Tbilisi Open Air Museum of Ethnography hosts various events marking Tbilisoba city festival

Tbilisi Open Air Museum of Ethnography is hosting “a variety of large-scale” events for visitors, including folklore performances, tasting of Georgian local cuisine and wine, and workshops in traditional crafts, in celebration of the annual Tbilisoba city festival this weekend.

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A gala concert was held on Saturday with the participation of National Ballet Potskhishvili and men’s folklore ensembles Didgori and Martve. The festival event was attended by Georgian Culture Minister Thea Tsulukiani.

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The first day of the festival, celebrating the diversity and history of Tbilisi, showcased the culture and traditions of different parts of Georgia, including the Russian-occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), mountainous Svaneti, central-eastern Shida Kartli, western Guria and Samegrelo, as well as the Black Sea Adjara regions.

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Sunday, the second day of the celebration, will present regional performances from the Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia, western Imereti and central-eastern Kvemo Kartli regions, as well as the Black Sea region of Adjara.

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The tradition of celebrating the Tbilisoba festival in the Ethnographic Museum has been renewed since 2022 and is celebrated every year.

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Tbilisoba was first marked in 1979 and soon became one of the country’s spectacular celebrations, traditionally attracting thousands of people and hosting all sorts of events from mid-morning until late in the evening.