Cuisine, entertainment, sports events to celebrate Highlander Week festivities
Local and celebrated Georgian chefs will prepare a variety of meals and lead master courses throughout the day, while evening activities will include campfire and on-stage performances by popular local and invited Georgian artists. Photo: Kakhetis Mkhare/Facebook
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Mountainous regions of Georgia will welcome visitors with a range of activities introducing local cuisine, dance, folklore, games, horse races and more as part of Highlander Week celebrations for the second time this year, with the programme launching on Saturday.
For locals and visitors of Svaneti and Kazbegi in the north-west and north respectively, events including archery, volleyball and badminton, a masterclass of brewing local beer and making khinkali dumplings, horse riding and performances of the Sukhishvilebi National Ballet will be hosted.
In the north-eastern Tusheti region, they will be welcomed to exhibition and sale of local entrepreneurs' products, horse racing, craft masterclasses, games, and tasting of traditional cuisine by Georgian chefs and local families.
In their turn, Racha, Guria and Imereti regions in the west will host off-road and cycling competitions, zipline action, master classes, entertainment shows and bonfire storytelling events for children, in addition to traditional horse racing and performances by bands and individuals.
Local and celebrated Georgian chefs will prepare a variety of meals and lead master courses throughout the day, while evening activities will include campfire and on-stage performances by popular local and invited Georgian artists.
This year’s edition of the festival will host two days of the programme, on July 15 and 22.
Highland regions of Georgia will welcome visitors with a range of activities introducing local cuisine, dance, folklore and more as part of Highlander Week celebrations for the second time this year, with the programme launching on Saturday.
Northern Georgia's highland town of Mestia will host an international adventure event Highlander Georgia from July 20 to July 22 for the second time, with the support of the Georgian National Tourism Administration, the state body said on Friday.
“Georgia has unique opportunity to be on world map of hikers”
The summer tourist season in northern Georgia’s mountainous region of Svaneti closed last month with the global long-distance hiking event Highlander Georgia, with the Austrian ambassador to the country Thomas Mühlmann saying the event gave a "unique opportunity for Georgia to be on the world map of hikers".
Northern Georgia’s mountainous region of Svaneti has hosted 110 experienced and amateur hikers from eight countries on an international adventure event Highlander Georgia from Thursday till Saturday.
Northern highland towns of Shovi in the Racha region and Mestia in Svaneti on Saturday welcomed visitors with a range of activities introducing local cuisine, crafts and culture as part of the annual Mountain Week.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Government members on Saturday visited Tusheti, Georgia’s northern highland region, to mark the annual Mountain Week and local Tushetoba celebrations with citizens of the mountainous locality.
Mountains are very important to Georgia and its citizens, and the Government intends to hold Mountain Days at different locations every year, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Saturday at an opening ceremony of the Mountain Days in Shovi resort in the Racha region.