Canada embraces Georgian cultural event

There’s almost 9,000 kilometres separating Georgia’s capital Tbilisi and Ottawa, the capital of Canada but the two cultures were closer than before at a special celebration last week.

Georgia’s world renowned hospitality was enjoyed by residents of the Canadian capital, who on Friday enjoyed a Georgian cultural event involving classical music and a cultural exhibition, and tasting traditional Georgian wine and mineral water.

The University of Ottawa hosted a piano performance by United States-based Georgian pianist Edisher Savitski and an exhibition titled Three Types of Georgian Script.

Georgian pianist Edisher Savitski currently is Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Alabama School of Music. Photo from the University.

The visitors listened to a classical recital by Savitski while the exhibition illustrated the three differing typefaces of historical and current Georgian scripts Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli, that showed the dynamic history of Georgian writing.

The exhibition was presented earlier this year at the national library of Estonia’s capital Tallinn, in recognition of the Georgian Government granting the alphabet the status of cultural heritage. Georgia’s script was also this year nominated for UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage status.

The events in Ottawa were organised by the Georgian Embassy in Canada and attended by diplomatic corps, culture figures and local Georgian diaspora.