Half of Merab Narikadze’s family identifies itself as Georgian, the other half as Laz. In fact, both sides are Laz. Oddities around ethnic identity in Narikadze’s family mirror the peculiar story of Sarpi, a remote village at the bottom left-hand corner of Georgia, on the Turkish border, which encapsulates the twists and turns of history and territories in the Caucasus.
authors
Irakli Dzneladze
Author's stories
05.01.2017
Caucasus' Diversity
The Laz: Two Tales of One People
01.28.2019
Uprooted from its native red soil in Georgia’s western Ajaria region, the leafy, lone, 650-tonne giant sets sail towards its new home – andalong its surreal journey, it turns into an Internet meme. In March 2016 images of an ancient Liriodendron tulipifera being transported upright by a makeshift barge along Georgia's Black Sea coast went viral on social media in the country, and beyond.
Journeys