The Feast-Day of Tamar and Lashari
Plot: The Pshavi people of the eastern mountains of the Republic of Georgia perform a ritual which can be characterized as a syncretism of ancient polytheistic beliefs and Orthodox Christian faith, but which is qualified by city habitants of Tbilisi as "pagan". The ritual of Tamar and Lashari celebrates queen Tamar (12-13th century) and her son Lasha, deified by the mountain dwellers
Release Date:
Thursday, January 1 1998
27 years ago
27 years ago
Hugo Zemp