Niagara Falls lit up in colors of Georgian flag for Independence Day

On May 26, the day when Georgia celebrates its Independence Day, one of the most well-known Niagara Falls in a city in Ontario, Canada lit up in colours of Georgia’s national flag.

Georgian chant ‘Shen Khar Venakhi [Geo. You Are a Vineyard], polyphonic songs Mravaljamieri [Long Live], Chakrulo  and national anthems of both countries were performed during the event on May 26.

During Zviad Gamsakhurdia’s presidency on March 31, 1991 the vast majority of Georgian people across the country, including occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia, legally confirmed their support for the restoration of independence from the Soviet Union that was first declared on May 26, 1918.

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However, this was a short-lived independence as the country was re-invaded by Russia’s Bolshevik Army and absorbed into the Soviet Union in 1921. 

Seventy years later, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Georgia once again became independent on May 26, 1991.