An Azeri village in Georgia

Our correspondents from Baku and Yerevan, Arzu Geybullayeva and Onnik Krikorian, visited an ethnic Azeri village in Karajala, eastern Georgia. A photo-reportage.

It was around two in the afternoon when Onnik Krikorian, a journalist and blogger based in Yerevan, and I left our hotel and headed south from Telavi (Georgia) to the small, nearby village of Karajala. We chose to visit this particular village because it is one of the many villages in Georgia populated by ethnic Azeri. And while our highest expectations were to take a few pictures and perhaps speak with some of the local folks, we never thought we would be so lucky as to find ourselves, just half an hour after our arrival, in the midst of preparations for a local wedding. Two complete strangers, we were greeted warmly and invited to the wedding ceremony that was set to take place that evening.

The full post accompanied by photographs is available on Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso. A version in Italian is also available. Comments can be left on the Frontline Club.