Khevsureti - The lost paradise
by M. Amurvelashvili
Khevsureti (The lost paradise)Nestled 2,300 meters high in the mountains near the Georgian – Russian border Khevsureti is one of the highest Regions in Georgia. The region and its habitants date back to XIV century. Its severe location isolates Khevsureti from the Rest of modernizing Georgia and as a result many Khevsuretian religious and cultural traditions have remained virtually intact.In recent years, however, economic pressures have been forcing more and more young Khevsuretians into cities and now the future longevity of one of Georgia’s oldest tribes is fading.Khevsureti is “lost Paradise” A beautiful place with less population every year. This is very unique place with its own ethic and religious rites a place which struggles mostly because of economic and social changes in Georgia.This is very important project for me .I have visited Khevsureti for many times so far. Each year when I come back I see how the villages are emptying .Less children , less youth, they loose their roots. Khevsureti is abandoned when you walk the old ancient buildings you can feel how powerful the Khevsuretian Architecture is, but how poor it is without.Khevsureti is possibly the most misterious region in the Greater Caucasus and easily the most inaccessible part of GeorgiaThe road to Khevsureti.is closed for many months every year due to snowfall and it's only open to 4wd vehicles since May to October.
very beautiful essay.
love it.
i enjoyed your essay very much. you did a great job!
fantastic!
Amazing !!!
Wonderful!
Amazing
Fantastic,
Ausgezeichet
brzkinwalea
Meanwhile this story was selected for Chobi Mela VI international photography festival, which will be held in January 2010 in Bangladeshi.Congratulations!!!!!!:))))I’m happy for you.:)
your amazing and very insightful photos bring to our attention the beauty of this hard to reach places and the very unique lifestyle of the people who inhabit them.
BREATHTAKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :*:*:*
wooohooo!!! mariam rocks!!!
I love the way you photograph, the story is so beautiful!
L!KE !! Wonderful!!
Congratulations! Great story, great photos!
ravishing…like like like
Yes soem great images, a place I would also like to visit and photograph. Just wish theer were more images and more depth, seems like a days project rather than a years passion
@kge ,there are more images on my web site and it is still an ongoing project.thanks to all who commented:)
I have not noticed that my friend commented previously from my computer I wrote and posted afterwards I noticed it was his name not mine:)So you can see more photos from this serie on my web page http://www.amurvelashvili.ge and it is an ongoing project which will in the future involve other mountainous regions of Georgia,thank you all:)
best photos i’ve ever seen…
bravo ! ! !
მაგარი ხართ რაააა !!!!!!!!!!!
congrats on being critical mass finalist:)you deserve it!
supper!