Khevsurs
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Khevsurs
an ethnographic group of Georgians. The Khevsurs inhabit the basin of the Khevsurskaia Aragvi River, on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus, and along the upper course of the Argun River, on the northern slopes of the Greater Caucasus (northeastern Georgian SSR). They speak one of the mountain dialects of the Georgian language. The Khevsurs have preserved for a long time elements of their traditional culture— clothing, weapons, multilevel dwellings, and customs.
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What stand out most perhaps among the varied Georgian national costumes is the colourful female and male clothing from
Khevsureti, which are usually decorated with exquisite embroidery.
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