11 interessting facts about GEORGIA

Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region located at

the crossroads of western Asia and eastern Europe. It
is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the south by
Turkey and Armenia and to the southeast by Azerbaijan.
The capital is Tbilisi. The native name of Georgia is
,,Saqartvelo,, and the Georgians are called as ,,Qartveli,,
There are 11 interessting facts about Georgia.
The flag of georgia
1-Georgia-as the homeland of Europeans.
• 1,8 million years old skulls from Dmanisi are the oldest
remains of humans,discovered outside of Africa.
2-Georgia is the first in Europe,as the most ecologically diverse
country.There are 12 different climate zones and 49types of soil.
3-Georgian unique Alphabet is among of 14 independet alphabets
in the world.

• Tecnically we have 3 Alphabets,but we use one,the two others are

used only by the Georgian Orthodox Church.
• The earliest surviving piece of georgian literature have been written
on 5th century, between 476 and 483.
• Georgian alphabet were inscribed into UNESCO´s Representátive list
of the Intengible Cultural Herritage of Humanity.
4-Cradle of wine-ancient georgian traditional ,,Qvevri,,-wine
making method is also included in UNESCO´s Intengible heritage of
Humanity.
5-Europe´s highest permanently inhabited settlements are
villiges Bochorna(2327m.) and Ushguli(2200m.)
6-world´s oldest honey remains were discovered in
Georgia,near Borjomi,about 5500 years old.

7-world´s hottest thermal water was discovered in village

kindghi (104°c) and the second deepest cave on Earth is found
also in Georgia,,Khubera cave (2320m.deep)
8-there are 23 cultural species of the wheat in the world, in which 14
species are Georgian endemic.

9-,,Dambal Khacho,, - a rare sort of georgian cheese has been

added to the list of UNESCO´s integible Cultural Herritage.The
most delicious thing of georgian cuisine is ,,Khachapuri,,-the
georgian pizza 
10- Kutaisi(2000 BC) and Mtsketa(1110 BC) are in the number
of world´s ancient cities
11-Georgian Poliphonic Folk music has been proclaimed by UNESCO
as Intengible Herritage Masterpiece of the Humanity.
,,Chakrulo,,-the georgian polifonicchoral folk song was citied as a
prime example of this.This song was one of 29 musical compositions
included on the Vojager Golden Records, that were sent into space on
vojager on 20 august 1977.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg50iGJuHaA
• And finally ,I want to present you the georgian music group,,The Shin,,
and their music clip ,,Egari,, In this slip the oldest georgian musical
instruments together with modern instruments are used.the
musicians have used also folk music- and dance´s motives,this kind of
music isknown as ,,Georgian Folk jazz,,

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE0Gu7C1O6w