Khevsurians (Georgian: ხევსურები) are an ethnographic group of Georgians, mainly living in Khevsureti, on both sides of the Caucasus Mountain Chain in the watersheds of the rivers Aragvi and Argun. There are some villages in Khevi, Ertso-Tianeti, Kakheti (Shiraki), Kvemo Kartli (Gardabani) also where Khevsurians reside. Khevsurians speak the Georgian language in Khevsurian dialect. For a long time, Khevsurians have maintained their traditional culture: clothing, weapons, and polyphonic music.[1]
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(Gardabani) also where Khevsurians reside. Khevsurians speak the Georgian language in Khevsurian dialect. For a long time, Khevsurians have maintained their...
A chokha, also known as a cherkeska, is a Georgian woolen coat with a high neck that is part of the traditional male dress of peoples of the Caucasus....
ethnographic groups include Pomaks in Bulgaria, Lipka Tatars in Poland, and Khevsurians in Georgia. Ethnography Subculture Máiréad Nic Craith; Reinhard Johler;...
and Alexandropol and the okrugs of Zakatal, Ossetian and Tushino-Pshavo-Khevsurian. In 1849, uezds of Erivan, Nakhichevan and Alexandropol were attached...
Abuladze in 1967 was his great cinematic success in Georgia. Kist people Khevsurians 1893 in poetry "Სტუმარ-მასპინძელი (გვ.3) | ვაჟა-ფშაველა". Archived from...
(Mtiulur-Gudamaqruli, მთიულურ-გუდამაყრული) in Mtiuleti and Gudamaqari Khevsurian (Khevsuruli, ხევსურული) in Khevsureti Pshavian (Phšauri, ფშაური) in Pshavi...
towers (Georgian: დობილთ კოშკი, romanized: dobilt k'oshk'i) were built in Khevsurian shrines to keep them at bay. Some Dobilni are benevolent, such as Princess...
Teona participated in different folk festivals in Georgia, such as "Khevsurian evening" (ხევსურული საღამო) and "АrtGene"(არტ-გენი). Songs by Teona Kumsiashvili...
Chechen War. There is a popular folk song about Zelimkhan. Excerpt from a Khevsurian folk song about Zelimkhan: He howls because there is no death for him...
Elizbar Eristvisshvili. Georgian mountain people, such as the Tushs, the Khevsurians, and the Pshavs, also joined the rebellion, under the leadership of Zezva...
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