This story has been going on for centuries. People gathered on one road in the Uchkulan gorge, and to find out who was stronger, they brought the wrestlers together. We fought for a long time. Among all those gathered, a guy from Upper Teberda named Hasan won.
Tall, strong, tireless, black-browed, black-eyed. Then, among those gathered, one slender man with a veil on his face made it clear to everyone that he wanted to fight with him. They did not refuse this brave man and allowed him to fight with the wrestler from Teberda. Both, entering the middle of the field, fought for a long time, not yielding to each other. Finally, the man with the veil grabbed the wrestler from Teberda and laid him on the ground.
“What a pity, in my entire life my soul has never broken as much as it does today, tell me what your name is, show your face, when death comes, I will die bowing before you,” said the fallen guy.
- Well done! Good girl! - the whole gorge screamed. And one guy from those gathered jumped onto the bay mare with a running start, tore the veil from the wrestler and the hat from his head. Like a ray of sunshine, a beautiful girl appeared - Oraida. The fallen wrestler, having forgotten himself, looked only at Oraida, and then composed a song.
And the girl was probably pleased, since she did not sit on the bay mare standing next to her, which was moving from foot to foot, and did not run away.
“The work that needs to be done in the gorge itself, inside it, cannot be taken outside its borders. These two beautiful creatures must have fought for each other. “Let them get married,” the old men said.
The girl and guy agreed with this and got married.
A lot of time has passed since then. Not only people, but also stones and mountains have forgotten Oraida’s appearance, but her courage lives on. At weddings and big holidays, only her name is heard. With the word Oraida, joyful holidays are opened, with the word Oraida, the girl gets married, and to the song Oraida, the girl enters the groom’s house.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru