ეროვნული მეხსიერების დაცვა-გადარჩენის საკითხისათვის ტაო-კლარჯეთში
FOR THE ISSUE OF PROTECTION AND SURVIVAL OF NATIONAL MEMORY IN TAO-KLARJETI

Summary/Abstract: In the presented study, we will concentrate on several aspects of national memory in Tao-Klarjeti and the issue of its protection and survival. In particular, what kind of picture the state of the national gene code – the Georgian language shows in the consciousness of the historical Tao-Klarjeti people, because the most powerful factor of national identity, a solid marker, is the language. Also, it is interesting how much knowledge of the historical past is preserved in the memory of the Tao-Klarjetians, in their national consciousness. Ethnographic-folkloric realities of the Tao-Klarjetians will also be discussed here. The analysis of the toponymic material should be taken into account when researching the mentioned issue. Moreover, they may have forgotten the Georgian language, but their memory has preserved the historical Georgian names of the place. When discussing the research issue, we will be guided by the empirical material recorded by us during the expeditions over the years. We believe that national memory implies not only the preservation of the past, but also the possibility of its existence and use in the future. This is an important problem which has been revealed in Tao-Klarjeti. We think that the subjects presented for the analysis give us a more or lesscorrect idea about some aspects of the national memory in Tao-Klarjeti and the issue of its protection and survival.

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