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28.May
ELEVENTH DAY: THE LEGEND OF GOLDEN FLEECE.
27 May
- 2015 -
Author
Andis Pikāns
The village Langeria is located only 1 km from Mestia, but it has seven towers, which are called ‘koshka’ by the Svans. Most of them are owned by the Guledani family and aunt Nuno and she is particularly proud of one of them.
Aunt Nuno has had a hard life as she lost her husband in a car crash. She has to take care of the household and the tourists all by herself, because her daughter is married and her father is old. At dinnertime we are joined by her cousins Gija and Eludari and they tell us about Svan traditions and show us the tower, which is in poor condition.
While searching for the ladder that leads to the first floor of the ‘koshka’, Gija admits that noone has been in the ‘koshka’ for years. There are 4 floors in total and each of them can be accessed by vertical wooden ladder which was pulled up in times of danger so that it would be harder for the enemy to access the last floor where the owners of the tower lived.
Climbing up to the last floor turns out to be quite extreme, because the vertical ladders are old and rotten. When we finally get to the last floor, we are covered in dust, but Gija climbs through a small hatch and pulls all of us up on the rather unsafe roof. And so we sat there, on the roof of an ancient 12th century Svan tower, taking in the amazing view.
In the evening, our cyclist friends from Poland arrive and join us. When the sun has set, singing at the table starts, but the best performer undoubtedly is Eludari, who can play guitar and sing Georgian songs to everyone’s delight.
