切尔克斯人（Cherkesses）西亚民族。又称契尔卡斯人。主要分布在土耳其、叙利亚、约旦和伊拉克；原住高加索黑海沿岸至库尔德斯坦地区。属欧罗巴人种地中海类型。使用切尔克斯语，属高加索语系阿布哈兹-阿迪盖语族。原信基督教，16～18 世纪改信伊斯兰教，属逊尼派。
切尔克斯人能够在YouTube网上找到他们失传已久的音乐与舞蹈。
Circassians can find their long-lost music and dance on YouTube.
10个切尔克斯人中有九个现在居住在海外犹太人聚居区，那些幸存者流亡到土耳其帝国及以外的各个角落。
Nine out of ten Circassians now live in diaspora: survivors fled to all corners of the Ottoman empire and beyond.
窗户上挂着棉布薄纱，绣着昆虫翅膀和小粒珍珠。 而当我们擦肩而过时，一个顶着苍白面孔的切尔克斯人望出来并对我微笑。
Across the windows hung thin curtains of muslim embroidered with beetles' wings and with tiny seed-pearls, and as it passed by a pale-faced Circassian looked out and smiled at me.
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