One of the most complex things in the world is quantum reality, but there is also the Assyrian Church of the East, which is equally difficult to understand. We recently visited the village of Dzveli-Kanda near Tbilisi to see how Assyrians (also known as Aisors) live in Georgia. Unfortunately, we…

One of the most interesting periods in Georgian history is the ancient times. …

Goat masks are a common element of the festive rituals of the bygone traditional era in the Caucasus. These masks were made from various fabrics and in different shapes; the weirder and scarier, the better. Participants would wear them and engage in chaotic festivities, including horse riding. Scary demons are…

Working on materials for lectures on collective memory and historical politics, an idea came to mind. Thanks to the works of Jan Assmann, we know that oral real memory (albeit in a multitude of its subjective variants) is available for three generations, or more precisely for one person’s memory within…

Today there will be huge traffic jams on the way out of Tbilisi. Ahead is Holy Easter and four days off, which most city dwellers try to spend with their large families, mostly living in rural areas. …

One of the important components of Caucasus Georgian cuisine is the Megrelian (Western Georgians) porridge “Gomi”, which is made from the homonymous product — a type of millet. Its distribution in Western Georgia is due to the climate, which is significantly more humid than in the east and in the…

“The most beautiful thing about Georgian cuisine is its seasonality. Delicious spinach ripens all winter, which is ground with garlic and spices into a wonderful paste. Now is the season of asparagus, boiled bunches of which with spices are magnificent, especially if they are white. In April-May, marinated bunches of jonjoli flowers will appear in dishes, giving them a special flavor. Bread, cheese, lobio, badrijani, cucumbers, and tomatoes in nut paste. That’s where vegans can definitely live without any problems!”

“I repeated to myself the name of my neighbor, Karaman Jikurauli. And I remembered a powerful, predatory animal, a panther, which we Georgians call “jiki”, “enormous in size, fierce like a tiger”. I also remembered that “jiki” is an ancient name for the Circassians, and that this same nickname is…

Georgian churches are renowned for their beauty, especially those with active monastic communities. However, they come in various forms. For instance, if you enter the Udzho Church near the village of Kodjori or the Old Shuamta (Dzveli Shuamta) near Telavi, you will often find no one there. Only a few…