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Ancient Fertility Ritual of Berikaoba in Rural Georgia, Caucasus

Berikaoba is an ancient fertility festival native to Georgia in Eastern Europe's Caucasus mountains. Today the festival survives in only a few villages in the country's Kakheti region. Here is a masked figure dancing the road in preparation for the ritual.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 03.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Didi Chailuri Village, Kakheti, Georgia, Europe, Georgia
Camera: NIKON D3400
Copyright: © Melanie Hamilton