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Thursday, February 21, 2008

About Horse Races at Alex' TransCaucasus


Photograph courtesy of Pridon Beroshvili at Indurta.com

Horse Races
are playing an important ritual role in the Mountain Regions of Georgia, especially in Khevsureti and Tusheti.

Alex is on track of the tradition of the Georgian Mountain People and has two very interesting posts. One is pretty weird and a bit absurd from a Horse Race Alex followed as a visitor

http://transcaucasian.blogspot.com/2007/05/zezwaoba-dalaoba.html

the other goes deeper into the origins and impact of the Horse Race in Khevsureti as a part of that culture:

http://transcaucasian.blogspot.com/2008/02/doghi.html

Thank you Alex for your research !

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