ARTVİN ŞAVŞAT MADEN (BAZGİRET) KÖYÜ MARİOBA ŞENLİĞİ
ARTVİN ŞAVŞAT MADEN (BAZGİRET) VILLAGE MARIOBA FESTIVAL

Summary/Abstract: Artvin is one of the provinces located in the easternmost of the Black Sea Region, adjacent to Georgia and has a cultural framework dating back to ancient times. Maden (Bazgiret) village in Artvin's Şavşat district embodies this ancient historical process and the culture. One of these cultural features is Marioba festival. The Marioba festival is a village festival held to offer gratitude to nature and the abundance of animals born as a result of the abundance and plentifulness generated by the harvesting seasons on the plateau. Marioba festival, in which the rituals belonging to the past ages are seen and show themselves, has come through changes from the past to the present. Although the festival includes many activities, the most striking one is the Berobana play, which is a village folk theatre whose origins are based on rituals. In this article, one-on-one interviews will be made with six resource people who live in Maden (Bazgiret) village of Şavşat district and have in-depth knowledge about the festival so based on the verbal expressions of the people, the activities taking place in the Marioba festival and the tourism that started in the village will be examined.

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