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

19 күн бұрын

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

@doormasterjohn

18 күн бұрын

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

@candidcamera509

15 күн бұрын

@@doormasterjohn live off-grid.

@jackieloreno1818

14 күн бұрын

Love from India ❤

@NoneOfyourbusiness-ob2yz

13 күн бұрын

Got that right

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.

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!

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

16 күн бұрын

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

@oeyt1982

6 күн бұрын

@@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.

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

@hhunstad2011

12 күн бұрын

You are a slave to the natural world there

@dpelpal

10 күн бұрын

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

@hhunstad2011

10 күн бұрын

@@dpelpal 👍

@user-zs3um1if2q

9 күн бұрын

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

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

8 күн бұрын

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

8 күн бұрын

@@sks8198 Well I can not as I live in UK, thats why I travell ,,by KZread" 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.

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

20 күн бұрын

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

@shah6697

20 күн бұрын

Ooo Scary isnt it? ​@@tomlee7956

@hillwalker8741

8 күн бұрын

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

@tomlee7956

8 күн бұрын

@@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

6 күн бұрын

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.

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.

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

13 күн бұрын

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

9 күн бұрын

AI Artificial Intelligence voice.

@alisong2328

7 күн бұрын

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

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

18 күн бұрын

Exactly

@kwawrestling2

16 күн бұрын

What Ever!

@worldbuilding1405

13 күн бұрын

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

3 күн бұрын

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

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

The Svan are blessed by not living the modern nightmare

@savannahshepherd2283

23 күн бұрын

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

@avalondreaming1433

21 күн бұрын

God save them from video games and smart phones!

@nadeemarab7935

13 күн бұрын

Agreed

@banjopete

12 күн бұрын

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

@markmcarthy596

12 күн бұрын

@@banjopete - you don’t know me

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

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

5 күн бұрын

For sure

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

10 күн бұрын

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

No griping over cell phones or tv programs! Heaven!

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

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

3 күн бұрын

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.

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

18 күн бұрын

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

14 күн бұрын

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

@YeshuaKingMessiah

5 күн бұрын

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

5 күн бұрын

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

@thevocalcrone

5 күн бұрын

@@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.

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

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 😊

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

Wonderful people and wonderful SLICE as well.

@SLICETravel

21 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

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

17 күн бұрын

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

17 күн бұрын

@@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

16 күн бұрын

​@@JKent-ry9ygcult behavior. 🥴😡

@christineroerty2534

14 күн бұрын

​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

5 күн бұрын

😳

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

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

4 күн бұрын

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

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.

This is really how we all lived in Europe back in the old days. it is beautiful. Georgia has achieved parliamentary democracy and is a good place. I am in the UK but my NDA was traced by 30,000 years on the female said to not too far from there. When we look at the differences between us all in fact we are all similar. I have 5 children like the wife here and who we all interact with our families, give birth etc unites all humans. I liked the toast before the drinking - let there be peace in the world.

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.

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

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

@LynxSouth

20 күн бұрын

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.

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

22 күн бұрын

We're so glad you enjoyed it 🙌

@psingerman4778

13 күн бұрын

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!

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

19 күн бұрын

Grazie !

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

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

They seem like fundamentalists and very conservative, and there is nothing wrong at all with that. And like the Danes, my ancestors, my father's country, LOVE that schnapps! LOL

@lashalursmanashvili162

26 күн бұрын

Yes they indeed are very conservative and unique people they have their old language which is very differend from standart georgian and their habit and mentality is very different from other georgians and we often dont understand their actions they are really very unique and misterious people the svans of northern georgia.

@dAssasin355

23 күн бұрын

It's okay to be a fundamentalist when your christian I guess?

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

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

Having been privileged to be accepted into the Georgian diaspora when living in Brussels this brings tears to my eyes. I only wish that as a nation they drank less, far less.

@YeshuaKingMessiah

5 күн бұрын

It seems a hard life But the drinking still is w/o excuse Love ur Lord, not the excesses of life

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...

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

@SLICETravel

23 күн бұрын

Thank you for supporting us 🙏

It actually reminded me of growing up in a remote part of Devon in the 1950s

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

@user-rq7ug4dg9h

24 күн бұрын

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

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.

This is the life i dreamed of for my entire life 😍 but am stuck in Dubai, someday i will break out of this busy scripted life and will have a similar life in some hill station 🥰🥰🥰 i hope the younger generation realises there cultural value 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🥰🥰

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

23 күн бұрын

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

@MrKitkennedy

22 күн бұрын

lovely people

@armandbourque2468

22 күн бұрын

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

22 күн бұрын

⁠@@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

21 күн бұрын

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 🇮🇳 ,🙏

It reminds me my childhood in the province.I was born in Manila,partly studied in the province too.Sledge pulled by cows,carabaos or horses is the way of transporting goods/products from mountains and fields.I can relate the way they live.God bless these people!❤❤❤

NARRATOR: "The wheel hasn't made it here yet." SVAN PATRIARCH: Gets into Toyota 4-Runner with European license plate & drives to hospital. 😂

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

Our ancestors died so we can pray to god freely ✝️❤

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

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

❤❤❤ Thank you for sharing the life story of the region which you all lived.

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

Sending love and prayers to them❤️🙏

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

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

23 сағат бұрын

Thank yous so much for watching!

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

@user-tj8hv7vr9i

7 күн бұрын

Yes!

They live a peaceful life. Blessings

This is beautiful!

Its great video, TEAM SLICE TRAVEL.

@SLICETravel

23 күн бұрын

Ohh thank you so much!!

Moltes gràcies! ❤ Thanks so much. This is beautiful

@SLICETravel

12 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

This reminds me when I was young. Looking back in time in the prov. in the Phils.

The Svans may not be wealthy, but they live a very rich life

What a beautiful people!

respect for animal........love it

Watching from New Zealand. Congratulations Muhammed and Soghari on the arrival of your baby boy and welcome to the wonderful journey of parenthood ❤

Beware what you ask for progress is like a two edged sword. When you get it you might wish you did not.

@dpelpal

10 күн бұрын

Until, like the doctor said, a child gets scoliosis. Or some other tragic condition that maims them for life. All for lack of modernity.

@andrewheynig2721

9 күн бұрын

@@dpelpal Many have scoliosis in the modern technology world.

This is Paradise. 😮

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

Dear Svans Be Thankful to God, you are not the inhabitants of Gaza. Svans you are so sweet, simple, pure romance and emotiona, close to Nature , blessed by God. I am happy that you don't know Netanyahoo.

A beautiful life!

Ali and Fatima, you two are kind and generous, the link that holds the family together. Stay blessed. I also seen Muhammad talking today. May his good health return with the arrival of his son

Excellent information and narration...

So beautiful people

God bless the SVANs .

Place soooooo beautiful ❤️❤️👌👍🙏🙏🙏🙏

Armenia, Georgia and Bosnia are worth visiting.

Life is beautiful everywhere

Love ❤from Darjeeling

Very nice documentary, thank you slice

@SLICETravel

20 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

What a life, I would love to visit them. We stress so much in life and it's not worth it. Communities like that have less/no crime rates

Every r i don't know...dost..ar ar ar ... journey... time pass 🍂 💑

This is how my family lived in the mountain in the philippines and all i can say is hope someday i can return my home and i want to live there until i grow old because i observe much better to live in a mountain than a city that they are very crowded and they dont have fresh air.

great vid wow i had no idea i am reaDY TO GO!

@SLICETravel

27 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Good morning Sir and team of documentary thank you for shared

@SLICETravel

13 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Keep up this tradition. It's very interesting. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

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

5 күн бұрын

They have plumbing and washers? Besides unreliable electric lol

Very interesting, educational.

@SLICETravel

16 күн бұрын

Thanks!!

Beautiful documentary please more

@SLICETravel

5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Thank you .

@SLICETravel

23 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

Beautiful life , free of the rat race 💜💜👍👍👌👌✌✌

it would be very interesting to view their DNA .

@user-tj8hv7vr9i

7 күн бұрын

Urs

@user-tj8hv7vr9i

7 күн бұрын

Oops Yes!

@tanioraaura1274

7 күн бұрын

@@user-tj8hv7vr9i do yo meanview mine.

I hope they keep their cooperative community spirit

Svan is perfectly beautiful people.they are so blessed than us

Love from 🇮🇳India ❤

I like ❤ this Documentary & this channel is very good and the 👌 best informer thanks for the Team🙏🙏

@SLICETravel

13 күн бұрын

Thank you so much, it means a lot!

Loves and regards from Indonesia🤗🤗

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.

GOD Help me I Wish To Go And vist This People , GOD , OUR LOR JESÚS Blesse them . Amen🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻