddaddy and Granny sent money to them for their entire lifetime to make sure they had everything they needed and wanted.
I took a great course at university by Kevin Tuite about the different ethnic groups in the Caucasus, their traditions and languages. This documentary is quite good in showing most aspects if not all of the life in those harsh regions. No wonder why there are more than 50 languages in that area of the world, people being surrounded by high terrains that they wouldn't dare crossing for no reasons, hence the richness of local cultures. All this like elsewhere is gradually being lost. A least the Svans seem to hold on for another while.
Svaneti is an amazing place with very modern ski routes nowadays. Highly recommended.
3:42 "It seems that the invention of the wheel still has not reached this area of the caucasus." insinuating that the SVANS are a backward tribe. Well, the narrative is wrong. They are using sleds around those terrains which are more efficient and easy, compared to wheels that get stsuck at every pothole. Wheels cannot work on that kind of terrain.
I came here to say the same thing! I don't know anything about the Svans, but it is clear that wheels would not work on that terrain (and not in the winter), so why would they use them? Who wrote this? I stopped watching and went to read up on them instead after that comment.
Ignorant narration, obviously the sled is perfect for the terrain.
Beautiful life beautiful traditions..so much love….i love it…
When my children 6 sons and 1 daughter were young at home I canned no less than 2,000 jars of food each year. Looking at that small canning supply she has I do not know how it can feed a family for 6 months! It would not be enougj for 1 person for the long winter. 😢
You saw a part of their winter supplies, not all of it.
They seem well fed and healthy, except for the iodine part.
Good people and honest people
Gosh, what a story. I wish them well.👍👍
Such beautiful people
Proud and amazing people!
A hard but worthy life !
Life is beautiful there. You have everything you need and best of all family and loyal people around you. The fast paced way of life these days is full of so much decay. I live in the united states and drugs, violence, murder, depression,sex is everywhere and more than ever the younger generation is so disrespectful and selfish. A lot of people have no loyalty to anyone except for money. You really have a wonderful thing there. I would love to live in a strong, loving, loyal, Godly village such as yours. God bless all of you. I hope the best for your families and your way of life. Peace and Love 💕💕
You heard in the docu that alcohol consumption is high, there's murders and vendettas, I'm sure there's petty roberies of farms and domestic violence towards women and children as well.
The vast majority of us living in cities never experience crime in our livetime.
50 years ago my rural family lived a similar life in a small village and they weren't crime free. There was the ocasional cattle thieves, girls were raped while going to river to do the laundry or garhering herbs, men killed each other in disputes and women and children were beaten. Yet in the appearance everything looked wholesome and sin-free.
Don't judge things by the appearences in a docu.
I hope they are planting more trees!!😮
Birch trees grow as quick as you can blink. I’ve got some in my yard and they’re terrible!
I remember watching a movie called Svani around 17 years ago. Wow who would have thought I would stumble upon a real life documentary on them.
I don’t think the doctor said they worship icons. Icons have no power. As Christians, we know icons have no power and they serve only as a reminder of God. God is the source of the power, not the icons.
yehh😂 every religion has no power, the main power lies within human and nature itself.
I have seen every part of world worship some or other god. But the outcome of their worship is totally different even they worship same god. The difference is because they had or have leaders with different mentality, thats it.
I love their culture
This is an example of a people that survive the trial and joys of living in our world, no different from all people's even in civilized/more technology oriented locales. How would the more technology people in America make do, if they had to exist, in this environment. I think many would not make it, they are too selfish/self-centered. They think they are entitled.
Really enjoyed this. Lovely place and people.
I really admire this place because despite civilization, their culture and practices have preserved over the centuries. Their situation here is perfect for me because they live in a decent homess and beautiful houses. They have plenty of food and most importantly people here are God-loving. Hopefully, all of these will be preserved. May the Lord bless the children and the people living here
What a lovely documentary... old traditions cultures...love drinking alcohol left for the dead. I did however saw a half bottle of Coca-Cola at one of the graves?? Who drank half off the Coca-Cola?? It was time well spent to watch this documentary . God bless the citizens of this remote village
What an amazing video. I wish I visit the savns.
I can spot from the first minute why they will soon have to leave. Cutting down all trees.. I can see the barron land due to the cutting and the cattle. They got plenty of water to reforest the barren land and live in total abundance! Also the mountain areas are known to be iodome deficent. They all need iodine which can be be made from raw walnuts. Walnut trees can grow very high altitude and also in quite dry places. Other than that.. Idoine from fish and liquid iodine is of course possible to buy
Living with Nature abide by the law of nature is the only way to survive. What a beautiful way of life. God bless you who have respect for nature.
Its only me or you also had the impression that the wife called Nani is really unhappy w her life in this village? she mentions many times she wants to take the kids and go out of that place for a better life 😢
When we city dwellers see places like Svanetti, we often idealize them, enchanted by their stark contrast to our daily urban surroundings. However, it's important to remember that the Svans face their own struggles. While their lifestyle may appear simple, it is anything but easy !
Wow btw
their guilted into staying by the spirits of the dead.brilliant marketing by their forefathers.
She definitely needs onlyfans account and access to all of the blessings of the western culture.
@@joviemaco1888Don't judge all the women for the 🗑️ you're surrounded with.
I know hundreds of hardworking women and none have OF accounts.
It's perhaps your type that attracts the 🗑️, misery loves company type of thing?
Their ancestors are probably saying “Why are you still here living how we lived when life can be easier?”
These folk's are to be admired & respected🤔ppl of western society go about daily affairs unaware that their capitalism system is at war with their humanity at war theirs humanism
What a beautiful place 😍 I would love to visit there one day.
Big up for Svaneti and Georgia 🇬🇪🇬🇪 !! Any Georgians in here ??
Iodised salt would help with the thyroid issues in the area.
Lovely ...nuts about it !!
I would love to own a stove like hers. My grandmother in Germany had an electric stove and a wood stove. She would cook on that wood stove more than on the electric one. The only time she would cook on the electric was to start the boiling of water for the potatoes and making home made noodles.
Love to have a stove ?
Very beautiful video, thanks
Thank YOU❤. So INTERESTING
#enthralling
As someone who has always wished to escape 21st Century civilization, I envy these people.
I can see that the doctor of this town/village is this The History in the making of this town/village.
May the Rose Blossom Upon Your Cross. A Rosicrucian Blessings.
The School is beautiful
Beautiful country!!
Beautiful people. Hollywood has nothing on these beautiful intelligent happy to be self sufficient. They are what we should be. Their men are strong and handsome. The women are feminine and strong. The women have grace and beauty. In their work and all aspects of daily living. Thank you for sharing this. So many things we don’t know about people. I love them!! Do they accept monetary donations?
Are these people "traditional?" Or simply impoverished?
Could be both.
Slice eres lo maximo, gracias por el documental
We're (the main antagonists if you will of environmental damage) all wondering how to combat climate change. Then there's these people who understand not only the relationship with the earth but the value and proper use of resources
They deforested the entire area.
@@BrentColfleshsome but that is all.
Self sufficient.
You can walk a bit farther for wood.
But it's a much better life than most.
People are corrupt and greedy.
Keeping up with the jones isn't easy.
Go explain how much rent is in Atlanta, phoenix or new York new jersey hell anywhere.
They could live for years off of 1 months rent.
THE PEOPLE IN THE VILLIAGE HAVE A STRONG VOICE, TOGETHER THEY CAN DEMAND THAT THE TRADITIONAL WAYS OF FARMING SHOULD STAY THE SAME.
The drinking goes everywhere .😂
I love how the little boy has a Von Dutch hat!!! ♡♡♡
And their water in a Coke bottle? The world has reached them already.
You love everything.
@@edwright480They have jeans on
Fascinating!
Please let them be the way they are.. God bless!!