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Fun facts about Georgia
- Sakartvelo - this is how Georgians call their country. This word comes from the name of the people who lived on the territory of present-day Georgia - the Kartvelians. The word "Georgia" came to our language in XVII-XVIII centuries from the Arabic "Gurjistan".
- Before pronouncing the Georgian word make sure that it is pronounced correctly. After all, you may find yourself in a funny situation when one wrong sound radically changes the meaning of a word.
- There are 2,400 mineral springs hidden in the depths of Georgia; even Tbilisi literally stands on mineral water.
- Georgians keep their shoes on when they visit. If you do, Georgians might take it as a gesture of disrespect. It is even worse if you ask for room slippers.
- Georgians consider a guest a messenger of God, so they treat him with great respect. There is even a belief that time spent with guests does not count in life.
- If you see Georgians eating meat with their hands, you must know that this is not because of bad manners. In this country shashlik is eaten with hands as if savoring it. This is also true for the national dish khinkali. Eating them with cutlery you risk not only to look silly but also to pierce khinkali with a fork and lose the very essence of this dish. After all, the most valuable thing in them is not meat, like in dumplings, but juice. Take khinkali by the tail, have a bite, drink the juice and only then eat the rest.
- If you have been drinking heavily and don't want to sit behind the wheel of your car, call the police patrol, having warned in advance that you don't want to cause an accident on the road. In gratitude for such behavior the police officers will deliver you and the car to your home. And it's all completely free of charge.
- The main person at the feast in Georgia is the toastmaster. According to the custom, it's either the host himself or he chooses the toastmaster from among the guests (a respected person). It is forbidden to interrupt the master of ceremonies - his word is law!
- The national Georgian folk dances and songs have been recognized by UNESCO as a masterpiece of the cultural heritage of mankind.
- There are many elevators in multi-floor buildings, and in order to go up a building you have to put a certain amount of coins into the machine. The descent is free of charge.
What is remarkable in Georgia
- Borjomi mineral water - Those who remember the Soviet era will know that products like Coca-Cola, Sprite and Fanta were hard to come by. But there was something even better - Borjomi. Brojomi could probably be called the uncrowned king of the mineral water world without any doubt. Whether you consume Borjomi water for its healing properties or simply because it tastes good, it's fascinating to know how far it has to travel before it sees the light of day. Notably, the nine boreholes have an average depth of 1,200-1,500 metres. For example, to get Värska water, a borehole just 470 metres deep is enough. More than a hundred research papers have been written on the beneficial properties of Borjomi's water, so a trip to the Borjomi plant is well worth planning.
- Nature - Situated on the shores of the Black Sea and in an extremely mountainous region, Georgia offers mountains with snow-capped peaks, lush green forests, seemingly endless steppes and coastal areas whose beauty and majesty are hard to match anywhere in the world. The Georgians, however, are well aware of this and value their land as highly as Estonians value their nature.
- History - The history of Georgia has more in common with that of Estonians than one might think at first glance. Being a small nation of only three million, they have had to fight hard for the survival of their culture and people. Like the Estonians, the ancestors of the Georgians have felt the harsh hand of different forces. While Estonia managed to declare independence for the first time in 1920, with the Tartu Peace Treaty of 2 February, Georgia did so in 1918. Unfortunately, the period of independence was short-lived, as in 1921, Georgia became part of the Soviet Union. However, all this has left behind a long and extremely fascinating history, which is well worth studying, as we are likely to understand the Georgians perfectly in this context.
- Castles - Anyone who feels their skin crawl when watching films and TV series such as Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones and is shown some grand fortress or castle, Georgia has something really special to offer. The fortresses of Gori, Narikala and Rabat are just a few of the magnificent monuments that bear witness to the might and grandeur of a bygone age. Here, the imagination of any medieval fan will find material to last a lifetime.
- The cuisine - the soul of every nation is reflected in its cuisine, and Georgian cuisine is truly a mirror on which the gaze lingers. Georgian national dishes such as kharshoo soup, cheese pie hashapuri and spicy meat dishes are found all over the world and in Estonia too, but true national cuisine can only be found in the homeland. So Georgia is worth a visit for the excellent national cuisine alone, the only problem is that the language can continue to be suppressed.
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