Batumi, a Palm Tree Under Snow



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This short film shows, on the rythms of orientalising Georgian music, a collection of pictures from Batumi in an exceptional moment: under snow. This subtropical harbour of the Black Sea coast in Georgia has one of the hotest climates in the region; nevertheless, the main principle of its climate is humidity. And when, rarely, it gets colder, the suptropical lush vegetation happens to be covered by white powder... Batumi, the capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic whithin Georgia which has the particularity to be traditionnaly inhabited by Georgian muslims, is a fascinating syncretic place: once an strategic russian city, it is now mainly Georgian orthodox and contains mosque, churches of many confessions, synagogue ; it is where west and east meet. The short-film try to show this mixture of influences in a strange snowy context, which strenghthens the weird aspect of this town. Sometimes with pathos, sometimes with humour.


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hmmmmmm i leave in ... ( 1 year ago by anc1entgirl)
hmmmmmm i leave in Greece, and l have learnt Greek story!!! batumi was NEVER GREEK. SO DO NOT WRITE CRAPS
sorry before . i ... ( 1 year ago by anc1entgirl)
sorry before . i wanted to write live for LEAVE.:)))
sorry :))))
It was exagerated ... ( 1 year ago by nicolandru)
It was exagerated to say "it was Greek", but it is proved that there was a Greek colony in Pontic times where is nowadays' Batumi. In Hellenistic and Roman times, there were fortifications close to Batumi, in Gonio. Finally, Batumi used to belong for a long time to the Byzantine Empire (was it not a Greek empire?).
Anyway there used ... ( 1 year ago by nicolandru)
Anyway there used to be Greek traders in Batumi centuries long. Revise your history, you will see it is not invented. Personally I just wanted to show there was also an important part of "Greek" elements in the place's history, the Greeks contributed to a big extend to its construction.
Please inform yourself before saying something is crap.
Come on, Ancient ... ( 1 year ago by nicolandru)
Come on, Ancient Girl, don't give one more level of essentialisation to this dull discussion which I didn't wish at all, about what fits in a national category. These categories are unadapted to judge history; but the making of nation needs to reinterpret everything within these narrow categories, in an anachronical way. For ethno-nationalist thinkings, like the ones our commenters from Armenia and Georgia showed, this is a necessary step.
I don't want to ... ( 1 year ago by nicolandru)
I don't want to start any polemic in the frame of a thinking I consider artificial, constructed and dangerous; especially I don't want to involve Greeks in it. I am sorry, but when I said Batumi used to be Greek, it was rethorical, against a "monopolisation" of a nationalist view on a place, to contradict it.
it is written that ... ( 1 year ago by Elchiyeva)
it is written that the music is armenian. it is wrong; the music is actually azerian folk song.
batumi is a very beatiful city...
This poor cultural ... ( 1 year ago by nicolandru)
This poor cultural heritage, when it was created, was not thought to be national. But it became, because people feel that they need to make a nation to have a logical identity, so they construct their past.And it is sad, because people fight absurdly about it. The conflict about my ridiculous little movie shows on a small scale how bad the situation is.
Just the Azeri was ... ( 1 year ago by nicolandru)
Just the Azeri was missing! ...This miserable polemic between people wanting to put a national name on a place or on a peace of arts shows well the situation in the Caucasus. There, all nationalisms try to reinterpret the past through their own vision, and to nationalize cultural heritage.
nicol ur stupid im ... ( 1 year ago by zikotriko)
nicol ur stupid im sorry bro
it is sad that ... ( 1 year ago by geus1)
it is sad that disappeared great civilizations live behind confusion or degenerate into something completely alien. I understand the pain of people like you, nicolandru. I'm sorry for the sad fate of both Hellenic civilization and Byzantine Empire. What a heartbreaking story.
Had the great ... ( 1 year ago by geus1)
Had the great Christian Byzantine Empire minded its own business and behaved like a heir of a great civilization should (instead of playing big tough boss with the tiny Christian Georgia) who knows, maybe it'd still be around today (just like tiny Georgia is) and its once refined, perfectionist population wouldn't look today like descendants of cattlemen from faraway steps :).
live=leave ( 1 year ago by geus1)
live=leave
Well... I have to ... ( 1 year ago by alacranu)
Well... I have to say that the last track (after 7:00)is a well known Romanian one. No offense, it could be from the other part of the Black Sea, but is quite old here. Anyway, our music styles have quite many similarities.
Greek colonies were on the actual Romanian shore too, but no Greek influence survived. We do have Greeks from a few hundreds of years here, but that's another story.
it seems mate you ... ( 1 year ago by balantre)
it seems mate you are trully idiot I am sorry to say ,
Adjaran and Georgian? - who the fuck are you?
I know very well ... ( 10 months ago by nurlan01lezgi)
I know very well that this is a pure georgian music. The author of this poem and music was Yetim Dabagashvili(gurji) who died in the begining of 20th century. He is a famous georgian poets. I have been in Georgia many times and I know a lot about it.
So no one blame on his nation that its theirs, its rea GEORGIAN bayat!
Batumi is a ... ( 10 months ago by nurlan01lezgi)
Batumi is a beautiful city, especially in summer and these are beautiful georgian melodies! good job!
No, mate, I'm the ... ( 8 months ago by alacranu)
No, mate, I'm the one fucking your mother and after 9 months you just emerged. So, I think, Luke, that I'm your father!
Why do you insulted me for nothing, you crazy hysterical fuck?? Did I offended you in some way, you shitty head? I just commented about what I noticed! Adjaran or Georgian- give me a break... I'm just Romanian. Crazy son of a bitch! Go and take your medication.
God!!!
Oh my gosh yo. Im ... ( 7 months ago by blaziken321)
Oh my gosh yo. Im from azeribaidjan (country right under georgia) and its warm there. How come we dont have any palm trees there and georgia does?? No fair!
Oh my gosh yo. Im ... ( 7 months ago by blaziken321)
Oh my gosh yo. Im from azeribaidjan (country right under georgia) and its warm there. How come we dont have any palm trees there and georgia does?? No fair!
Oh my gosh yo. Im ... ( 7 months ago by blaziken321)
Oh my gosh yo. Im from azeribaidjan (country right under georgia) and its warm there. How come we dont have any palm trees there and georgia does?? No fair!
Oh my gosh yo. Im ... ( 7 months ago by blaziken321)
Oh my gosh yo. Im from azeribaidjan (country right under georgia) and its warm there. How come we dont have any palm trees there and georgia does?? No fair!
sorry for spam my ... ( 7 months ago by blaziken321)
sorry for spam my computer was going very slow and it made alot comments to this. Sorry people
this fuckin music ... ( 1 week ago by Cocus99999)
this fuckin music does not suit my beatiful batumi



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