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The importance of both food and drink to Georgian culture is best observed during a Caucasian feast, or supra, when a huge assortment of dishes is prepared, always accompanied by large amounts of wine, and dinner can last for hours. In a Georgian feast, the role of the tamada (toastmaster) is an important and honoured position.
Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians; Georgian scripts, three scripts used to write the language; Georgian (Unicode block), a Unicode block containing the Mkhedruli and Asomtavruli scripts; Georgian cuisine, cooking styles and dishes with origins in the nation of Georgia and prepared by Georgian people around the world
During the Middle Ages, Christianity was the central element of Georgian culture. The development of a written Georgian culture was made possible by the creation of the Georgian alphabet for evangelization purposes. Monasticism played a major role in the following cultural transformation.
On 24 June 1967 a Vietcong (VC) mortar attack on Camp Rainier disabled 29 UH-1 helicopters of the 188th Assault Helicopter Company. [4] On 4 July 1968 the base was subjected to a heavy People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) rocket and mortar attack followed by probes on the base perimeter resulting in 5 U.S. and 16 PAVN killed.
Supra, a traditional Georgian feast: 29 March 2017: Supra, a traditional Georgian feast and an important part of Georgian social culture. 36: Traditional culture and manufacturing technology of blue tablecloth: 9 June 2017: Traditional Georgian cotton tablecloths painted in various shades of blue, known from at least the 17th century. [21] [22] 37
Later influences include the mythologies of the Ancient Greeks, [1] the Vainakh peoples [1] and Iranians – the last-named comprising both the belief systems of the Northern Iranian nomad Scythians and Sarmatians (still preserved to some extent in the mythology of their descendants the Ossetians) and that of the Zoroastrian religion of the ...
On May 26, 1918 National Council of Georgia declared national independence of Georgian people and creation of Democratic Republic of Georgia. The statehood of Georgia was restored after 117 years (from 1801) 28 August Saint Mary's Day: მარიამობა: Mariamoba: 14 October Day of Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (in Mtskheta)
The folk music of Georgia consists of at least fifteen regional styles, known in Georgian musicology and ethnomusicology as "musical dialects". According to Edisher Garaqanidze, there are sixteen regional styles in Georgia. [1] These sixteen regions are traditionally grouped into two, eastern and western Georgian groups.