22 June 2012
20 June 2012
14 June 2012
Dom people (One Day of Domari Community's Life)
Dom people (Qarachis, Mirtivs, "Kurdish travallers") is Kurdish-speaking Gypsy community which lives in the Middle East. Dom people have Roma life-style, but they are separate ethnic group (Here live 3 ethnic groups of Gypsies in Georgia - Romani, Domari, Lomavi peoples). Dom people moved to Georgia from Azerbaijan and Iran. The main occupation is begging.
Labels:
begging,
doma people,
roma
Location:
Isani-Samgori, Тбилиси, Грузия
6 June 2012
27 May 2012
Vardaton
100 years ago in Tiflis (Tbilisi) poet Hovhannes Tumanyan and artist Gevorg Bashinjaghyan invented "Vardaton" (Feast of Roses), a holiday designed to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the great gusan Sayat-Nova.
Armenian community in Georgia celebrate Vardaton on the last Sunday of May. In 2012 diaspora celebrates the 300th anniversary of Sayat-Nova.
Milena Oganesyan, an activist of the Armenian community, shoote the Feast of Roses, which was held on central square of the Old Tbilisi.
Location:
Samgebro, Тбилиси, Грузия
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