Georgia – The Sloppy Gait Of Time

In the days in Georgia, I would look down at my feet from time to time. That's because I remembered a passage from the Andersen fairy tale about a pair of shoes of fortune. The idea of whoever is fortunate enough to be put on those shoes, each step will be lost in a space - any time in history. Because of Georgia, from the capital to the ancient capital, everywhere I feel like I am lost in life, especially the ever-changing architecture, sometimes just the blink of an eye.
Georgia - the sloppy gait of time
Standing up from the marble plaza, Sameba is like a great castle of faith

. Photo: T.L
"Wonderful land"
Georgia (also known as Georgia) is not a state in the eastern United States as is commonly assumed. Georgia, made up of two ancient kingdoms, Iberia and Colchis, is a mysterious country located at the junction between Europe, Asia and the vicinity of East - West trade routes on the " silk ”with a history of continuous development over 5,000 years, starting from the Stone Age With an area of nearly 70,000 square kilometers and less than 4 million inhabitants (one third of HCMC's population), Georgia is an ethnically diverse country (mostly Georgians, about 83.



8 percent, and the rest are Azeri , Armenia, Russia, Abkhazia and Ossetia). In particular, many other smaller ethnic groups also live in this country including Assyrians, Chechens, Chinese, Jews, Greeks, Kabardin, Kurds, Tatar, Turk, Ukraine ... And Georgian Jews are one of oldest Jewish communities in the world.
The old bathhouse area currently being put into service for tourists has Persian architecture. Photo: T L
Tbilisi, capital of Georgia - "a wonderful land" as described by the great poet Alexander Pushkin in a poem about the cuisine of this country - welcomes us with cold winds like Dalat or Tam Dao in Vietnam.



The first feeling is a bit disappointing because Tbilisi airport is a bit small and deserted, no different from Buon Ma Thuot airport in Vietnam. But then was the surprise after crossing the 20km range through the hills along George W. Bush Avenue - the name of an American president. In front of me is the center of the capital, Tbilisi, with a somewhat chaotic array of architecture between new and old, between the old and the flashy modern. "It's because our capital has undergone more than 40 reconstructions due to the war" - Anuka Jachvliani, the overly beautiful guide girl allowed to clear up when I questioned about the chaos of the capital's architecture. . "40 rebuilds?", I was surprised. Anuka nodded in confirmation.




Throughout the history of Tbilisi and Georgia, it was a constant war because it was a place of power competition between the great powers from Mongolia, the Ottomans and the dynasties of Iran; from the 18th century it was Russia, then the Soviet Union. And after separating from the Soviet Union in 1991 were the separatist wars in Ablhazia and South Ossetia ... "War and wine are two specialties of Georgia" - Anuka half jokingly half truth. The little girl pointed at a rather large statue in the center of the city. “See, it's a mother, holding a sword in her right hand - a symbol of war and a cup of wine in her left hand. Well, remember wine, archaeologists have just proved that Georgia was the first country in the world to produce wine, 8,000 years ago.



And proof is kept at the museum, a ceramic vase of intact wine distillation. And now wine production and export in Georgia contribute to… 50% of our country's GDP ”.
Multi-ethnic, multicultural
Stretching along the Kura River, one of the longest rivers in the world (1,515km) originates from Turkey, through Georgia, to Azerbaijan before joining the Caspian Sea, the capital Tbilisi is one of the cities. the oldest town in the world. Tbilisi possesses mysterious beauties from multiracial and mixed cultures. Anuka told Tbilisi during the past 1,500 years that it had a period of great prosperity in the 11th and 12th centuries. Since its inception, the city has been home to merchants and craftsmen from many different cultures and religions around the world. Tbilisi's diverse history is depicted in architecture, a fusion of Medieval, Neoclassical, Middle Eastern, Stalinist Russian and modern styles.




The eye of the wolf shape - the symbol of Georgia. Photo: H.V.M
Now, the most famous of the capital is Rustaveli Avenue - the name of a famous poet of Georgia - is also home to modern shops, cafes, luxurious and tidy facade architecture according to standards. Europe. But only a few steps, behind the glittering boulevards are the narrow, narrow alleys like the old town of Hanoi. And a scene that seemed to be left of a century ago was opened. All of us have eyes wide open when in front of our eyes are wooden houses with silk curtains, elaborately decorated wooden balconies with all colors looking shining in the sun.



Occasionally, the elderly women sit in embroidered towels, dressed in old-fashioned clothes, in a slightly cheesy old style, and watch the children playing in the yard look beautiful as if they came out of a fairy tale. That feeling repeated continuously as they.

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