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which attract foreign and local tourists as well. Its ancient history is what makes the region even more attractive. Due to its location, the area is characterized by abundant greenery and exotic nature: Samegrelo is Located between several rivers, such as Tshenisttskali, Rioni Tekhura and also borders the Black Sea.Samegrelo boasts old sites, rich Megrelian language (people have their own language there), delicious cuisine, sweet Megrelian songs and unique traditional architecture that has endured centuries. Yet another distinctive cultural characteristic of Samegrelo is the traditional Mingrelian house. The local architecture developed slowly over the centuries and by the 20th century, Samegrelo claimed two distinctive types of houses: jargvali and oda.Colchian oda house in SamegreloThe information about this traditional type of Georgian house is kept in the database of Smithsonian University. “The oda is a common type of house, which is built from wood. The entire building rests on piles, which points to the origin of the design in areas where frequent flooding led to a demand for houses raised above ground level. Famous Georgian writer Konstantine Gamsakhurdia House Museum in SamegreloAnother characteristic detail is the richly decorated wooden balconies at the back and front of the oda; ornamentation on balcony columns and arches typically depicts flowers and leaves. In the traditional oda there are four rooms, each with its own fireplace: a dining room, a reception room, and two medium-sized bedrooms. The oda could be considered a forerunner of the modern mobile home, as it is designed so that it can be easily disassembled and rebuilt in another place.Abandoned oda house in Samegrelo Traditional Megrelian homes typically contain two additional small facilities: one for storing provisions and another with several kvevris (clay brick vessels for storing wine).” Unfortunately, nowadays only a few traditional Megrelian houses remain throughout the whole regionUnfortunately, nowadays only a few traditional Megrelian houses remain throughout the whole region. Brick has replaced wood as the primarily material for building new houses, because it is cheaper and more durable. Many traditional odas are closed and abandoned today and they are at the edge of destruction as nobody lives there and no one takes care of these beautiful, cozy wooden houses. Many traditional houses in Samegrelo are at the edge of destructionHowever, new residential construction continues to incorporate distinctive characteristics of traditional houses, such as columns, balconies, and fireplaces.It is worth mentioning that renowned Georgian artist Revaz Adamia has been trying to preserve the unique Colchian odas, the traditional houses in western Georgia through transferring them onto the canvas. Wooden oda house in beautiful greenery in Samegrelo He has been depicting traditional odas for quite a long and tried to learn the stories of the families who in these houses. The artist believes that the nature of a human being is always reflected in the houses they live. Renowned Georgian artist that nature of a human being is always reflected in the houses they liveGeorgian photographer Giorgi Nikolava, who has recently visited Samegrelo for capturing old oda houses that are on the verge of disappearing , tells the heartwarming story of 91 years old grandma, Suliko Zhvania, who lives alone in one of the traditional Megrelian odas. Her house is located at the end of the village and it is quite difficult to find it on your own, so the locals helped the photographer to reach her green oda surrounded by beautiful greenery.The house of 91 years old grandma who lives alone in SamegreloAs Giorgi recalls, she looks week physically, according to her age, but there is unusual light and energy in her eyes. Georgian hospitality is well-known fact for many, and the same happened this time - seeing the guests made her very happy. Another abandoned oda house Grandma invited the photographer into the house and brought accordion, as she wanted her guest to enjoy the beautiful melody. As she told Giorgi, the accordion is of the same age as her and she even cannot imagine her life without the favorite instrument. When asked if it is difficult to live alone, grandma explained that she was widowed at an early age so she did not manage to give birth to children. Old oda house in Samegrelo“I cannot go outside and walk in the yard because of my poor health conditions and it makes me very sad. Singing is the only thing which keeps me alive,” she said. While talking with kind grandma, Giorgi heard some strange sound similar to bees’ buzzing. As the host explained to him, the bees have been living in her house, beyond the wall for a long time. Many beekeepers asked her to give them the bees and leave the honey for herself, but she refused, as the bees became like her companions and friends. As it turned out, she even plays on her accordion and sings to them, as the bees enjoy it:“Do you know that the bees love when someone sings to them? Do you want to hear?,” with this words, grandma grabbed her accordion and carried on singing.. At the end of the visit, kind grandma pleased with the photographer’s visit and asked him to definitely visit her house again when being in Samegrelo.Photo courtesy Giorgi NikolavaRelated stories:Traditional Homes of Georgia: The Reason to Be ProudRenowned artist trying to preserve Georgian architecture through his paintingsGeorgian Oda House in former capital of western Georgia
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which attract foreign and local tourists as well. Its ancient history is what makes the region even more attractive. Due to its location, the area is characterized by abundant greenery and exotic nature: Samegrelo is Located between several rivers, such as Tshenisttskali, Rioni Tekhura and also borders the Black Sea.Samegrelo boasts old sites, rich Megrelian language (people have their own language there), delicious cuisine, sweet Megrelian songs and unique traditional architecture that has endured centuries. Yet another distinctive cultural characteristic of Samegrelo is the traditional Mingrelian house. The local architecture developed slowly over the centuries and by the 20th century, Samegrelo claimed two distinctive types of houses: jargvali and oda.Colchian oda house in SamegreloThe information about this traditional type of Georgian house is kept in the database of Smithsonian University. “The oda is a common type of house, which is built from wood. The entire building rests on piles, which points to the origin of the design in areas where frequent flooding led to a demand for houses raised above ground level. Famous Georgian writer Konstantine Gamsakhurdia House Museum in SamegreloAnother characteristic detail is the richly decorated wooden balconies at the back and front of the oda; ornamentation on balcony columns and arches typically depicts flowers and leaves. In the traditional oda there are four rooms, each with its own fireplace: a dining room, a reception room, and two medium-sized bedrooms. The oda could be considered a forerunner of the modern mobile home, as it is designed so that it can be easily disassembled and rebuilt in another place.Abandoned oda house in Samegrelo Traditional Megrelian homes typically contain two additional small facilities: one for storing provisions and another with several kvevris (clay brick vessels for storing wine).” Unfortunately, nowadays only a few traditional Megrelian houses remain throughout the whole regionUnfortunately, nowadays only a few traditional Megrelian houses remain throughout the whole region. Brick has replaced wood as the primarily material for building new houses, because it is cheaper and more durable. Many traditional odas are closed and abandoned today and they are at the edge of destruction as nobody lives there and no one takes care of these beautiful, cozy wooden houses. Many traditional houses in Samegrelo are at the edge of destructionHowever, new residential construction continues to incorporate distinctive characteristics of traditional houses, such as columns, balconies, and fireplaces.It is worth mentioning that renowned Georgian artist Revaz Adamia has been trying to preserve the unique Colchian odas, the traditional houses in western Georgia through transferring them onto the canvas. Wooden oda house in beautiful greenery in Samegrelo He has been depicting traditional odas for quite a long and tried to learn the stories of the families who in these houses. The artist believes that the nature of a human being is always reflected in the houses they live. Renowned Georgian artist that nature of a human being is always reflected in the houses they liveGeorgian photographer Giorgi Nikolava, who has recently visited Samegrelo for capturing old oda houses that are on the verge of disappearing , tells the heartwarming story of 91 years old grandma, Suliko Zhvania, who lives alone in one of the traditional Megrelian odas. Her house is located at the end of the village and it is quite difficult to find it on your own, so the locals helped the photographer to reach her green oda surrounded by beautiful greenery.The house of 91 years old grandma who lives alone in SamegreloAs Giorgi recalls, she looks week physically, according to her age, but there is unusual light and energy in her eyes. Georgian hospitality is well-known fact for many, and the same happened this time - seeing the guests made her very happy. Another abandoned oda house Grandma invited the photographer into the house and brought accordion, as she wanted her guest to enjoy the beautiful melody. As she told Giorgi, the accordion is of the same age as her and she even cannot imagine her life without the favorite instrument. When asked if it is difficult to live alone, grandma explained that she was widowed at an early age so she did not manage to give birth to children. Old oda house in Samegrelo“I cannot go outside and walk in the yard because of my poor health conditions and it makes me very sad. Singing is the only thing which keeps me alive,” she said. While talking with kind grandma, Giorgi heard some strange sound similar to bees’ buzzing. As the host explained to him, the bees have been living in her house, beyond the wall for a long time. Many beekeepers asked her to give them the bees and leave the honey for herself, but she refused, as the bees became like her companions and friends. As it turned out, she even plays on her accordion and sings to them, as the bees enjoy it:“Do you know that the bees love when someone sings to them? Do you want to hear?,” with this words, grandma grabbed her accordion and carried on singing.. At the end of the visit, kind grandma pleased with the photographer’s visit and asked him to definitely visit her house again when being in Samegrelo.Photo courtesy Giorgi NikolavaRelated stories:Traditional Homes of Georgia: The Reason to Be ProudRenowned artist trying to preserve Georgian architecture through his paintingsGeorgian Oda House in former capital of western Georgia
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A Cossack is a member of a group of Eastern Slavic people that numbered over 4 million by the start of the 20th century. What many think of as the "Cossack" dress was in fact the traditional style of the mountain peoples of the Caucasus.
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Nana Meparishvili, a Georgian architect and Carnegie research fellow at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, has dedicated a special article to Georgia’s traditional architecture and uncovered many interesting details that both locals and foreigners might not know about. Read this interesting article and discover traditional old Georgian houses:"Georgians have many reasons to be proud: a unique alphabet, one of the fourteen existing alphabets in the world; first Homo erectus remains found outside of Africa, dating back over 1.8 million years; archaeological finds and Colchis gold; temples and ancient churches; folk songs and dances; delicious cuisine and the world’s best known Georgian wine. This is an endless list, but near the top I will add architecture of traditional Georgian dwellings.Due to the diversity of geography, climate, construction materials, customs, and community lifestyles, each of Georgia’s eleven regions has different dwelling architecture. There are three main types: traditional styles of eastern Georgia (includes lowlands of eastern and southern regions), western Georgia (with the exception of Svaneti and the mountainous part of Racha), and the mountains.Until the beginning of the twentieth century, the darbazi house was the most common type of dwelling of eastern and southern Georgia, though also widespread in Aegean civilization, South Caucasus, and Asia Minor. This megaron-type structure has a front corridor, hearth in the middle of the house, and a roof with a central hole for light and smoke ventilation. The darbazi was usually deeply cut into the terrain, with only its front visible from outside and only one entrance. Since the roof was built into the ground, people spent the majority of the day outdoors on the roof.Darbazi house The darbazi is regarded as the prototype of the Colchian dwelling, which was found in early Bronze Age settlements (beginning of the third millennium BCE) of Kura-Arax culture. Roman architect Vitruvius described the Colchian dwelling as having a wooden domed roof, stone walls, and wooden columns. These columns are the most significant part of the building, not only in terms of construction but also for context and decoration. Therefore, they are called deda bodzi, which means “main (mother) pillar.” The significance of the main pillars is emphasized by the astral designs carved on them.Darbazi houses of eastern and southern Georgia differ from each other. The eastern style has one common, undivided space where several generations live together. The southern style is a complex, with a variety of living spaces and farming facilities (cowshed, barn, corridor, bake house, etc.) under one roof. The main living space is also a room with a crowned ceiling.Wattled fence and a roofed gate of an oda house from Samegrelo, Georgia, at the house-exhibit of G. Chitaia Open Air Ethnographic Museum. Photo by Nana MeparishviliWestern Georgian dwellings are distinct in that they begin at the gateway, the fence, and the yard. Besides the house, they include other premises like farming and ancillary buildings and structures (granary, barn, cowshed, hen house), mill, spring, well, etc. Of the many types of fences and gates in Georgia, the most interesting are the roofed gates, which protect guests in rainy weather. This minor architectural solution shows Georgian hospitality toward guests. Following tradition, guests take off their hats once they enter the gate as a sign of respect.In western Georgia, the yard is divided into two parts. The front yard is called a “clean yard.” A big, clean and well-groomed yard is a source of great pride. The yard behind the house is called a “black yard,” with space for farm buildings and vegetable gardens.The western dwelling is called oda, which reached the peak of its development in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Prior to construction, the owner of the house would choose the best orientation and balcony view. Georgians spent a large part of the day on the balcony, and in good weather they even slept there at night. Spacious balconies and wide windows on all sides of the buildings demonstrate the desire to be in touch with nature.Due to the moisture and abundant rainfall caused by the proximity to the Black Sea, oda houses were raised from the ground and stood on wooden or stone “legs.” From a construction point of view, the uniqueness of the oda house lies in ability to be easily transformed. They have always been considered “movable property” since they can easily be dismantled, relocated, and reconstructed.Lazuri house from Ajara, Georgia and fragment of the facade of a lazuri houseThe Ajarian houses in the Black Sea region are slightly different. As livestock has always been the most important branch of agriculture there, Ajarians had to move from the lowlands to the mountains and back during the year. Consequently, they had three houses in different parts of the region. The lazuri house, spread across the Ajara region, uses a combination of stone and wood as building materials.Adjarian houses The highest elevation settlement in Europe is Ushguli, Georgia, at about 1.4 miles above sea level. This village, together with the mountainous village-museum Shatili (Pirikita Khevsureti), is still miraculously preserved, showing high levels of material culture of the nation.The houses from mountainous regions are distinct as they had to provide protection from harsh weather conditions and enemy invasion in cross-border regions. The façade of the building showed details of defense, like arrow-slits and catapults. Most houses are built as complexes, which include a three- or four-story fortress and tower", - the article reads.Mutso Village in Khevsureti, Georgia. Photo by Nana MeparishviliUshguli village, the highest settlement in Europe, in Svaneti, Georgia. Photo by Nana MeparishviliRelated stories:Georgian Oda House in former capital of western Georgia Batumi’s Neo-Gothic Cathedral with century-old priceless frescoes and uncertain future The Mysterious Tbilisi Courtyards
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