part 1
In the first part of the presentation, the presenter starts talking about Georgian symbolism, in particular the national flag of Georgia, he tells about the colors and other features of the flag, what it means, and what each detail means.
The speech continues with a general geographical and demographic overview of Georgia, and then the conversation begins with culture, in particular, the traditional Georgian clothing “chokha”. It is also about the origin of Chokha and the Georgian influence that changed it.
The presenter returns to the geographical location of Georgia and tries to give the audience an idea of the location of Georgia.
The lecture continues, about prehistoric Georgia, where we talk about ancient artifacts found on the territory of Georgia. Then, the topic of conversation is the existence of ancient Georgia in the sources of ancient civilizations and the first state formations on the territory of Georgia.
The lecture continues with the ancient Greek mythology Argo, the story of which takes place in Kolkhi (the ancient state of Georgia), the line understands the fact that Georgia has had a great role in the world since the time of the existence of ancient civilizations.
After that, the narrator talks about the etymological origin of the name of Georgia, and the speech turns to the vine, which is an integral part of the Georgian identity and culture. Attention is drawn to the fact that the culture of picking vines and planting grapes contributed to the preservation of Georgian identity to some extent.
Part 2
The second part of the presentation continues with the history of the relationship between Georgia and wine and why Georgia is considered the homeland of wine.
The discussion of Georgian culture continues, this time the object of discussion is Georgian national dances or Georgian ballet. In the framework of the discussion, it is mentioned about the influence of the battle on Georgian dances, the presentation says that there are two main dances of the national ballet, military/combat or love, which are performed between a man and a woman.
After the cultural dances, a few words are devoted to the tradition of Georgian metallurgy and the military industry.
After that, the presenter returns to the above-mentioned importance of Christianity for Georgia, the conversation about Christianity becomes general and the conversation turns to the influences of the architecture of Georgian temples, the uniqueness of Georgian writing is added to this.
After that, the topic turns to medieval Georgia, and the difficult period that the country had since the 13th century, the speaker informs us that the final of the Middle Ages was the 18th century when Georgia became part of the Russian Empire. Chronologically, we go to the beginning of the twentieth century, we briefly review the Soviet Union and the contemporary history of Georgia from the 90s is discussed in more detail, where we talk about the confrontation of politicians and the worst situation in the post-Soviet space, of course, the war between Russia and Georgia is also added to this. The second part ends with the beginning of positive moments in the history of Georgia, the so-called golden age, which was in Georgia in the 12th century.
part 3
part 3
The third part begins with Shota Rustaveli and his genius poem, which was written in 12th-century Georgia, and at the beginning, the presenter tells us about other important political events that happened in Georgia’s best years.
After the end of the golden age, the conversation turns to the ethnic diversity of Georgia and the tolerant nature of Georgian culture, the existence of different old chapels in the capital of Georgia, and examples of the hospitality of Georgians are given.
After that, the topic of the presentation goes back to the twentieth century, and in this case, the Soviet period is discussed in detail. It is about the brutality of the communist system against individualism and about the people who fought against this totalitarian machine and defended their national identity. Merab Berdzenishvili is mentioned in the presentation as an outstanding person in the struggle for Georgian identity through art. The 20th century ends with the Stalin episode, it is explained that Stalin was of Georgian origin and there are still two attitudes towards him.
This concludes the main part of the presentation and begins the discussion question and answer mode.
1 question – where are you from?
2 questions – what was the origin of Georgia?
Part 4
In the fourth part, there is already a mode of direct questions.
Question 3 – How did it happen that so many religious people live in Georgia?
Question 4 – How many years did the current president of Georgia live in Georgia before he became president?
5 questions – how long do the concerts of Georgian dancers last?
Question 6 – What part of Georgia’s territory did Putin seize?
Question 7 – connect the concept of Georgian dances to events happening now in Ukraine
Question 8 – Is it known about Georgian songs and dances in America?
part 5
The fifth part was mainly a discussion, the conversation started with a speech by Nikolay Synkov.
Question 9 – How long will civilization last?
Question 10 – Why did Putin take over Ossetia and Abkhazia?
Part 6
The entire 6th part was devoted to the discussion about the uniqueness of the Caucasus and the fact that this region does not belong to the general family of any continent, as well as the problems related to raising the awareness of small countries in the United States of America.
April 16, 2023 ENTRY TWO
Method developed by Nikolay Synkov for Nikoloz Gvasalia to analyze his presentations:
15 cubes
1 cube is empty.
- All parts of the work are divided into 16 parts
- 1 part in conjunction with others when added which = 15. It is equal in importance to one.
- indicate internal connections that are not in the text
“We are working with the disclosure of the internal connections of the parts
We train the brains for the leader”
April 17, 2023
ENTRY ONE:
A Punching bag and water are on the table near your car parking spot.
Nikolay
April 18, 2023
ENTRY ONE:
The deadline for the breakdown of the first presentation into 16 parts is due today.
Descriptive accompanying part – on 10 pages.
You’ve got everything ready.
You’ve been working hard these days.
At 5 p.m. there will be a review with video recording.
Nikolay
April 18, 2023
ENTRY TWO:
Are you ready?
You can start at 5pm.
Nikolay
April 18, 2023
ENTRY THREE:
Make your presentation.
Nobody will listen.
Make it in such a way that electronic record for each part (16) on your blog page is kept with a totaling descriptive part of 10 pages and will be available to be print out and be used as an attachment to the FAF correspondence if needed.
Nikolay
April 22, 2023
ENTRY ONE:
If you took the TOEFL, you must post your result on the blog. It is a developing institution.
Nikolay