In their mountain fastness the people of Svaneti have managed to preserve an ... will carry flaming birch branches through the snow and lay them next to her grave. Toasts and prayers will be ...

When I heard from the Margianis about their big mountains covered ... times to dig through snow drifts—and finally arrived in Mestia, the biggest town in Svaneti, home of the Margiani brothers ...

Preserved by its long isolation, the Upper Svaneti region of the Caucasus is an exceptional ... with a natural environment of gorges and alpine valleys and a backdrop of snow-covered mountains. The ...