Eastern Georgia’s Telavi celebrates national holiday Erekleoba at King Erekle II palace
The national holiday will include various cultural and educational events during the day and will conclude with a concert in the evening. Photo: georgiantravelguide.com
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Eastern Georgia’s city of Telavi on Sunday celebrates the annual, traditional public feast Erekleoba at the King Erekle II’s palace, the government administration said.
The festival programme includes historical-cognitive corners, various entertainment activity areas for children, Georgian food courts and a wine corner.
The guests can attend a martial arts demonstration and take part in traditional games, while also enjoying Georgian polyphonic singing.
The national holiday will include various cultural and educational events during the day and will conclude with a concert in the evening.
The newly launched Wine Days festival that celebrates the history and culture of winemaking in Georgia continued over the past weekend in the eastern Kakheti, southern Kvemo Kartli and western Imereti and Samegrelo regions with entertaining events, wine and food tasting and music performances.
Hundreds of infrastructure projects worth ₾120 million (about $42.48 mln) are underway in eastern Georgia’s region of Kakheti, deputy infrastructure minister Ilia Begiashvili said on Tuesday.
About 70,000 tonnes of grapes of various varieties have been processed as part of the ongoing harvest in Georgia’s eastern winemaking region of Kakheti, the national wine agency said on Friday.
Established names of international scene, from pianists Lucas Debargue and Mao Fujita to Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv and others, will be on stage of this year's Tsinandali Festival in a historical estate in Georgia's east, with the event also set to showcase some of the brightest young domestic talent.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday praised Erekle II, one of the country’s last monarchs, on a national holiday marking the birthday of the 18th century figure.
The eastern Georgian city of Telavi on Monday celebrated the annual celebration of Erekleoba, marking the 302nd anniversary of the birth of King Erekle II, one of the last Georgian monarchs who ruled the Kakheti region between 1744-1762.