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Cultural Travel - Georgia close to people - close to tradition |
Georgian culture in Norwegian TV Cultural Travel - Georgia was fascilitator when the prominent Norwegian journalist Hans-Wilhelm Steinfeld was making reports from Georgia for the Norwegian National Broadcasting Corporation's Sunday news edition. Reports have been shown from Gergetis Sameba and Sno in the Caucasus mountains, from Signagi in the wine region of Kakheti, as well as a report on Georgian folk song tradition. We will keep you updated as a 4th report is expected to be released as well. Click the below links for watching the released reports. Svend Waage and Georgian folk songs
Teaching Georgian songs to children Summer 2012 Cultural Travel - Georgia received guests with a special interest for Georgian folk songs.We were running seminars with the group and they were also performing on a mini-concert in Kakheti. After their travel in Georgia the group decided that they want to give something back to Georgia and Georgian culture. They decided to make funds available to establish a choir singing Georgian folk songs for youngsters with limited resources. Cultural Travel - Georgia will without remuneration monitor the project and do the organizing and administrating.
The project is in its starting phase. We will together with the group make regular updates on the progress and results of the project.
Poetry, fairytales and legends Summer 2012 Cultural Travel - Georgia received guests, actors from Det Norske Teatret (the Norwegian Theater), with a special interest for Georgian fairytales and legends. We were running seminars on the subjects in co-operation with Mary Tsiklauri, professor in folklore at Tbilisi State University. In December 2012 the actors arranged two events in Det Norske Teatret, one was a poetry evening with Georgian lyrics and the second was a performance for children based on Georgian fairytales. Cultural Travel - Georgia was present participating in the events.
Georgian culture - Tamar and Svend featuring Norwegian radio Tamar and Svend presented Georgian culture in the program Transit in the Norwegian National Broadcasting (NRK). Svend's cultural work in Georgia was also presented in the news edition Verden på lørdag. Georgian television Tamar and Svend have participated in several productions in Georgian television, promoting Georgian culture and folk tradition. Watch the latest presentation on the TV channel Ertsulovneba. Presentation of poems Tamar has been presenting her poems and art work at different occasions, for example at the Tbilisi central library. Channel Ertsulovneba reported Georgian folk songs Listen to Svend's Georgian-Norwegian Ensemble Giorgi and the mighty folk songs from Georgia. Art of painting Tamar presents examples of her art of painting. Visit her home page gallery Knut Hamsun in the Caucasus Svend is reciting the famous Norwegian author Knut Hamsun in Olga Zghenti's film about his visit to Caucasus and Georgia. Translating literature Tamar and Svend are translating Norwegian children literature to Georgian and Georgian fairytales to Norwegian. |
Tamar - painting in old Tbilisi |
