In the scene below, the key enigma is the woman in the middle, who has pulled her clothing envelopingly around herself.

Have pity or compassion on him.

Crossing the large plateau, they passed the auls of Megeb and Chokh before reaching Gunib, a significant Avar settlement. […] The Avar auls were surrounded by a virtually uninterrupted circle of mountain ranges and occupied most of the plateaus between the tributaries of the Sulak River: Andi Koysu, Avar Koysu and Kara Koysu.

In this case it appears to have been randomly applied, like bandages on an unlocatable wound.