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The open air Museum of
Georgian Folk Architecture and Daily Life (also known as the Ethnographic
Museum) extends on 52 hectares and includes
traditional architectural
exponents from different regions of Georgia. The
museum is named after Giorgi Chitaia, a Georgian
ethnographer, who founded the museum (1966)
Kakheti Giorgitsminda hall-house
Guests of the house are hosted by head of the family and mistress, they will tell short story of family, traditions and craft-making. Interior is designed in folk style, including fresh products. In the yard there are presented old agricultures, such as: Corn, flax, chick-pea, and more.
Giorgitsminda hall-house was moved to the
Open Air Museum of Ethnography in
1974, from the village
Giorgitsminda (East Georgia)
Guests of the house are hosted
by head of the family and
mistress, they will tell short story of family, traditions and craft-making.
Interior is designed in folk style, including
fresh products. In the yard there are
presented old agricultures, such
as: Corn, flax, chick-pea, and
more.
The exhibition features a
collection of traditional
household articles such as distaffs, knitting-frames, chums, clothes, carpets, pottery
and furniture
An 11th section of the museum
has been established to
house archaeological
monuments such as sculpted
gravestones, ancient
inscriptions, and capitals
Darbazi from the village Teliani XIX
This rectangular unpartitioned dwelling is
distinguished by a hearth in the middle and a smoke and
light hole in the top. The beehive cupola (gvirgvini)
that ascends to that hole is the most extraordinary feature of the dwelling.
The two main supporting pillars, called dedabodzi (mother pilars), are often
ornately carved
Believed to go back to a prototype from the third millennium ВС, darbazi dwellings were described by Vitruvius in his treatise on architecture from the first century ВС. The building and dome that he mentions are close enough to a darbazi dwelling to make us feel that the structure has developed uninterrupted in Georgia right up to its present form.
The 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
Museum publication:Traditional Ways of Carpentry and Museum Restoration
Georgian national dance performance at the Museum
Wattled fence and a roofed gate of an oda house from
Samegrelo
The ethnographers house
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.
Oda house from Samegrelo Open porch running along the width of the facade. Beautifully carved wooden pillars usually support the roof of the veranda.
A Kvevri is a large (800-3500 litres) earthenware vessel originally from Georgia in the Caucasus and dating back to about 8000 BC
The kvevri has an inside coat of beeswax, resembles an amphora without handles and is used for the fermentation and storage of wine, often buried below ground level or set into the floors of large wine cellars. The kvevri is part of traditional Georgian wine making. In the past it was also used for storing grain, butter, cheese, vodka, marinades and a host of perishable foodstuffs, though it was developed primarily for wine making in Georgia. Such large ceramic storage vessels were made in many countries, though none can claim the central importance of large ceramic vessels for wine fermentation
Qvevri brush made from the bark of bitter cherry tree
Qvevri brush made of the roots of St.John's Wort
Founder of the museum, the
famous ethnographer Giorgi
Chitaia, has recreated whole
country in miniature. The houses are not replicas but have
been moved piece by piece from their
native villages
Interior of the Mosque from Chikuneti Village of the Khelvachauri District of Ajara, Open Air Museum of Folk Architecture in Tbilisi
Interior of the Mosque from Chikuneti Village of the Khelvachauri District of Ajara, Open Air Museum of Folk Architecture in Tbilisi
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Pictures: Sanda Foişoreanu
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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu
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Sound: Satrfialo - Traditional Georgian Love Song performed by Rustavi ensemble and famous Georgian Tenor Lado Tandilahvili
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