History, Archaeology, Ethnography
The paper refers to the highlanders of Eastern Caucasus region, especially to its central part, particularly to the relations between the Vainakhs and Georgian highlanders which came from the principles of territory and theocracy of highland communities. An attemt has been made to restore the earlier Godserving model in old Caucasus.
The intratribal religiousness, as well as intertribal holidays and their character are considered. It is states that the Caucasus was the region inhabited by the people with common habits, traditions, spiritual and material values. The organizational structure of the community, habits and customs, religion and justice, which consolidated the domestic and external relations of the community are also considered. It is shown, that the joint participation of prayers at holy places, in spite of different religious confessions, contributed to normalization of relations between communities and tribes not only in the earlier period but in later centuries, as well.
Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University