Georgian Sword Dance

Lew · 17th August 2008, 10:25 PM

I just returned from a family get together and had a chance to meet and talk with my much younger cousin who has been living off and on in Tbilisi over the past year and will be returning there in a couple of weeks. He mentioned that some of his friends are involved with the revival knife and sword making there. He mentioned their traditional sword dance and I thought this video may be of interest to some. He told me he is now involved with making wine and has his own vineyard there

and if I ever visit him there we will have much wine to drink

I was told Men are expected to drink three liters of wine at these special banquets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZorh...eature=related

Jim McDougall · 18th August 2008, 12:41 AM

Absolutely magnificent Lew!!!Thank you so much for posting this amazing, and inspiring dance.
I always think of the swords of the Khevsurs, which have been mentioned only occasionally here, as well as the great example of the Khevsur buckler which Yannis has posted on earlier threads. I first heard of the Khevsurs when reading Halliburton's 1930's adventure narrative, "Seven League Boots" in which he visited the remote regions of these anachronistic warriors high in the Caucusus. There are few words to describe the spirit of the Georgian people, beautifully shown here in this performance!

All the best,
Jim

Yannis · 19th August 2008, 09:41 AM

Very good!

I was lucky enough to see one show like this 3 years ago. In that show the amazing thing was the sparkles, like fireworks, after swords clashing each other.

asomotif · 19th August 2008, 12:31 PM

Pretty impresive dance

katana · 19th August 2008, 04:00 PM

This seems very relavent to the thread

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_dance

Regards David

17th August 2008, 10:25 PM	#1
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Georgian Sword Dance I just returned from a family get together and had a chance to meet and talk with my much younger cousin who has been living off and on in Tbilisi over the past year and will be returning there in a couple of weeks. He mentioned that some of his friends are involved with the revival knife and sword making there. He mentioned their traditional sword dance and I thought this video may be of interest to some. He told me he is now involved with making wine and has his own vineyard there and if I ever visit him there we will have much wine to drink I was told Men are expected to drink three liters of wine at these special banquets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZorh...eature=related Last edited by LOUIEBLADES; 17th August 2008 at 10:41 PM.

18th August 2008, 12:41 AM	#2
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,661	Absolutely magnificent Lew!!!Thank you so much for posting this amazing, and inspiring dance. I always think of the swords of the Khevsurs, which have been mentioned only occasionally here, as well as the great example of the Khevsur buckler which Yannis has posted on earlier threads. I first heard of the Khevsurs when reading Halliburton's 1930's adventure narrative, "Seven League Boots" in which he visited the remote regions of these anachronistic warriors high in the Caucusus. There are few words to describe the spirit of the Georgian people, beautifully shown here in this performance! All the best, Jim

19th August 2008, 09:41 AM	#3
Yannis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Athens Greece Posts: 479	Very good! I was lucky enough to see one show like this 3 years ago. In that show the amazing thing was the sparkles, like fireworks, after swords clashing each other.

19th August 2008, 12:31 PM	#4
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,237	Pretty impresive dance

19th August 2008, 04:00 PM	#5
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	This seems very relavent to the thread http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_dance Regards David