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Georgian Folk Costumes

By Noveladventurers
Below are historical drawings of Georgian folk costumes (with hats) grouped by ethnicity, region and class, followed by current versions of folk costumes from a Georgian youth dance festival I attended a few years ago. Can you sort out what region the Georgian youth folk dancers are from based on their costumes? There is one male costume that is similar to all three regions. Do you see it?
It dates from the Middle Ages and is called a chokhaIt's calf-length with a tapered waist and bandoliers (shoulder-belts with loops or pockets for cartridges) sewn across the breast. Accessories typically include a hat (which can be felt or shaggy--see my friend wearing a shaggy tourist version at the very end), tall leather boots, and a belt that holds a dagger called a khanjali.
East Georgians: Kartlian peasant, townsman-craftsman, townsman-merchant, upper class Kartl-Kakhetians and Ingilos

Georgian Folk Costumes

Ethnographic Drawings by Nino Brailashvili, 1930s-1980s


West Georgians: Megrel-Gurians, Imeretians and Acharians

Georgian Folk Costumes

Ethnographic Drawings by Nino Brailashvili, 1930s-1980s

Georgian Highlanders: Tush, Khevsurs, Svans and Rachians

Georgian Folk Costumes

Ethnographic Drawings by Nino Brailashvili, 1930s-1980s

Georgian youth folk dancers:
Georgian Folk Costumes
Georgian Folk Costumes

Georgian Folk Costumes

Georgian Folk Costumes

Georgian Folk Costumes

Tourist versions of headgear from the Georgian Highlands:
Georgian Folk Costumes

Dance version of chokha with shaggy fur hat:

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