The Svans: Between Tradition and Modern World | SLICE TRAVEL | FULL DOC

The Svans’ way of life is simple and suggestive of an illusion of an idyllic world. But behind the romantic backdrop a fundamental change takes place at the beginning of the new millennium. The history of the Georgian mountain people shows, the Svans hold on to their tradition and try to preserve their identity even though emigration and global opening is getting stronger.
The Georgian mountains are difficult to access and time seems to stand still. The people live a mediaeval life in a breathtaking landscape. Until now the Svans farm their scant land without engines; archaic rites are an important element of their everyday life.
The homeland of the Svans, Svaneti, all in all 40 mountain villages, is based in a scenic valley between Abkhazia and South Ossetia surrounded by mountains of the height of 5000 metres. Each house has his own fortress tower which once guarded against vendetta and enemies. Still they bring up the cattle to the mountain side with oxcarts and old folksy practices are performed with blood sacrifice and death cult in extended families.
The Svans differ from the rest of the Georgians by their distinct consciousness of tradition, they try to keep their mediaeval culture using an own language and own cult of icons. Now a new era has started for the Svans, a time of change and variation, but they don’t want to take leave of the old values and traditions.
Documentary: The Svans - Between Tradition and Modern World (2011)
Direction: Andreas Lünser
Production: Spiegel TV
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[@tomlee7956]

Dear Svan, if you're reading this, read very carefully. I understand that life is tough over there BUT life where we are, in the "civilized" and "modern" west, in much tougher than you realize. We might have more than you do but we are NOT as free as you are and freedom is much more important than material goods. Stay there and enjoy what you have...do not envy us, we are all slaves here...

[@jultolentino7515]

Clean air,foods from nature they are blessed than we are in modern world.GOD BLESS

[@doormasterjohn]

Absolutely.100% slave to the grind.There's no way out.

[@candidcamera509]

@@doormasterjohn live off-grid.

[@jackieloreno1818]

Love from India ❤

[@NoneOfyourbusiness-ob2yz]

Got that right

[@writerstable2105]

Dear Svans, when you said you do not want to leave your villages because your forefathers are buried there andaand you church is there .That is very beautiful.

[@oeyt1982]

I visited Svaneti in 2018 and did the 4 days trekking through beautiful forest and meadows. It changed my outlook in life since then. I was lucky enough to meet the locals and stay at their guesthouses in all the mountain villages we stopped at. They are very sustainable and self reliant.

[@alancooper3473]

Was wondering if they are cheaper than other mountain places? I would suspect more reasonably priced.

[@oeyt1982]

@@alancooper3473 oh yes absolutely a lot affordable. The guesthouses only served produce from their own backyard. I met a lot of Germans, Polish and Swiss hikers in the guesthouse and they’re all impressed on the landscape and hospitality of the people.

[@natianatia351]

@@oeyt1982 how do tourists find out where the trekking places are?

[@biancanagy3342]

This is how my grandparents lived in the Bosnian mountains ⛰️ 😢 They were very , healthy and happy and lived into their 90s , still working the land 12 hour day's.

[@2kripaseth]

At time 14:05, When the boy kisses his Father, my eyes filled with water, after all ,the boy brings the food for his hard working father. Glory to the father. It is not only any modern world achievement like Marks and Medals,money but also your boy stood beside you when you work hard. Note that Many modern achiever left there parents. To me,this scene is very beautiful.

[@cameroneverhart6443]

I absolutely agree. I feel most modern kids would scoff at their mother who asks them to trek a long way to bring their hard-working father some food and water

[@JerryCDillard]

@user-fh1pe7mc4e Yes, very lovely, I am very impressed with all the beautiful children, also well mannered, I grew up on A large farm in Alabama, USA, just simple living, hard work & faith, family & freedom!

[@arbur4746]

Georgian highlanders have particular respect for their parents! They are also very brave and usually strong due to hard work and conditions in the mountains! In Tbilisi and other larger cities, modern culture had it's detrimental influence already.

[@narimanrustemov]

I am from Kazakhstan and we have so many similarities with Svan people! I enjoyed watching this marvellous documentary! Wish them all the best from the bottom of my heart! God bless you!

[@dianejennings50]

Life is hard in different ways no matter where you live food shelter and medical in my world and bills food is easier but some things are not so we do our best and be thankful. Bless you all ❤

[@Homesteadoffgrid]

I think the way forward for humanity will be going back to live like this❤❤

[@ConnachtRider]

Indeed

[@logikwinz759]

yes, but without paralyzing , stifling, abusive patriarchy

[@Alejandro-u7q7c]

​@@logikwinz759It's obvious that's exactly what you lack.

[@dsbmaximus406]

Preserve your culture fight for your religion ✝️ and save your tradition.

[@markmcarthy596]

The Svan are blessed by not living the modern nightmare

[@savannahshepherd2283]

Everything is a trade, + and -. No matter what situation or circumstance

[@avalondreaming1433]

God save them from video games and smart phones!

[@nadeemarab7935]

Agreed

[@Pete-z6e]

You would be running back home within the first month….to your modern nightmare.

[@markmcarthy596]

@@Pete-z6e - you don’t know me

[@jaypees.8766]

I envy these people because they aren't slaves to the modern world.

[@hhunstad2011]

You are a slave to the natural world there

[@dpelpal]

The difference is, the people in the "modern world" can choose to live however they wish. These people can't.

[@hhunstad2011]

@@dpelpal 👍

[@MarkoLopo-h8c]

​So i am totally ok with them​,swan people@@dpelpal

[@cintiapollock2486]

We live out on a farm we live free and only see other people 1-2 days a month I do love it guess we are lucky. No cell phone or car, we have satellite internet a few hours a day, lots of land, animals, plants and quiet

[@user-bf3pc2qd9s]

Before you all get carried away with the "simple life", I lived in a similar situation in Turkey for a very short time. Life is tough, people aged prematurely, the winter was cooooold without modern heating and basically life was boring. Beautiful people though with a deep understanding of generosity and hospitality, great respect for elders, great love for children. Could teach "Westerners" a thing or two...

[@JyrgalOmurkulov]

Because hardship makes us appreciate things, remain human and believe in the Creator to be grateful to. I'm from Kyrgyzstan by the way have had the same life and return to it from time to time when rock up by my parents to care for them in the highlands. The west is putrefying from inside because of the easy ride they've been taking since quite recently, but they got increasingly churlish and materialistic.

[@CC-uq4hu]

Svan people keep hold of your lifestyle culture and traditions with both hands. Preserve it and guard it. Don’t wish for what outsiders have because you have everything they outside wishes…freedom!❤❤plant some trees for wood and fruit

[@tm13tube]

I have similar experiences. Mom called me in, gave me a colander and big spoon and said go get potatoes which in the summer meant dig them from the garden and in the winter under the house. In the summers I stayed with my aunt and uncle They raised a year’s worth of vegetables and wheat they took to a mill to be ground for a years worth of flour. They had livestock, cows for milk, butter, cheese, they had beef and pork they raised wheat for meat. I used to get wheat kernels out of the bed of my uncle’s truck. I am so grateful I got to experience some of the things I envy about these people. They are a beautiful people.

[@brandnewyorker]

I wonder every day how this beautiful simple life has disappeared before my eyes just within the last 45 years… And the most scary is that there’s no way back to that. Even if the modern people escaped the slavery of our times and go to live off grid, they do not have a community in the old sense of that world. They only have their own beautiful family that they created but nothing else.

[@ivanbaric4017]

It is better to be a slave to your own needs then the needs of the world. Upgrade of the modern world is never ending. We in the modern world have become slaves to the technology.

[@tomlee7956]

Oh, just wait till AI is fully functional. Welcome to Prison Planet!

[@shah6697]

Ooo Scary isnt it? ​@@tomlee7956

[@hillwalker8741]

I cut wood for winter for 8 years - try that and you will opt out of that life - just too hard

[@tomlee7956]

@@hillwalker8741 I've been chopping wood all my life, using a chainsaw and an ax, and then splitting by hand and not using a hydraulic wood splitter. I am in my 60s and still keep doing it and enjoying it! I do truckloads every year because where I live I need firewood from the end of September to late May sometimes. It is a way of life...

[@elizabethlovell9997]

If you grow up in a culture where everyone works hard, hard work is not a problem. It also seems obvious that the people support and help each other, and it’s a community so there is also social life. I am sure there will be local healers who are knowledgeable in the use of medicinal herbs, and that those who are really unable to work hard physically, are looked after. There is great satisfaction to be had in a life like this, such as when for example, you can look around at your winter stores and know that you are going to be alright. In the modern world we do miss out on a lot. Loneliness is very common because there is no sense of community; many ‘entertainments’ are superficial and empty at the end of the day. Families are split up and there often seems little sense of continuity. The importance of rushing and buying leads to envy and takes over lives; people get into debt trying to be like everyone else. Life for the Svan people, and others like them, appears to have more meaning and contentment. I agree with the first comment, that one should be very, very clear about what one would be giving up, in order to move to the ‘modern’ world. It is definitely not all it’s made out to be - with terrible problems like racism, bullying, addictions etc. that can be hidden, or glossed over.

[@lianefehrle9921]

This is what humans are supposed to do. When technology came to the world that was our downfall. 14:03 what a lovely place. To keep up with this way of life takes back breaking work and the love of the traditions and family.

[@michaelvavala3970]

Exactly

[@kwawrestling2]

What Ever!

[@Coconut_man0125]

Lol we just can never be satisfied can we? people here want access to modern technology so their lives will be a lot easier while cityfolks want less of it.

[@TheSilmarillian]

@@kwawrestling2 Guess you have never had to work hard to eat or survive? No offence meant hope non taken.

[@LyubomirIko]

The technology allowed people to live in big cities where you can't do anything natural, just compete for money and luxury and the social lifestyle is built up on pretentiousness, pride, sex and fakeness. But technology alone did not did this, it's owr fallen nature that refuse to stay grounded.

[@joegecko1963]

I love how the narrator tries to make everything sound as a chore or tragedy. When it is actually a blessing, and the infiltration of modernity is the real hardship...

[@withgoddess8029]

It's just his way of narrating everything. I think his 1st name is Rob...I knew it for sure a few years ago. He has had trouble with depression and it shows in his voice...

[@CV_CA]

AI Artificial Intelligence voice.

[@alisong2328]

But it is a chore. 12 hrs/day, 7 days/week is no joke.

[@CaptainAMAZINGGG]

You don't understand because you haven't lived it. 😂 it for sure feels treacherous every damn day.

[@allisonbyrd8523]

That is a difficult life! I hope their children can go elsewhere if want for opportunities/education. I think many would return. Like the Massaai tribe in Africa. The young adults return with degrees, skills, other languages. Their tribe is still authentic.

[@raulitodomino3053]

This is the life that i wanted to live with. Living with honest people is so rare nowadays Thank you for sharing their lives to the whole world. They are a very good example not just for country but for whole world as well. ❤❤❤watching from the philippines.

[@SLICETravel]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@Scott-d7d]

As an American having lived through man made cancer and ever increasing degradation of society I'd trade places in a heart beat with these most honest and independent of people. We in the west have become much too soft and weak. These are the people who will carry on humanity after we all allow modern technology to render us too ignorant to survive. But most of all, they hold steadfast to Christianity and live the way God intended. They are the closest to perfection as humans can get. God will always protect them, it's beautiful.

[@Alejandro-u7q7c]

Yes but you have the perspective now to say this. It's one of those things where the grass is always greener on the other side. I grew up in similar circumstances as the ones shown here, and now I live as modern a lifestyle as possible in the present day. Both sides have good and bad aspects and the way forward is to balance both worlds.

[@erlindajandeleit9172]

Earth is more than just beautiful where you live. Beautiful earth is what humans need to live a good life. Not the buzzing high rises major cities.

[@XenoFonia]

Just to be clear, the Svans settled this village in 300 bc, but the ancestors of Svans settled Svaneti many, many thousands of years before that, as they have the highest Caucasus Hunter Gatherer DNA in the world, mostly being of the stock of the cavemen that lived in these mountains since the Paleolithic (old stone age). Svans became a distinct group within Georgian people 4000 thousand years ago in the new stone age. Few people are as ancient and as native to their soil as the Svans (and their fellow Georgians).

[@passiflorapassiflora6058]

I grow up in a village in Romania , and I see the customs are almost the same, I feel I am looking to a video about my own village...only the language is different....I am so suprized

[@sks8198]

Try to do it yourself Bro. You need a mobile phone with a good camera. Since you have first hand experience with the culture the narration will naturally flow from your heart. Go ahead, take the first step and go... We are waiting.. Good luck to you.. 👍🏼

[@passiflorapassiflora6058]

@@sks8198 Well I can not as I live in UK, thats why I travell ,,by KZbin" back home or close, and back in time......, higher education does funny things to one person perception when you are young...but you see my friend, you never forget you roots , and you appreciate the humble, simple lifestyle only after you deal with busy XXI century city life.....but thank you for your comment.

[@CaptainAMAZINGGG]

My dad grew up like this in romania. I visited his family for some weeks when I was living in the uk for a bit, I was definitely not prepared for such a complete change.😂 I think it is different for people who just see it from the outside, but it is another thing when you are living in it. We had no running water, no bath, no toilet, no toilet paper (people don't think about these things, I think), i lived off what they had there, and eventho i am a girl, indeed I immediately was put to work 😂😂😂 Which was fine because though I grew up in Canada, my dad raised me to be "useful", and as soon as I got there, he had me helping to build up the new house because his family home's roof had collapsed and it was otherwise too much falling apart.. People glorify it from seeing it in a video but that life is a thing most people can't concieve properly, until they are living it, and have no money, no ability to do most things, and in many cases also basically no way out. It maybe also is easier now, than it was when my dad was in romania when it was still communist etc. They had nothing and couldn't leave. Also they had no dentist to go to, everyone's teeth were half missing. Another thing people don't think of, for sure.

[@johac7637]

Both my parents were born in Chernovitz, both moved to Canada, we live many similarities, to this day all us kids garden, preserve, and value simple lives, but have become Bible believing in the true hope in Jesus, not the typical traditional emptiness. Our families back home have also embraced the hope as found in Jesus.

[@Alejandro-u7q7c]

One thing I have realized is that no matter where you are from, we are all essentially the same people, with similar lifestyles and very similar dreams. Too bad we have let institutions lead us believe that we are different.

[@YuriBaja]

The Svans are Orthodox Christians, rich in tradition and love for God, Family and Country. Tough and beautiful People proud of their traditions.

[@thomascarroll9556]

@@YuriBaja proud of believing in a non-existent deity? That’s not something to be proud of, that’s ignorance. The origins of Christianity originated in a very small area, populated by people who knew little of how their environment worked and virtually nothing of the vast majority of the planet let alone the cosmos.

[@YuriBaja]

@@thomascarroll9556 i pity you the most.

[@hirokawana]

they are helpfull each other . what a wonderful world they are live in! may god bless the people.

[@angelaberni8873]

These people, especially the men,seem very proud of their heritage and of who they are. Which is more than we usually say .Whilst my roots are extremely important to me for most people they don't seem to be and anything belonging to their grandparents are thrown out,to be sadly replaced with modern rubbish. 😢 Our children are spoilt and complain over the odd menial tasks( they should be sent there for a year and made to work), they have no respect for their parent's and we are all extremely wasteful. Violence and murders seem the norm and are not punished sufficiently. Shame on us all.

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

For sure

[@mascarenhas9624]

Not every young people is bad., they are good member of the community. Please never count the bad ones. Count the good ones. You will not lost hope.

[@robinwild1]

Fascinating culture there as I sit here and watch from Eastern Canada. It is true, don’t want more than strong community, interconnection with others, a powerful association with the past in your family and culture….the mother who wants more progress for her children, no no no, the stuff they have now is so precious!

[@leatheraccessories646]

Every parent wants progress in their child's life, but they don't realize that at the same time, progress breaks ties and separates people from each other. We all enjoy the benefits of the Internet, for example, at the same time we all complain that it takes up too much of our time and that our children no longer know how to interact with each other the way we did. This is just a trivial example!

[@thevocalcrone]

A hot shower and a flushing toilet becomes vital after you've gone without.

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

She doesn’t understand what she n they will lose. Nor what they will go thru. She has no clue. She simply sees the ease available, not the extreme cost to the very soul of man.

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

@@thevocalcroneno it’s not They’ve not had a hot shower ever lol

[@thevocalcrone]

@@YeshuaKingMessiah lol exactly .. so she won't know what she is missing. People always say "oh the country life, the rustic life' until they realise its rife with its own difficulties and hardship and having grown up in a world of hot showers and flushing toilets I can't think of anything worse than being stuck in a tower for six months every year with a bunch of kids and a drunk husband. Unless its being stuck in a tower with a bunch of kids a drunk husband no flushing toilet and all that beef and potatoes and alcohol has gotta go somewhere and now I find myself questioning.. how do they manage it? save it in a bowl and throw it out the window? thats a LOT of excrement over six months.

[@jailsonmaria]

They live a life that thousand people envy in the modern days. God bless the Svan people. Greetings for the distant island on the South of Brazil.

[@jimzipko6019]

This could be where super models are built! Beautiful people.

[@eldarpuntushashvili1087]

If you love Georgians they will love ten times more. I am telling you the truth! Please trust me on this. 😀😀😀These people need you!!!!

[@rmaleshri]

The Georgian politicians must not follow the western powers and NATO. Should live respectfully with Russia

[@gigachaduneli1121]

​@@rmaleshri how can we live respectfully with russia after what they did to georgians. Russia is pleague.

[@shakirabells6955]

Wow what a amazing place to live so peaceful and beautiful

[@fredrickneqo2317]

Thank you for this documentary. It help those of us from the other side of the world and with a different culture appreciate the livelihood and culture of our friends in Georgia.

[@P2Tmedia]

3:55 it's not about they don't use wheels. For their sloppy areas sledge is good which can even used in ice

[@hensonlaura]

I can't remember seeing horses or donkeys, & that is surprising.

[@P2Tmedia]

@@hensonlaura yeah may be that's also true

[@hiteshthakur3683]

That was a metaphor mate

[@somileisan3960]

Such unity and love in the community may God bless them.

[@arianadelsur1604]

Thank you for sharing the rich lives of the Svens, long life to their traditions!

[@SLICETravel]

Thanks!!

[@teresapeet7146]

May I ask in which country do the Svans live?

[@destaalem7502]

I am from Ethiopia. And amazingly we have similar lifestyle in the countryside in northern Ethiopia. Similar mindset in parenting, , similar equipment in the house, similar traditional drink. I missed it. I, one day have been in a nana's position. What a beauty. ❤svanneti.

[@granniegates7524]

Beautiful - life as it is meant to be - do not change!!!!

[@immi-gig13]

I wish I could travel there in the future and meet them.. Huge respect for this community.. nice documentry though.. God bless!

[@sokphyblakeman9873]

What a beautiful lifestyle you had. Don’t change it preserve your culture for your children. Sent the children to school get education though. God bless you all. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@SurenderKVats]

I live in the foot hills of mighty Himalayan mountains. Amazed to see the similarities of location, cultural practices, broad belief system and societal coherence. However, things have transformed very very rapidly in this part. The debate remains- for the good or bad 😊

[@JKent-ry9yg]

Svans: You are in a good place for what is about to happen in the world. We live in dynamic times, the end of an Age, the beginning of another, much pain and changes for all of us, rely on no one but yourself. Rural West Texas here, I have put back (canned) 100 quarts of beef, chicken, potatoes, have about 1000 pounds of dried peas and beans, putting up 12 solar panels now. America is turning 3rd world quickly and will have hyperinflation soon that will ruin everything. You are in a good place, stay there. And....... I too believe our ancestors pass on in spirit and some stay around the environment to help us. Good luck.

[@jillsmiley7701]

Interesting. I admire your lifestyle. My grandparents canned, hung clothes, sheets on outside line. Darkroom in basement, homemade bread and noodles. Huge garden. ☺️

[@JKent-ry9yg]

@@jillsmiley7701 Do not know which part is interesting, but I do not wear an aluminum hat, I am a CPA with a MBA in economics and have been in the business world for 50 years, currently a cotton farmer. In the disorder around us, there is order, an order of fall of the American Empire, and as a result the fall, worldwide will feed on itself. You gotta wonder how many Chinese and African soldiers have come across the border, past 3 years, waiting for orders. Brics makes war against the dollar, we print it like it grows on trees, expect food prices to start doubling each year, people on fixed income will not have the money to eat in full. By a pressure canner and go to work. Read about the dangers if not done correctly - botulism death. When we die in flesh, we pass, at least initially, into a spirit world, come to us in our sleep, and speak to us in parables, symbolism, they just want to help, love does not go away. Do a search on cleaning the pineal gland, another on function of pineal gland - gotta have a clean one, to get the communications. Good luck. kent

[@kwawrestling2]

​@@JKent-ry9ygcult behavior. 🥴😡

[@christineroerty2534]

​jillsmiley7701 as i recall,, every family in the prior generation,, did canning,, sewing.. cooked everything from scrated...made noodles,, pies,, had a kitchen garden and grew vegetables and flowers.. whatever was purched at the store was organic because we didn't have commercial farming. The cows, chickens, pigs were outside in fields.

[@rosamariewanjiru8659]

😳

[@michaelwargo5702]

Bless these beautiful people , keep them safe i 🙏

[@dopeman1356]

God bless for Georgian orthodox brothers from Ethiopia

[@philip6212]

Thanks and congratulations from India, for this beautiful video of these beautiful people. God bless the Swan people. It is great to watch their way of life and customs rooted in their tradition and culture. I admire their simple and beautiful life.

[@SLICETravel]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@a.p5578hg]

I've heard about their tradition culture n a staunch warrior tribe..respect n salute to them🙏..frm a small warrior tribe called Nagaland.

[@natianatia351]

Where is where is nagaland?

[@suechandler8162]

You look just like me, I was shocked and thrilled to see how like you are to my Sisters and Mother and my friends. We live in Victoria Australia. We have freckles too, and auburn hair. Stay the way you are, cars and machines are so dirty and dangerous. Be happy where you are. You are safe from climate change and starvation. Big cities will be terrible when food and water get scarce .

[@Msilly52]

I love all you people...and the children...I love that you love God and my holy mother Mary & Jesus....one day if God is willing I will come and visit you with my family...peace, love and light...

[@elnarico312]

i admire these people... working hard for their family to survive

[@edgardocolo5353]

Life here is simple away from modern things that lead to distruction. Good luck svans. Im from Philippines

[@SabaDemeke-fg5kr]

Wonderful people and wonderful SLICE as well.

[@SLICETravel]

Thank you so much!

[@jellyquinto9293]

Beautiful people and traditions.

[@knightwolf2708]

Mothers cares for her kids health in winter ..we also suffer this thing in winter in pakistan also i understand her feelings 👍🤲

[@rizaldycruz3511]

Beautiful children and hard working people

[@CaptainAMAZINGGG]

My dad grew up like this in romania. I visited his family for some weeks when I was living in the uk for a bit, I was definitely not prepared for such a complete change.😂 I think it is different for people who just see it from the outside, but it is another thing when you are living in it. We had no running water, no bath, no toilet, no toilet paper (people don't think about these things, I think, but at least the covid time had no effect on me, thanks to my romanian experiences, in literally all the ways!!), i lived off what they had there, and eventho i am a girl, indeed I immediately was put to work 😂😂😂 Which was fine because though I grew up in Canada, my dad raised me to be "useful", and as soon as I got there, he had me helping to build up the new house because his family home's roof had collapsed and it was otherwise too much falling apart.. People glorify it from seeing it in a video but that life is a thing most people can't concieve properly, until they are living it, and have no money, no ability to do most things, and in many cases also basically no way out. It maybe also is easier now, than it was when my dad was in romania when it was still communist etc. They had nothing and couldn't leave. (He escaped and went from country to country, finally arriving in canada, with nothing). Also they had no dentist to go to, everyone's teeth were half missing. Another thing people tend to not think of, for sure.

[@ladyhawk1083]

Plant trees all the time when you cut down a tree plant another all you have to do is take a stick in the ground for a root it's that simple I do it all the time plant fruit trees put plant nuts healthy trees to burn have big gardens

[@DorcasLandry]

Yes!

[@XenoFonia]

I'm sure they do. However trees grow much less confidently at those altitudes, and their taking root is a very temperamental proccess. I imagine mother nature is the only force up there that can control plant life to any meaningful extent.

[@manuelavila869]

...peaceful families and great warm unions...thanks to share this documental...🙂👌

[@SLICETravel]

Thank you for supporting us 🙏

[@robertkacala]

Svans, people in the west are walking hungry and are homeless. You have true community and survival skills, amen.

[@morrisanderson818]

I love these video's seeing how people in place's I'd never get to see,live and survive,what a stunning place,and a beautiful way of life, lovely family village an neighbours,stay safe Love from New Zealand, I'm

[@simplyme3322]

This is the kind of life that i really wanna live now i understand what an old soul mean ❤

[@ContraDox]

Armenia, Georgia and Bosnia are worth visiting.

[@byravanviswanathan6460]

Loved this video. Never heard of these god fearing, kind and hard working people. God bless them. Such people make us all proud to be human. I am from thousands of miles away in the US and my ancestry has no connection to people of Georgia.

[@SLICETravel]

We're so glad you enjoyed it 🙌

[@psingerman4778]

Although I have great respect for these people's way of life (I was raised on a small family farm), I also have a lot of gratitude for modernity. Modern medicine in particular. If I lived there, I would probably have died in childhood from my chronic respiratory problems. Then I would have missed the internet, with its opportunity to learn, learn, learn! What a blessing!

[@meredithheath5272]

They are very good looking people, and children.

[@TheGohbomba]

This one it is seem like bring us back to the past traditions life, if i can transferred back to the past , it is so wonderful less pollution’s of airs, thank you for the infos and videos

[@SLICETravel]

Thanks for watching!

[@TheGohbomba]

@@SLICETravel you are welcome

[@theskyehiker]

My mother grew up in a similar situation and she couldn’t get away soon enough. Romanticizing this way of life is just that. It could be wonderful for those it works for but can suck for those who it doesn’t fit with.

[@heathergerbyshak4078]

It’s wonderful to be in touch with the earths natural rhythms, but imagine if you have any medical issues or disability. Those people would have a substandard life just as we used to in rural US, and still do to some extent. For example, imagine how difficult it would be for one of these families to have a severely disabled child. It’s lovely if you’re healthy, I’m sure. Remote rural life is beautiful And in many ways peaceful, but very harsh.

[@tamarinizharadze]

I am from Svaneti and the life of my family is presented in this film

[@Morningrill-b7d]

Watching from Philippines🇵🇭

[@paulcandiago9339]

Grazie a voi tutti che avete partecipato a questo culturale e reale video del vostro vivere in un ecositema fra belle montagne della Giorgia. Come avete detto e fatto notare, entri pure il Progresso mantenenedo fermo il comune denominatore della vostra storica eredita', usi e costumi o dopo un periodo di euforia tutto sara' perso per sempre nello sterile e socialmente distruttivo turismo senza anima e gioia di vivere. Nuovamente grazie e complimenti a chi ha prodotto questo bel video, Paul.

[@SLICETravel]

Grazie !

[@virginialongdason9770]

There place is beautiful. Hope that they will preserve and value their old traditions, specially the young generations. They maybe far from modern way of living but at least they are not tainted with the toxic ideas that sometimes modernization brings.

[@tongatopsir4686]

Watching from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 Thanks for sharing beautiful countryside Svan. Loved it. May God bless people of Svan ❤🙏

[@SLICETravel]

Thanks!!

[@JohnBurman-l2l]

They could use wheels if they wanted but a sledge may be better on rocky ground...I will try it.

[@LynxSouth]

Sledges are definitely better on hills that steep and uneven. They have a lower center of gravity, and are less trouble in mud or on patches of ice. Axles break, carts & wagons tip over, or roll away downhill or into the rear ends of the oxen yoked to it, etc.

[@Tiz604]

Long live the Svans ☀️🙏☀️

[@KI6YNZ]

Dear Svans❤️ you are the most free people, held together by your beautiful traditions rooted in paganism, nature itself. You are more intelligent and wise than those from cities. You are a democracy. Don’t fall for the illusions of the cities.

[@roerathomas380]

Please you do know what you will give if you let too many tourist in. What a lovely way to hear of your traditions.

[@crossbownn1174]

I am proud to be georgian ❤❤❤

[@BaronEvola123]

They're wonderful and the lady who said "I hope the children have a better life than I do" doesn't understand that I think they have a better life than I do.

[@loriannrichardson7644]

It looks like never-ending back-breaking work 7 days per week. It all seems romantic until you actually have to do it.

[@MrKitkennedy]

lovely people

[@armandbourque2468]

Subsistence living means having no extra, no safety net, no backup. So you can't make any mistakes. Or be unlucky. Or get too tired, or too old, or sick, or be injured, or born disabled. Options, education, recreation, variety of ways to live, innovation, and choices won't be part of your life. And their delusional cult doesen't exactly help produce geniuses, either.

[@thomascarroll9556]

⁠@@loriannrichardson7644yes, and those saying they wish they could live that life, could do, if they really wanted to, but actions speak louder than words and they stay in their present life which the Svans would consider luxurious.

[@ExcitedWindowTulips-tc8ll]

It may seems these people are deprived of luxuries of living,but they're happy,contended n life's pulling on--In reality that's how life should be,Caucasians are exceptionally physically n mentally strong,Love the way they are❤--From India 🇮🇳 ,🙏

[@WilliamHunterII]

Seems to me that the Svans in Ushguli could benefit from a greenhouse.

[@acuteangle5237]

So beautiful people

[@alexleyte1935]

I like this documentary very much, i like the place quite and peacefull.

[@southsouthwest8977]

They are very beautiful people. ❤

[@frederickmorales2376]

Simple life the people in the village helping each other 👍

[@dailjordan5279]

Good Morning from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA My name is Dail, I'm 78, a retired registered nurse. What an amazing and surprising lifestyle you have, thank you for sharing. I didn't know people were surviving on our earth now in 2024 in the conditions that you are. It appears that you are doing as well as possible given your situation; isn't that the way humans are though, we each do what we must do to survive. The best I can say is that with with the automation that is at your doorstep, DO NOT forget your family values and socialist poison destroy your family unit/values. This is eating away at our American foundation, it is unstopable.

[@theskyehiker]

Socialist poison? Did you not hear him say they survive by collective action? That capitalism would destroy their lives? Holy cow, listen to what they say.

[@landryabraham642]

Beautiful people's and beautiful cultures God bless ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@arcaquattro]

Being farmers and being able to do so while respecting and living in harmony with the rhythms of nature is beautiful. Perhaps the way of experiencing agriculture in such an essential way brings together many who have had this experience in other parts of the world. After all, the civilization that most unites us is the peasant one: even if we come from distant countries of the world, we immediately recognize each other as close people. Certainly more help from technology could help the Swanns. But I hope that this help is not massive enough to upset them and the nature in which they find themselves. And let's hope the government doesn't turn this place into a copy of Disneyland.

[@catherinevelasco367]

A lot of people want your kind of life,and u want somebody else's too.For me,you got the best life than most of us who wants that way of life.Just pray and ask for good health,nice weather and abundance of food that's all u need.The modern world is not a happy place for everyone,stay where u are,in paradise ❤️❤️❤️

[@edwardcook8982]

This is an ideal community for me. Their Christian faith bond them together to act like a family. Beautiful community.

[@AkramAssadi-w7t]

It's their culture that bonds them together.in Iran there are Bakhtiari trips that become Muslim but live the paganism and never changed their way of life

[@MotoWorld777]

Actually most have cars, jeeps and trucks now to haul wood and such. Tourism is the biggest business now. There are still many old ways, and yet modernization has come in many ways. They get free electricity, but it does break now and then. They have a modern road now. This video makes it looks like they live in the stone age. (Yes, I have been there many times and live in Georgia).

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

They have plumbing and washers? Besides unreliable electric lol

[@infobekammadunaturalremedi7916]

self sustained...the most powerful value of freedom

[@HannaJakobashvili]

Fresh air relax life fresh food no drama...I love svaneti best place to live

[@darwinconcepcion938]

😍I wish that I could be one of you... Preserve your values.. your culture and tradition. Don't let tourism and modernization destroy them.

[@prakashkhandekarretiredeng2440]

Very good swan culture. I like this too much. I m from india. Good.😮

[@SLICETravel]

Thank you !

[@AGreen-gv7iv]

Their lives may seem primitive without material goods but they are so rich in family life which is what we are lacking in modern society.

[@Roots..]

I am Svan , its beautiful pleace, but its very dificult in winter, winter is 6 month in year, here not medicine, we are very poor .

[@MegaGehendra]

Its great video, TEAM SLICE TRAVEL.

[@SLICETravel]

Ohh thank you so much!!

[@zeroonetime]

Fascinating wonderment

[@SLICETravel]

Thank you !

[@billygoden2989]

GOD BLESS YOU, FROM, PHILPPINES.

[@ebonyrenna]

I’m from southeast Georgia. Near Savannah to be exact. I too must be a Svan.

[@johnroff1941]

Very good video. Beautiful place. Lovely people and way of life. Good looking people.

[@bombfog1]

Poor Nani seems dead inside; her eyes reveal weariness well beyond her years. I hope the area has an economic boom but wish for them to remain firmly rooted to their ancient way of life (of which I am envious).

[@heide-raquelfuss5580]

Our economic rise, modern life was and is our downfall. Look around you 24/7.

[@heathergerbyshak4078]

I’m sure she’s exhausted, and by 60 she will be a very old woman physically.

[@louieadam251]

I love the simple life they are connected to nature, to themselves, soul and spirit. I envy them.

[@viciouslady1340]

Reminds me of the highlands of Crete (Greece) , stone houses and blood fueds.

[@RigoLecler]

Lo dejare para mi hora Primium,ha las 8 pm , para disfrutar de este interesante documental

[@FrithonaHrududu02127]

Georgia is near the top if my bucket list

[@TakeTheRide]

This was a beautiful documentary, all except for the killing of the ox. Beautiful people. Close knit grounded community. Beautiful land. Beautiful mountains & ruins. Gorgeous river. I wonder if they eat fish from it. Thanks for sharing.

[@SLICETravel]

Thank yous so much for watching!

[@JosephStill-in]

There is fish in the rivers, and its so clean, so eko, so freash and tasty fsh

[@TakeTheRide]

@@SLICETravel Thank you for creating watch-worthy content. I subscribed.