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Showing posts with label Georgian Journal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Georgian Journal. Show all posts
Das Buch ist der Höhepunkt einer monatelangen Forschung über das gesamte Land Georgien. Das Publikation ist 300 Seiten dick, mit unzähligen Vollfarbfotos, umfangreichen Karten, Kellerlisten und einer Fülle von zusätzlichen Informationen über eines der ältesten Weinanbaugebiete der Welt.
Wie bei den anderen Büchern in der Vinologue-Serie (die im Jahr 2007 begonnen hat) konzentriert sich das Buch darauf, umfassend zu informieren, und sich die in der alten und manchmal exotischen Natur der georgischen Weine zurechtzufinden. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt ist die Herstellung und Nutzung der alten Terrakotta-Töpfe namens Kvevri (über 8.000 Jahre alt). Das Buch beinhaltet zudem auch die Weine, die nach internationalen Methoden im Edelstahltank und dem Ausbau im Eichenfass gekeltert werden, sowie die Experimente, für die die die Georgier sehr aufgeschlossen sind.
Die beiden Autoren sind Experten auf ihrem Gebiet und Liebhaber des Georgischen Weines. Miquel Hudin wurde mit dem Fortnum & Mason Award's Best Drink Writer of 2017 ausgezeichnet und ist zudem ein zertifizierten Sommelier, der für unzählige internationale Weinpublikationen schreibt.
"Das Buch ist für Leute, die das Essen und den Wein in Georgien lieben, dafür gab es keine richtigen Führer. Es war mir ein Bedürfnis, dass ich persönlich hatte und seit der Veröffentlichung des Buches habe ich festgestellt, dass viele andere es teilen."
" Die Co-Autor Daria Kholodilina war für die Veröffentlichung des Buches sehr wichtig, da sie in Tbilisi ansässig ist und zusätzliches Insider Wissen sowie lokale Informationen geben kann."
Wein-Enthusiasten finden Empfehlungen für weinbezogene Orte sowie Bars, Restaurants und die Mehrheit der Weinkeller in Georgien in diesem Buch. Außerdem, wie Herr Hudin erzählt, gibt es eine Reihe von Kapiteln über die Geschichte, das Essen, die Trauben und sogar ein bisschen über die georgische Sprache.
Die Co-Autorin des Buches, Daria Kholodilina ist ein Marketing-und Tourismus-Experte aus der Ukraine, mit Sitz in Tbilisi - mit betreibt einen sehr beliebten Blog mit überwiegend georgischen Essen und Reisen.
(georgianjournal.ge) Get Bebbo. Keep your feet warm and preserve old Georgian tradition. This is the new creative campaign that offers handmade slippers with colorful patterns made from 100 percent natural wool. 20-year-old Zuka Alavidze, author of this project, is a Georgian citizen who is currently doing an undergraduate degree for Finance and Management at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. Zuka’s creative idea to introduce Georgian culture to other nations and at the same time provide people with a pair of soft, warm, comfortable and colorful footwear has been met with great interest and positive feedback by locals as well as the international community. As a reminder, Alavidze posted a video of how to make traditional Bebbo slippers on Kickstarter, a special platform that helps entrepreneurs find the resources they needed to bring their ideas to life. At least £5,000 (about 18,000 GEL) should be raised by November 1, 2015, to carry out this project successfully.
“I loved woolen slippers with varying patterns that my grandmother used to knit for me when I was a kid.” In order to learn more about Bebbo, Georgian Journal contacted the founder of the project. – How was the idea to create Bebbo born and what is the primary aim of the campaign? –
I loved woolen slippers with varying patterns that my grandmother used to knit for me when I was a kid. When I grew up, I always would take a few pairs of this footwear with me and present them to my foreign friends when travelling abroad. My foreign friends liked grandma’s handmade slippers so much that I decided to share the family tradition
and comfort provided by this footwear to more people. Around two years ago, I bought a hat from an English website. This online shop was quite interactive, allowing customers to choose the material, color and size to their taste. This gave me the idea to spread handmade footwear to the world using a similar website. However, I was far away from my country and pretty busy at the university back then, so
I could not bring my plan to fruition. “We decided to call the footwear Bebbo, since in Georgian it means
grandmother and as a rule, bebos knit socks for their grandchildren.” Eventually, I brought up this initiative in front of my friends. Entering a foreign market is not an easy task; a product requires branding, to begin with. After brainstorming for several days, we chose a cute sheep for a logo and we called it Bebbo, since in Georgian it means grandmother and as a rule, bebos knit socks for their grandchildren. I think we coped with the task and the final result turned out quite decent.
The primary aim is very simple: to allow more people learn about Georgia, its traditions and culture. For this purpose, the customers would be able to choose only from traditional colors and patterns offered on the website. Although this will limit the choice of colors and patterns, it will also help preserve the traditions and values that the knitted slippers from Tusheti (Georgia’s highland region, where many old handicraft traditions come from) possess and which are so important for us.
“A customer from any corner of the world will be able to purchase Bebbo, based on their preferred design and taste.”
– What are your plans in case you raise the money you require?
– If the necessary sum of money is accumulated by November 1st, we will start producing Bebbo slippers – those who backed us on Kickstarter will be on the top of the list, of course. In addition, we are working on our website, where customers from any corner of the world will be able to purchase Bebbo, based on their preferred design and taste. Most importantly, Bebbo will be produced in Georgia, by its local denizens, in order to maintain and transfer the handicraft tradition from generation to generation.
– How would you assess the interest and reaction received from public?
– To be honest, I could not have imagined that Bebbo would attract so much interest from both the people and the media. It makes me very happy. Despite the fact that we have not yet accumulated the required sum, we are extremely glad that the effort we put into this project has already been appreciated. We hope that we will manage raise the money we need on Kickstarter in order to introduce Bebbo to the entire world. Remember, we still need your support until November 1st – and are immensely grateful for it!
You can buy Bebbo here
Winter is coming and if you want your feet to stay warm, you have to get
Bebbo – Georgian 100 percent natural woolen slippers.
A Georgian, Zuka Alavidze who presently resides in the United
Kingdom decided to introduce traditional Georgian handmade footwear to
the entire world and simultaneously preserve this unique tradition
through launching his project.
(georgianjournal.ge) 1990s was one of the hardest and most memorable periods that marked the
transition from the Soviet era to the new modern epoch in Georgia’s history. After Georgian parliament declared its secession from the Soviet Union in 1991 and the country gained independence, a new era started in Georgia’s cultural life. Guram Tsibakhashvili, a famous Georgian photographer who is one of the most important figures in Georgia’s contemporary photography, depicted the rebirth of Georgia’s world of arts and music through the emerging
underground cultures. The photographer, also known by his nickname Tsibakha, captured some of the most famous Georgian public figures, musicians, artists and actors of 1990s, who were distinguished for their extravagancy, different views, unusual style and most importantly, the bravery in expressing themselves freely. The album includes the early photos of iconic Georgian singer Irakli Charkviani, outstanding Georgian painter Irakli Parjiani as well as photo of the First Lady of Georgia Maka Chichua.
Guram Tsibakhashvili was born 1960 in Tbilisi,
Soviet Republic of Georgia. In 1982 he graduated from Tbilisi State University. In 1990-1994 he taught theory of photography at the Tbilisi State University. Since 1988 he has been working for Georgian newspapers and magazines as a photographer. Guram has taken part in many solo and international group exhibitions in different countries. His photos stand out for their peculiar style and technique, different vision and deep meaning.
(georgianjournal.ge) As the old saying goes, everything new is a well-forgotten oldie. This is the motto of ‘Samoseli Pirveli’ founders, the people who are desperately in love with everything national and Georgian. We believe that the uniqueness of a nation lies not in the quality of adopting something foreign but rather in cherishing your own traditional merits and treasures. Such treasure is our national clothing. If earlier it used to be only associated with Georgian National dancers, preserved as stage costumes, recently national dresses seem to be gradually becoming fashionable in weddings and other festive events too. The attire that used to be the everyday garments for a century-old Georgian seems to be more or less regaining its cultural significance.
The name Samoseli Pirveli (meaning First Garment) comes from the Bible, namely, from the passage about the insatiable son. Ana Ninua, Director General of the shop explains that their choice was made because of its irreplaceable significance for the Georgian dressing culture. Old Georgians used to wear Chokhas for everyday use, the origins of this is not well known. Clothes differed according to the strata and regions of Georgia. The founders are great admirers of the Georgian culture – businessman Levan Vasadze and a friend of his Luarsab Togonidze. ‘At the beginning the shop focused on man’s clothing only - national Chokhas but later on we began to produce woman’s clothing as well. This is when I joined the team,’ Ana Ninua confesses in exclusive talks with Georgian Journal.
In this challenging but somewhat frightening process of globalization this is probably of utmost importance not to forget and highlight national virtues. As for clothes, probably India is one of the most traditional ones with its Saris. Japan too has its traditional clothes. Now maybe one day we also regain our clothes for everyday use? Who knows? But personally I was really stunned by the graciousness and mysterious splendor of dresses and sincerely wished to buy one for my wedding. Visit Samoseli Pirveli and you will want to visit it again. The atelier of Samoseli Pirveli was established in 2008 and only two years later were the shops opened. Purportedly, Georgian national clothes were very much forgotten here. It was only used on stages but not in life.
It is somehow logical that within these last years the popularity of Georgian national clothes is increasing among Georgians. They become more and more stuck to their traditions and prefer Chokas to the European ties and suits to wear as bridegrooms. Accordingly, having accompanied their future husbands, young ladies seem to be seduced too and often buy Georgian national dresses. ‘But Georgians buy our clothes for other festivals too. We have for instance Akhalukhi that can well be used for everyday wear,’ Ana adds.
Samoseli Pirveli offers all kinds of traditional clothes and shoes, as well as traditional hoods and accessories. Visit it and you will find yourself in true Georgia and discover how old Georgian princes and princesses or ordinary people living in different regions of Georgia used to dress up.
As for shoes old style is preserved here and they also make contemporary shoes with old details. Traditional Chokhas were mainly destined for wars and that is why it has the small containers for bullets, (kilebi) but later on these containers became decorative utensils. Chokhas were preceded by Kalakuri Kaba (city dress) that was worn in the town.
Lately, the exhibition of Samoseli Pirveli was opened in France within the Georgian days, presented by the dancers of Rustavi ensemble. Dancers are usual models for these clothes. The exhibition that was accompanied by the podium show deserved admiration of the French spectator. An interested person can choose and order clothes from the catalogue. Reportedly, individual orders are possible too, but only with the consultations of the shop’s personnel in order not to exclude the Georgian national details that underline the profile of Samoseli Pirveli. But mainly, clients seem to be quite happy with the choice they offer. ‘We of course can make interpretations in color or material from the models that we have in shops or in the atelier. “We restore the clothes from the old photos, from the relevant literature too. It is not that we copy them, but we take the same pattern and make some slight alterations. The one thing is to design clothes for the stage – I am a stage painter myself and I know what it means – but when you want the clothes to fit to everyday wear, it is a completely different thing,‘ Ana Ninua concludes.
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Lohnenswert: Dokumentarfilm von Ruth OlshanWIE LUFT ZUM ATMENist eine Reise in ein kleines Land zwischen Asien und Europa, das zu unrecht zwischen den Grenzen der Kulturen vergessen wird: Georgien, das hier in seiner ganzen Schönheit, seinem Zauber und seiner Vielfältigkeit eingefangen ist. Der Dokumentarfilm von Ruth Olshan entdeckt vor allem die beeindruckende Musik Georgiens, in der die kulturelle Identität seiner Bewohner tief verwurzelt ist. In den fast verloren gegangenen und wieder entdeckten Gesängen und Tänzen, die die UNESCO auf die Liste des Weltkulturerbes gesetzt hat, meint man Stimmen und Lieder aus einer vergangenen Zeit zu hören.
Musik sei für sie so wichtig wie die Luft zum Atmen, erzählt eine Protagonistin im Film und man versteht sie sofort. Ruth Olshans vielschichtiges Porträt eines Landes, seiner Menschen und ihrer Musik zeigt, was das Besondere an der georgischen Musik ist: die Lebendigkeit der Folklore im Alltag, die aufrecht erhaltene Tradition, die in den Texten gespeicherten Mythen, das soziale Erleben der Musik, die regionale Unterschiedlichkeit der Kultur, und die Musiker, die die Musik heute auch in Pop- und Jazzbereiche weiterführen."Großartige Bilder, sympathische Protagonisten und schöne, unvertraute Musik!" (filmdienst)
"Ruth Olshan hat einen sehr feinen Musikfilm gemacht, der einen Ort 90 Minuten zum Klingen bringt" (zitty)
"Eine berückende Hommage an ein Volk, dessen große Kultur durchströmt wird von Gesang" (Rheinischer Merkur)
"Folklore kann ganz schön cool sein!" (Die Welt)
"Ein ‚Hit’ für musikbegeisterte Weltreisende im Kino!" (programmkino.de)
Ruth Olshan in her film portrays musicians who work with different approaches: a male choir searching and cultivating old folk songs in the Caucasus region, a female choir, a school dance company and musicians who enhance Georgian folk music. There is a common denominator that links the diverse protagonists in Olshan’s film: Singing, dancing and music are crucial elements of their lifestyle. Music is as important as “air to breath,” explains the director of the female choir . The subtle camera work discreetly catches moments and spontaneous encounters, showing that the rehearsals and the singing brings moments to these women where they are taken away from their normal course of life. For life in Rustavi, a small town near Tiflis, seems bleak. The industry is dead, the unemployment rate is enormous. You ask yourself how people can live. The choir women’s beauty and positive energy exude an affirmative sign of life, even in mournful moments. Men and women sing and dance both joy and sorrow off their chest. In Georgia, music seems to be omnipresent, almost existential. Even if a young singer does not think folk music is “sexy”, he still gets hooked. It gets under his skin. The film pays tribute to this fascination, vitality, and spiritedness.
