Thematic Peculiarities Of Georgians Living In Patsa
Abstract
The subject matter of the article is the scientific expedition of Akaki Tsereteli State university professors Prof. A. Nikoleishvili, Prof. S.Kuprashvili, Assoc. Prof. G. Kamushadze, Assoc. Prof. L. Dvalishvili to “Outer Georgia” (Georgian publicistic term in 70s of 19th century L.D.) which is Black Sea coast of Turkey, densely populated regions by Georgians, the aim of the expedition was collecting historical, literary-cultural, linguistic, folk-ethnographic materials. Despite that fact that the scope of our expedition was too large, we had to move on huge distances, sometimes 500 km a day, I think none of us felt tired, as the meeting with our country people, living apart for several centuries was so exciting and emotional. Our expedition recorded interesting materials from Murguli settlement till the city Sinop.
While leaving different settlements you are followed by two kind of feelings at the same time: First, national spirit of our compatriots living in “Outer Georgia” is still alive and literary-cultural relations are still active, which might be the guarantee that it will bloom on the future. And the second: in some places, villages and cities compactly populated by Georgians, indifferent attitudes of some of our countrymen/ women in therm of globalization-urbanization waves in fast developmental Turkey doesn’t provide faith for better future people interested in spiritual-material uprisal of Georgians.
In verbal speech of Patsa people as well as in Georgian language generally social-domestic, religion, love topics also themes common to all mankind abound.
Like in every picturesque village, here you’ll meet distinguished people’s artist, e.g. 66 year old Mukerem Meskhidze, village residents are proud of him and introduce this talented poet with love. We recorded several folk examples from Mukerem Meskhdze in August 5, 2015, which largely resemble Adjarian and accordingly analogical Georgian folk materials with slight variations. Verbal poetry patterns after Georgians living in Patsa - a place with breathtaking beauty and special geographic area in Black Sea coast in Turkey, are very interesting and picturesque. They closely resemble to relevant folk patterns of mother Georgia but also they reveal fictionalmetaphoric and thematic peculiarities specific for this region.
