Georgian Ancient Songs

ძველი ქართული სიმღერები

Also known as Ancient Georgian Songs, Dzveli qartuli simgera, Dzveli Qartuli simgerebi, Viejas canciones georgianas

Under the premise of documenting for the sake of preservation the various forms of Georgian religious chanting, a distinct kind of sonorous psalmody passed over from generation to generation, what Otar Iosseliani captures in reality is the snapshot of a not-so-distant past that coexists with the world we might know yet transports us to what used to be.