თავისუფლების (To Freedom)

Georgian people are passionate by heart. They like to toast while sitting at the same table. During meals or drinking evenings, dozens of toasts are made. Each toast is an elaborated thought, exposing feelings and wishful dreams. It usually lasts several minutes. It is a moment when people enjoy sharing the same time and space in each others company. It is a way to bring up a conversation on a subject. Georgians often toast to the ones we love and to the ones which are no longer among us. “To freedom” and “To peace” are also the most common subjects for toasts. Tbilisi, the capitol, was rebuilt 10 times in the last decades, due to earthquakes and wars. Russia has been at war with Georgia, since the dismantling of Soviet Union. Georgian people value Peace. The focus is on the Freedom of Georgians way of living, their peoples, animals, their thankfulness for the great Nature, and general being in the world - “გაუმარჯოს (Gaumarjos)!" To the freedom of Kids playing whenever and wherever, to the freedom of Animals, to the freedom of mixing the old, the rebuilt and the new futuristic Buildings... Religion attachment seems to be one of the few limits to Freedom. Along with the more conservative peoples cultural costumes passed between generations. Both dictate the moral and ethic boundaries.