The Legend of Suram Fortress
Ambavi Suramis tsikhitsa
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According to ancient Georgian folklore, an essential defensive fortress built to protect against Muslim invaders repeatedly collapses during construction, until a fortune teller reveals that the walls will only stand strong if a handsome, pure-hearted young Georgian youth agrees to be immured alive within the stone brick masonry. Sergei Parajanov and Dodo Abashidze's Rotterdam-winning and São Paulo-winning visual tapestry of tableaux, Caucasian tapestries, and medieval iconography.
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