Northern Racha, Svaneti regions host annual Mountain Week
The Mountain Week events, held on the initiative of the Government and Prime Minister, involved locals alongside officials representing self-government structures, with the latter awarding honorary citizens in their governing regions with symbolic presents on behalf of the PM. Photo: Racha-Leckhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Administration/Facebook.
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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.
Photo: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Administration/Facebook.
Throughout the day, visitors had the opportunity to enjoy popular musical band and singer performances, sports activities and educational tours, as well as exhibitions, sales of local entrepreneurs and ethnographic education corners.
Photo: Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Administration/Facebook.
In Mestia, chefs also hosted visitors to master classes on preparing local dishes, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Administration said.
Photo: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Administration/Facebook.
The Mountain Week events, held on the initiative of the Government and Prime Minister, involved locals alongside officials representing self-government structures, with the latter awarding honorary citizens in their governing regions with symbolic presents on behalf of the PM.
Border guards in north-eastern Georgia's Omalo village were on Saturday visited by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Government members as part of the annual Mountain Week celebrations, with the officials also inspecting a new police station in the Tusheti region.
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.
Highland regions of Georgia will welcome visitors with a range of activities introducing local cuisine, crafts and more as part of the annual Mountain Week, with the programme launching on Saturday.
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Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili on Saturday said the local food and drink festival Gemo Fest would contribute to the development of gastronomic tourism in Georgia's north-western Svaneti region and its highland town of Mestia, where the festival is hosted.
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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.
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.