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 !

View to Indurta, Tsovata by Pridon

View to Indurta, Tsovata, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Pridon Beroshvili is our newest member and also our host in Tusheti. Pridon is married to a Tush woman, they have two kids. He is working as a Data Base Developer in Tbilisi and his hobby are hunting rifles. ( http://guns.ge )

He is active in supporting the reconstruction of a very old church in Kakheti, more info here on

http://darba.com/ekl/