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Tbilisoba 2024: The Festival of Georgia’s Capital between Tradition and Modernity

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On October 5th and 6th, 2024, Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, will transform into a vibrant celebration hub with the much-anticipated Tbilisoba festival. This annual event, honoring the city’s founding, is one of the most significant moments on Georgia’s cultural calendar. Blending ancient traditions with modern vitality, Tbilisoba attracts thousands of local and international visitors, eager to immerse themselves in the heart of Georgian culture, gastronomy, and arts.

History and Significance of Tbilisoba

Tbilisoba was first celebrated in 1979 during the Soviet era as a tribute to the founding of the city, which dates back to the 5th century when King Vakhtang I Gorgasali discovered the thermal waters of Tbilisi and established the current capital. Over the years, the festival has evolved, yet it continues to center around a deep pride in Georgian identity and Tbilisi’s history. Today, Tbilisoba is not only a historical celebration but also a platform to showcase local traditions, cultural innovations, and Georgian hospitality.


The Tbilisoba 2024 Program

This year, Tbilisoba 2024 promises an even richer and more diverse program. The celebrations will take place in various parts of the city, offering activities for all ages and tastes. Historic squares and streets, such as Rike Park, the Old Town, and Freedom Square, will be the main stages for artistic and cultural events, live music performances, folk dance shows, and colorful parades.

Culinary Events

One of the highlights of Tbilisoba is undoubtedly the celebration of Georgian cuisine. Throughout the festival, numerous stalls will offer local delicacies such as khachapuri (cheese-filled bread), khinkali (meat dumplings), and Georgian wine. Visitors can participate in wine tastings, discovering the famous wines of the Kakheti region and other wine-producing areas. Georgia’s wine production, which boasts a history of over 8,000 years, will be proudly celebrated with demonstrations of traditional winemaking in qvevri, the large, buried clay vessels.

Performances and Traditions

During Tbilisoba, visitors will enjoy a succession of traditional music and dance performances, featuring local artists. There will also be sports competitions, art and craft exhibitions, and demonstrations of ancient trades. Georgian dance performances, with their breathtaking acrobatics and elegant choreography, will undoubtedly be one of the most anticipated moments of the festival.

Family-Friendly Events

Tbilisoba is a family-friendly event, with a variety of activities designed for children. Puppet shows, art workshops, and traditional games will be organized, offering the little ones a chance to have fun and learn simultaneously.

Tbilisi: A Bridge between East and West

Tbilisoba is not only a celebration of the city but also an opportunity to reflect on Tbilisi’s role as a bridge between East and West. Located along the ancient Silk Road, Tbilisi has historically united different cultures, and this cosmopolitan character is still reflected today in its architecture, cuisine, and the spirit of the festival. During Tbilisoba, visitors will have the chance to explore the city’s historical richness, visiting iconic landmarks like the Sioni Cathedral, Narikala Fortress, and the charming cobbled streets of the Old Town.

An Unforgettable Experience

Tbilisoba 2024 will offer a unique experience, allowing participants to discover the true soul of Tbilisi. Through a blend of art, history, gastronomy, and performance, the festival is a perfect opportunity for visitors to immerse themselves in Georgian culture and experience the legendary hospitality of the Georgian people. Whether dancing to traditional music or savoring a glass of local wine, Tbilisoba will leave a lasting impression on every attendee.

Tbilisi awaits you on October 5th and 6th to celebrate two days of festivity and discovery!

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Getting married in easy, simple way in Tbilisi

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Getting married in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, can be a straightforward and relatively simple process, especially if you are a foreigner looking to marry a Georgian citizen or another foreigner. Here are the steps to get married in Tbilisi:

Legal Requirements:
Make sure you meet the legal requirements for marriage in Georgia. Generally, both parties must be at least 18 years old, and there are no specific nationality or residency requirements.
Required Documents:
Gather the necessary documents, which include:
– Your passports
– Any divorce decrees or death certificates if you or your spouse were previously married.

Marriage Application:
Everything for your application will be ready at your arrival, just have your passports with you. You will be guided for that.
Wedding Ceremony:
Once your application is approved, a wedding ceremony time has been scheduled. What we call ceremony, it can be just simple and fast moment or a classic celebrative time. So no panic just we will drive you belong your wishes.
Witnesses:
You will need two witnesses to attend the ceremony. They should have their identification documents with them. If you do not have, no worries, we provide for them.
Marriage Certificate:
After the ceremony, you will receive a marriage certificate. This certificate will be in Georgian language and of course, we will provide for the official translation and related seal (apostille or legalization by Ministry of Georgia) belong the country you will need to register.
Registration of Marriage:
This step is essential if you plan to use your Georgian marriage certificate in your home country. Usually Country requiring apostille (l’hague convention) have different steps from the countries requiring legalization. You can understand better in my recent post about “Apostille or Legalization“.

Inform Your Home Country:
Depending on your home country’s requirements, you may need to inform your country’s embassy or consulate in Tbilisi about your marriage and they could require a visit after marriage to register the marriage in the Embassy.

As you can understand, its is not difficult to get married in Tbilisi but it is absolutely better to be guided from a professional service to not have the issues in transliteration, embassy informations, acts and bureaucracy could create troubles for your residency in a foreign country or in a place where you are going to leave.

Please have a look a this post or make your request for offer or further info!

 

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When Wedding and Ceremonies will be reopening in Tbilisi

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In Georgia the State of Emergency has been lifted  (24th May) but many restrictions will be on duty before to come back at a normal life.

Regarding what affected to a normal activity of the related bureaucracy procedure before, during and after the wedding ceremony we interviewed the local authority  to clear the actual information released from the Government and all fake news in the social network.

Notary services and affiliated official translators bureau are not ALL on duty.  All the activities must have an online booking to be accepted.

Wedding houses are not ALL open and they cannot accept any new request or re-booking of the services without an advance online booking request. Only some wedding house will be open but for restricted number of person, no more than 10 people are allowed in the hall during the civil rite and everybody must wear the mask [update on 06th June, 2020]. Everything has to stand-by monitoring as the light reopening can effect to the spread of the virus. Any wedding full ceremony is not allowed till further date. Any event organization and event agency are not allowed to operate at the moment. Only Georgian citizens or people resident actually in Georgia can apply for this request if their need could be consider urgent by authority decision. At the reopening, following the actual roles, maximum 10 persons including the celebration official authority and the photographer will be allowed in the hall wearing mask and keeping social distance.

The international flights and related Tourism services will be starting from the 1st of SEPTEMBER 2020 [updated 22nd July].At the moment to create a safe corridor authorities are thinking about safety roles. It is not yet confirmed but Tourist entering Georgia may have to prove they’ve tested negative for coronavirus in the past 72 hours.

On Governament decision Georgia open boearders unconditionally to 5 countries, Germany, France , Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia. The citizens/residents of the 5 countries above can only use direct flights to Georgia for any type of visit. Before crossing Georgia’s border, they must fill in a special e-form and list their travel history in the course of the previous 14 days, as well as the location of their stay in Georgia, contact information.

All people from the other countries will be under 14 days quarantine at their expences. (Update 24th July 2020).

Georgian National Centre for Disease Control states Tourists may have to abide by several conditions when entering and moving about in the country, and may be monitored by a ‘tracking app’. This is not approved at the moment but it is on the desk of the Gov to be discussed. Being these last statements still working in progress, it is clear Georgia Gov will be monitoring the situation and going to add or remove restrictions on the way. It makes more difficult to plan something till a clear and  final official statement will be release.

Wishing to keep a safe way to work for all our clients, considering this situation does not allow us to plan and to work as normal and to be able to give a date for restart till now, we took the decision to postpone  the reopening of our activities at later date. We wish and will monitor how the opening of the Tourism can affect to the spread of the Covid-19, waiting for the full reopening of the wedding houses and the official Notary and Translator bureau in town.

Do not exitate to contact us for any update you should need.