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Chidaoba

Also known as Kakhetian wrestling

Chidaoba: photograph by Agência Brasil Fotografias
Photo: Agência Brasil Fotografias, CC BY 2.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Folk wrestling set to drums and wind music; UNESCO 2018.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Georgia.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of River Valleys and First Cities (about 3000 to 1000 BCE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Persia, Caucasus and Central Asia.

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