HISTORICAL AND TOURISTIC VALUES OF THE MOUNTAINOUS REGION OF KAKHETI
Keywords:
Georgian historiography, Tush shepherds, fortress-towers, nature reserve, natural monument, protected area, Tush villages, buildings, architectural-historical monuments, Tush shrines, planned protected areas, historical-cultural tourism.Abstract
In Georgia, for centuries, the relationship between mountain and valleys was a peculiar economic relationship. As it is known, the main branch of mountain farming was and still is cattle breeding. The mountain is good for cattle breeding in the summer, but in the winter, the mountaineer cannot feed his flock of sheep and cattle if he does not bring them to a bar. In addition, the population of the valleys buy products of cattle and mountaineer purchases all the necessary goods in the valleys that he cannot get in the mountains. The relationship between the mountain and the valley attracts attention in another way. The mountain accommodates a certain amount of population. Today, unfortunately, a significant part of the mountain population will have to go to valley , because due to the bad climatic conditions and the lack of appropriate infrastructure, it is literally impossible to live in the mountains in winter. Therefore, the mountain is empty in winter, and as soon as it warms up, the population goes back to their native mountain. Because there is freedom in the mountain.
