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Erisioni (დაკვრა / Play)

სიმღერები ალბომიდან "title" (SE) (დაკვრა / Play)

Source: http://music.inet.ge/

ERISIONI Georgian State National Singing And Dancing Academic Ensemble.

http://georgien.blogspot.com/2006/08/georgian-music-classic-rock-httpwww_05.html

http://georgien.blogspot.com/2006/05/georgian-legend-erisioni-ex-soviet.html

http://georgien.blogspot.com/2006/04/get-this-video-and-more-at-youtube.html

Wer wohnte hier?

ლიკანი, რომანოვების სახლი

photo by Dv0rsky

Die Russisches Zeitung "Kommersant", einer der progressivsten und unabhängigsten Blätter ist an einen russischen Milliardär verkauft worden - ein georgischer Unternehmer soll auch seine Hände im Spiel haben.

"Kommersant", einer der wenigen Tageszeitungen Russlands, die auch nicht mit Kritik an der Regierung sparte, ist angeblich dem Kreml verbundenen Metall-Magnaten Alisher Usmanov, wie die Agence France Presse berichtete.
„Womöglich ist nicht jedes Detail des Geschäfts besprochen worden, aber der Verkauf kann als gesichert gelten“, hat Kommersants allgemeiner Direktor Demyan Kudryavtsev gesagt, wie die Nachrichtenagentur Interfax berichtete.
Usmanov führt eine Tochtergesellschaft das Gazprom-Monopols und ist dem Kreml treu ergeben. Er soll 299 Millionen Dollar (233 Millionen Euros) für "Kommersant" bezahlt haben. Der Metallmagnat hat "Kommersant" von dem georgischen Unternehmer Badri Patarkatsishvili gekauft, der es im Februar von seinem langjährigen Geschäftspartner erlangt hatte - dem russischer Milliardär Boris Berezovsky.
Berezovsky, der in selbstauferlegtem Exil in London lebt und von der russischen Justiz wegen Steuerhinterziehung verfolgt wird, hat seinerzeit gesagt, dass er "Kommersant" verkauft will, um vor dem Einfluss des Kremls zu schützen.
Patarkatishvili erwiderte darauf, dass der Verkauf von "Kommersant" an Usmanov ein „reines Geschäft war — es gibt keinerlei politische Ambitionen“, hat Interfax berichtet.

Internationale NGO's wie zum Beispiel Freedom House sagen, dass die russische Medienfreiheit unter Präsident Vladimir Putin auf Grund übermäßiger staatlicher Steuerung, Selbstzensur unter Journalisten, und durch den Kauf nationaler Nachrichtendienste durch den Staat oder durch Kreml-freundliche Käufer zurück gegangen ist.
Usmanov, 52, ist der allgemeine Direktor von Gazprom neben Gazprominvestholding, und kontrolliert auch Metallevermögenswerte durch den Besitz von Metalloinvest.
Forbes führt Usmanov als die 25. -reichste Person in Russland, mit einem Nettowert von 2,6 Milliarden Dollar.

Der ganze Text (eng):
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/08/31/kommersntsold.shtml

Art of Georgia Spätsommerausstellung

Am Freitag, den 8.9., am Sonnabend, den 9.9. und am Sonntag, den 10.9.2006 von 16.00-21.00 Uhr.

008, Levan Tchogoschvili, Mischtechnik

Art of Georgia, Anilie Hillmer, Joachim-Friedrich-Str. 55, 10711 Berlin.

Mape: Art of Georgia

Art of Georgia in Berlin

http://web.artprice.com/ store/Art-of-Georgia-in-Berlin

http://www.artofgeorgia.de/

New Blog: GeorgiaTrip2006

Retrospective reflections on the recent trip to Georgia

http://georgiatrip2006.blogspot.com/

Rezo Gabriadze's Cafe

photo by Alex

Balkans, Caucasus, Europe
Open Society Institute Budapest

The programmes of the Open Society Institute, known as network programmes, work through the national Soros foundations (an informal network of organisations established and supported by investor George Soros). Relevant is the Network Media Program (NMP) which acts as a consultant, resource, liaison and partner for Soros-sponsored media programmes and other organisations working in the media field in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The NMP concentrates on projects addressing issues of democratic media legislation, monitoring violations of media freedom, protecting journalists, establishing self-regulation systems and strong independent professional organisations, and raising the professionalism of journalists and media managers. The main areas of NMP activity include direct assistance to the media via the Open Society Media Fund (OSMF), support for Roma media, journalism training, and the Media Law Program in cooperation with the Constitutional & Legal Policy Institute (COLPI).

Pf. 519,
H -1397 Budapest, Hungary
Tel +36 1 327 3100,
Fax +36 1 327 3101
info@osi.hu
www.osi.hu

Contact
Gordana Jankovic, Director Network Media Program

Budget
>$1,000,000

Number of staff
8

Publications
2000 Annual Report Building Open Societies, Newsletter Open Society News, Ideas for an Open Society

Programmes
Network Media Program

Just now!
I found an attractive internet site http://findarticles.com

for example - there are such successes

Nart Sagas from the Caucasus Nart Sagas from the Caucasus. By John Colarusso. Princeton, N.J. and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2002. 552 pp. Illus. 24.95 [pounds sterling](hbk).
Folklore, 4/1/04 by David Hunt · More from publication · Save

The association of the Lady and the Unicorn, and the hunting mythology of the Caucasus - Research ArticleAbstract Written evidence from the hunting folk literature of the Caucasus is presented together with the suggestion that the origin of the unicorn ...
Folklore, 4/1/03 by David Hunt · More from publication · Save

Trans-Caucasus pipelineThe pipeline, connecting the Caspian Sea oil fields to the Mediterranean Sea oil markets, started deliveries last month. Stretching from Baku, Azerbaijan, ...
World Oil, 7/1/06 by Victor Schmidt · More from publication · Save

EASTWARD TO TARTARY: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus. - Review - book reviewEASTWARD TO TARTARY: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus by Robert D. Kaplan Random House, $26.95 Bread Or Bullets PHEW! FOR ...
Washington Monthly, 11/1/00 by Jacob Heilbrunn · More from publication · Save

Orientalism and Empire: North Caucasus Mountain People and the Georgian Frontier, 1845-1917Asia and the Pacific/L'Asie et le Pacifique Orientalism and Empire: North Caucasus Mountain People and the Georgian Frontier, 1845-1917, by Austin Jersild.
Canadian Journal of History, 8/1/05 by Bassin, Mark · More from publication · Save

From Disengagement to Active Economic Competition: Russia's Return to the South Caucasus and Central AsiaAbstract: This article looks at the role of economic factors, particularly energy, as a key component of Russia's complex and evolving relationship with ...
Demokratizatsiya, 1/1/05 by Perovic, Jeronim · More from publication · Save

The Yezidi Kurds' tribes & clans of south CaucasusFrom the Author Yezidi Kurds have been in the southern Caucasus under Russia for some 150 years now. The majority fled Ottoman oppression and discrimination ...
International Journal of Kurdish Studies, 1/1/05 by Kereme Anqosi · More from publication · Save

LATE CHANGHSINGIAN FAUNA OF THE NORTHWESTERN CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS, RUSSIAABSTRACT-Upper Changhsingian strata occur as isolated outcrops in the Malaya Laba and Belaya river basins in the Peredovoy Range of the northwestern Caucasus ...
Journal of Paleontology, 5/1/04 by Kotlyar, G V · More from publication · Save

JBIC signs loan accords for Caucasus-Turkey pipeline projectTOKYO, Feb. 3 Kyodo The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) said Tuesday it has signed loan agreements totaling up to $580 million for ...
Asian Economic News, 2/9/04 · More from publication · Save

Genetics and Population History of Caucasus PopulationsAbstract We describe aspects of genetic diversity in several ethnic populations of the Caucasus Mountains of Daghestan using mitochondrial DNA sequences ...
Human Biology, 12/1/03 by Bulayeva, Kazima · More from publication · Save

EU signalisiert, dass der Aktionsplan mit den südlichen Kaukasus Staaten fortgesetzt wird

von RFE/RL (http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2-tca.asp)

Brüssel, 29 August 2006 - EU Beamte haben in Brüssel am 29. August sagten, dass die europäischen „Aktionspläne“ für den kommenden fünf Jahre mit Armenien, Aserbaidschan, und Georgia erfolgreich abgeschlossen wurden, wie ein RFE/RL Korrespondent in Brüssel berichtete. Die Pläne werden jetzt dei den EU-Mitgliedsstaaten eingereicht. Die Tatsache, dass die Armenier und die Georgier Entwurf Pläne zur EU-Mitgliedschaft vorlegten, während die Aserbaidschaner das nicht betrifft, hat eine weit verbreitete Diskussion in der Aserbaidschanischen Presse ausgelöst. (...) Georgien lies am am 29. August verlauten durch ihren stellvertretenden Außenminister Valeri Chechelashvili, dass die EU konkrete Vorschläge gemacht hat, die schließlich zum Errichtung einer Freihandelzone mit Georgien führen wird.

Source: EU signals progress on action plans with South Caucasus states (CauCaz.Com)


Links:
EU: Conflict Fears Overshadow South Caucasus 'Action Plans' RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Czech Republic - 29 Aug 2006The “action plans” establish the priorities the EU and the South Caucasus countries involved want to jointly tackle in the course of the next five years. ...
Political reform and sustainable development in the South Caucasus ... EUROPA (press release)
EU South Caucasus neighbours drifting into war, Brussels warns EUobserver.com, Belgium - 29 Aug 2006EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Brussels has voiced alarm at the mounting risk of open warfare in the EU's southeast neighbours - Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan ...
EU neighbours drifting into war, Brussels warns EUobserver.com

Fahrrad-Tour 22: Ankara - Baku (2100 km)

Live-Ticker-Diary & Routen-Karte & Etappen-Übersicht

Ankara - Baku (9.-25.4.2003)
von Chistoph Gocke

Von Ankara zum Schwarzen Meer. An der Küste entlang nach Georgien. Via Borjomi und Tbilissi nach Aserbaidschan. Zum Kaspischen Meer bei Baku.

Baku am Kaspischen Meer

Mehr: http://www.chris-on-the-bike.de/baku

ART: Painting by Mamuka Japharidze, Didi Gallery Tbilisi, 2006

originally uploaded by grijsz.

Source: Hans Heiner Buhr http://newimages.blogspot.com/

More: http://exhib.internet-academy.org.ge/comp_gr/japaridze/eng/

ART: Links to artists from Georgia in the Caucasus

Alexandr Vepkhvadze Archil Bluashvili Albert Dilbariani Amirani Bilanishvili Antimozi Gorgadze Anzori Gomarteli Apoloni Kutateladze Avtandili Popiashvili Avtandili Varazi Bidzina Avalishvili Bajbeuc Melicivi Cheishvili Cimakuridze David Abuladze David Apciauri David Gabitashvili David Gvelesiani

Dimitri Khuhutashvili Dimitri Shevardnadze David Alexidze David Gabashvili David Kakabadze Dimitry Eristavi Eldar Kavshbaia Elene Akhvlediani Elguja Berdzenishvili Esma Oniani Eduardi Ambokadze Ekaterine Bagdavadze Gaine Kutateladze Gia Bugadze Gia Gugushvili Giorgi Mirzashvili Givi Kasradze

Gogi Chagelishvili Gogi Gabashvili Gogi Lazarashvili Gogi Totibadze Guga Koteishvili Guram Gagoshidze Gimeri Darchia Giorgi Shavgulidze Givi Ceradze Givi Toidze Guram Gelovani
Gurami Navrozashvili Guraspashvili Geno Zakaraia Gia Arabuli Giorgi Abramidze Giorgi Jashi Giorgi Merabishvili

Guram Kutateladze Hasan Inaishvili Imburg Sikharulidze Irina Eliashvili Iuri Berishvili Ivane Vepkhvadze Ia Liparteliani Ilo Patashuri Irakli Gamrekeli Irakli Parjiani Irakli Sutidze Irakli Toidze Talent 1 Irina Zaridze Cindelani Janri Lolashvili Java Cheishvili Jemal Lolua Jemali Japaridze Jipson Khundadze Juna Mikatadze

Karlo Grigolia Kholuashvili Kiknavelidze Kiril Zdanevichi Konstantine Kiknadze Kraiashvili
Kristine Kakabadze Talent 2 Karlo Kacarava Karlo Pachulia Ketevan Magalashvili Koki Makharadze Korneli Sanadze Khuncaria Lado Gudiashvili Lali Zambakhidze Levan Kharanauli Lia Shvelidze Luarsab Magalashvili Luiza Mamulashvili Lamara Kvelidze

Lashari Buhaidze Leopold Dzamdzanidze Lev Baiachev Loreta Shengelia Luka Kurashvili Machabeli Makashvili Makharadze Mamia Ahobadze Manjgaladze Medzmariashvili Meqvabishvili Mikheili Kipiani Mirzashvili Mizandari Mzaurelashvili Maia Ramishvili Mamuka Didebashvili Maka Barbakadze Mamuka Ceckhladze Gia Givishvili Lia Sadagashvili

Mamuka Japaridze Merab Kakabadze Merab Berdzenishvili Mery Kesety Mikheil Khvitia Mose Toidze Nata Varlamishvili Natia Todua Talent 3 Nia Mgaloblishvili Beka Grigolia Nika Sakhanberidze Niko Pirosmanashvili Nina Tamamsheva Nino Egadze Talent 4 Nino Indashvili

Nino Zaalishvili Nugzar Jojiashvili Oleg Cokhakidze Nino Shilikadze Talent 8 Talent 9 Nana Meshidze Narmania Natela Gibradze Natela Ianqoshvili Neli Alexidze Nikolozi Metonidze Nikozi Kandelaki Nino Kuparadze Nino Machavariani Omar Chubinidze

Otari Sulava Otar Megrelidze Otar Salbiashvili Paata Tugushi Parnaoz Lapiashvili Pelix Varlamishvili Paqsashvili Parkosadze Petre Bliotkini Revazi Kakabadze Rezo Hasia Radish Tordia Reno Turkia Talent 5 Robert Sturua Temur Chkhutishvili

Rusudan Javrishvili Monuments of History Rusudan Petcviashvili Sergo Evseev Talent 6 Sergo Kobuladze Shalva Kikodze Soso Gabashvili Samsoni Nadareishvili Sergo Gabelia Sergo Gasievi Shalva Mamaladze Shukhaev Sidamon Eristavi Sandro Kurashvili Tamara Abakelia

Tamazi Devdariani Tazo Khucishvili Teimurazi Asathiani Tengizi Kikalishvili Tengizi Samsonadze Vakho Megrelishvili Ucha Japaridze Temur Gagnidze Temo Gocadze Tamaz Khicishvili Talent 7 Tea Botkoveli Tamar Abakelia Tamar Minashvili Tengiz Burjanadze

Vladislav Gurabanidze Vakhtang Gabunia Vakhtang Oniani Valerian Eristavi Vano Meliashvili Vaso Doiashvili Vladimer Torotadze Valentin Sherpilov Vartagava Vladimeri Meskhi Zauri Davitaia Zurabi Lezhava Zurabi Razmadze Zurab Nizharadze Zurab Samkharadze Zurab Gabunia

Source: http://www.arabuligallery.ge/service.php

raffikojian's photos

Horse at the beach at Sevan

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/raffikojian/

More about the Lake Sevan in Armenia

Ah, a khorovadz on the shores of Sevan. One of the most relaxing experiences I can think of. This huge mountain lake which takes up 5% of Armenia's surface area and is about 2,000 meters above sea level. On a clear and sunny day, the water is often a deep turquoise color. Maxim Gorky once said about the waters that they were like a piece of the sky that had descended to the earth among the mountains. The shores are white sand and most beaches are uncrowded. The monastery peninsula (called the island in Armenian) is the most popular spot, and is the closest place to visit as well. The water is about 18-22 Celsius in the summer, a very refreshing swim after a hot week in Yerevan. It is a freshwater lake, so you do not have any salt residue after swimming. There are fish in the lake, but I do not know the regulations for fishing ... (more ... you should click the link above)

Sukhishvili (დაკვრა / Play)

სიმღერები ალბომიდან "title" (SE) (დაკვრა / Play)

Source: http://music.inet.ge/

More:

http://georgien.blogspot.com/2006/06/georgian-folk-dances-all-ills-of.html

http://georgien.blogspot.com/2005/09/neuer-blog-das-georgische-ballett.html

http://georgien.blogspot.com/2005/08/copyright-ralph-hlbig-georgian-dance.html

I suggest track 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 and 12

Much is implied in Irakli Parjiani's (1950-1991) highly laconic abstraction ...

more about art & culture: http://geoart.iatp.org.ge/mekhuteeng.html

Some Links about Arts & Culture in Georgia

Artist Radish Tordia's homepage Honored Artist of Georgia, Biography and Galleries.
CAMEOS Beso Darjania.
ERISIONI Georgian State National Singing And Dancing Academic Ensemble.
GEORGIAN VOICES "The Rustavi Choir" by Ted Levin, presented by Besiki Sisauri.
Honored painter of Georgia Alexander Mosiashvili Home Page of honored painter of Georgia Alexander Mosiashvili. Few photos of his paintings.
Honored painter of Georgia, professor Tengiz Japaridze Home Page of honored painter of Georgia, professor Tengiz Japaridze. Few photos of his tapestries.
Marjanishvili State Academic Theatre Historical review, photo gallery, famous actors and actresses, current plays and popular plays performed in the theatre.
Mtiebi Folk Group. With information on the style, members, concerts, and more.
Niko Pirosmani Contains biographical information as well as many paintings.
THE GEORGIAN CALENDAR The Georgian Calendar, presented by Besiki Sisauri.
The Three Marias Page Containing the works of the famous Georgian artist Niko Pirosmani.

Keti Kintsurashvili, who joins us this year on a Fulbright fellowship, has just had her book entitled

David Kakabadze: A Twentieth Century Classic appear with Arbat Press.

The book is about the life and work of the early twentieth century Georgian artist David Kakabadze (1889-1952). Multitalented, Kakabadze became interested in photography at an early age and painted in a wide variety of styles. The book traces Kakabadze's life and work, organizing the account into five different periods: early, 1889-1913; Saint Petersburg, 1913-1918; Tbilisi, 1918-1919; Paris, 1920-1927; and Tbilisi 1927-1952. In each period, Keti covers Kakbadze's work and what and who influenced it. If, like me, you had never heard of Kakabadze, the book will be a revelation: his early sketches are lovely, the painting entitled My Mother Imeretia from hisearly Tbilisi period is amazing (I'm sure I've seen reproductions, but now would love to see the original), and the sheer range of his work and his willingness to experiment is stunning. Keti's account of the Paris period is fascinating. Kakabadze worked with an incredible collection of Georgian artists who lived there in the early 1920's, among them Lado Gudiashvili (also a dancer) and Elene Akhvlediani, persons whose acquaintance I first met in this book. On returning to Tbilisi, Kakbadze fused abstract techniques with folk elements to create some unforgettable landscapes. The book itself is a joy. It is filled with photographs, many taken by Kakabadze himself, many in margins. It functions as a biography, as a critical outline of the artist's work, and as an account of the extraordinary creative scene in early twentieth century Georgia, of which Kakabadze was a crucial part.

Source: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/dof/books03-04.shtml

Link: David Kakabadze

Great georgian painter David Kakabadze got interested in photography in an early age. In Kutaisi gymnasium where the young man was studing, an amateur photographer A. Labenski was tutoring whose photos were printed in different Russian magazines. In 1897 he was awarded with a diploma of good work on the First Caucasus photo-exhibition held in Tiflis.
It's no mere chance that his first photos coincide with the period of studies. He was shooting his relatives and villagers.
Since that David Kakabadze has never separated from his camera. He was taking wonderful photos. Later, in 1923 he invented stereoscopic movie system.
Among the photos of David Kakabadze there are many architectural monuments and ethnographical pictures from different regions of Georgia.

Wonderful article: http://www.z-kkal.iatp.ge/page1e.html

Neue Bilder auf

www.georgien.bilder-album.com

Holger Zacharias ist von seinem Aufenthalt in Georgien zurück und hat viele neue Fotos auf seiner Internetseite veröffentlicht! Meinerseits sind die Eindrücke ganz frisch! An das Stalin Museum in Gori, die die Schwefelbäder - das Bäderviertel in Tbilisi, die Altstadt von Tbilisi und natürlich an Tbilisi - Tiflis bei Nacht im August diesen Jahres kann ich mich ganz gut erinnern! Interessant auf dieser WebSite sind auch die Bilder von dem Geburtshaus Geburtshaus von Eduard Schewardnadse in Mamati - ედუარდ შევარდნაძე. Überhaupt scheinen die Georgier auf die Musealisierung von Geburtshäusern zu stehen, oder? Dabei denke ich an das Geburtshaus Stalins in Gori.

In der Kirche Zminda Sameba

Tamazi, unser Fahrer durch Georgien, erzählte uns, dass am heutigen Tag. am 28. August, ein großes Pilgerfest hoch zur Kirche Zminda Sameba stattfindet. Stimmt das? Wenn ja, dann würde ich mir dieses Datum mal merken. Mehr über religiöse und heidnische Feste:

http://georgien.blogspot.com/2006/02/home-about-project-caucasus-travel.html

Für folgende Begegnung suchen wir noch eine Teilnehmerin/einen Teilnehmer:

Internationale Jugendbegegnung in Georgien:

Europe Meets the Land of Medea
A Youth Exchange Against Stereotypes and Xenophobia to Promote
Intercultural Understanding

Vom 15. bis 25. September 2006 findet in Kobuleti, Georgien eine Internationale Jugendbegegnung mit Teilnehmern aus der Ukraine, Georgien, Russland, Großbritannien, Estland und Deutschland statt. Dafür suchen wie noch eine Teilnehm erin/einen Teilnehmer aus Deutschland im Alter zwischen 18 und 25. Verpflegung und Unterkunft werden gestellt sowie 70% der Fahrtkosten übernommen.

Aus dem Programm:
The nine days lasting multi-cultural youth exchange is dedicated to the terms culture, nation and intercultural understanding. Six groups of young people from Ukraine, Georgia, Russia, Great Britain, Estonia and Germany (four participants per country, plus one group leader) will meet for this purpose in Kobuleti/ Georgia. Based on the legend of Medea of the Greek mythology they will discuss the origins and consequences of xenophobia and stereotypes towards foreign nations. In so called Cultural Discoveries , which are self-organised by the youngsters, they will show the other participants their national habits, customs and traditions, in order to raise awareness and understanding for cultural differences. Self organisation is a central element of the exchange. It will contribute to the participants self responsibility, their ability to deal with and to solve problems independently as well as to present their own opinion and to respect a nd accept opinions of other people during discussions. Hence it supports the personal development of the young people, promote tolerance and diminish prejudices.

Interessenten melden sich bitte umgehend zwecks weiterer Informationen (Programm, Anreise usw) bei:

Mostar Friedensprojekt e.V.
Schloß-Straße 1
14467 Potsdam
mostarfp@yahoo.de

Tel +49 331 2010460

The Anchiskhati Choir is the world's leading exponent of Georgian polyphonic choral music. The choir members specialise in singing the ancient Georgian sacred and secular songs, with the authentic instrumental accompaniment, described by the US magazine, The World & I, as "diamonds polished by time" (March 2003).

Anfang Oktober sollen die Musiker nach Deutschland kommen! Vor drei Jahren hörte ich sie einmal hier in der Nähe von Leipzig auf Schloss Goseck . Es war ein sehr beeindruckendes Konzert!

Kontakt: Tamuna Gurchiani

Anchiskhati Church Choir and Folk Group "Dzveli kiloebi" (დაკვრა / Play)

Einladung zur Eröffnung der Fotoausstellung

Stilles Leben

am 1. September 2006 um 20. 00 Uhr

im Kulturzentrum K4, Königstr. 93, Nürnberg

Vom 1. September bis zum 30. Oktober 2006 finden in Nürnberg georgische Kulturtage "Kennen Sie Georgien?" statt. Das Programm sieht eine Fotoausstellung von vier georgischen Fotokünstlern, ein Konzert der georgischen weltlichen und geistlichen polyphonen Lieder sowie Filmretrospektive Georgien vor.

Am 1. September 2006 wird im Kulturzentrum K4 die Fotoausstellung Stilles Leben in Anwesenheit der Künstlerin Natela Grigalaschwili aus Tbilisi eröffnet. Für gute Musik und reichlich georgischen Wein ist gesorgt.

Ich freue mich auf Ihren Besuch!

Mit herzlichen Grüssen,
Tamar Gurchiani
Kulturmanagerin der Robert Bosch Stiftung
Filmhaus/Kulturzentrum
Königstr. 93
90402 Nürnberg
Tel. 0911/231-8333
Fax 0911/231-8330
www.moe-kulturmanager.de

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BLOG: Norwegian footsteps in the Caucasus

Von Eistein Guldseth, Writer & photographer

Email: writern@writern.no

Der Norweger Eistein Guldseth, hat eine sehr informative WebSite über Georgien gestaltet. Inspiriert sicherlich von Knut Hamsun und seiner Reise dorthin. Eine gute Sammlung von Texten, Photos und versprochenen Fortsetzungen. Bin ganz gespannt. Er schreibt über Olga Zhgenti, der Direktorin des neuen georgischen Films "Hamsuns Caucasian Mysteries" und mehr - auch über das kulturelle Leben, die kulturelle Realität, über Tbilisi u.v.m.

Link: Georgian Culture

About the website and the author: "My main occupation is within Strategic Business Communication. I also study sociology and mediascience at the University (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. This website is a product of my travells in Georgia. On this website you will find stories, interviews and some smalltalk. You will also find image galleries from both Norway and Georgia. I hope you enjoy, even though english is not my native language. My wife Ekaterine Dvali has worked as interpreter on the project."

Olga Zhgenti Meet the Director of the new Georgian film Hamsuns Caucasian Mysteries.

Teimuraz Bakuradze Composer. "I want Cultural exchange with Norway".

Nika Memanishvili Lunch with TV- celebrity and cultural motor in Tbilisi.

Art Gen Festival 2006

... bin wieder zurück aus dem Kaukasus. Demnächst werden hier einige Reiseimpressionen erscheinen, wobei ich nicht allers verraten kann, worum es ging und im nächsten Jahr gehen wird.

Gruß, "Rapho", wie Hans-Heiner Buhr (www.kaukasus-reisen.de) richtigerweise bemerkte.

Besuch in Bolnisi am 10.08.2006

In Bolnisi trafen wir Frau Clara Walker, die dort ihr ganzes bisheriges Leben verbrachte. Wir waren bei ihr zu Gast im deutschen Gemeindehaus. Sie sprach mit uns deutsch und ab und an schwaebelte sie mit uns. Sie berichtete von ihrer Kindheit in Bolnisi, genannt Katharienfeld. Sie blickte hinueber zum Kirchlesberg: "Das ist wie im Maerchen und ein vergangener Traum." Sie sagte, dass an diesem Ort die Menschen in verschiedenen Sprachen miteinander redeten.

Sie allein spricht fünf Sprachen: tatarisch, russisch, armenisch, literaturdeutsch und natuerlich schwaebisch. Zum herzlichen Abschied gab sie uns folgende Worte mit: "Ist es in der Fremde noch so schoen, zur Heimat wird sie nie." - und wie im Kommentar bemerkt spricht sie natürlich auch georgisch - eben die fünfte Sprache ...

Thanks to by Jeremy in Armenia

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Jeremy in Armenia said: "This my summer of 2006 travel blog. It is a personal blog design primarily to document my adventures through Eastern Europe and my language program in Yerevan, Armenia. To see my Itinerary click here. For an explaination of why I am going please click here. I am not an expert on the region by any means -- however, I hope to document some of what I learn here. For informed analysis as well as writings from the region please see my blog roll. I, however, am not responsible for the content of blogs linked to this site. For more information contact me at jeremypj@gmail.com."