International Carpet Festival “Rabati”

As part of the festival, the State Silk Museum showcased its collection of jejims and organized an international conference “Carpet as a Cultural Heritage and Memory”. The festival also featured an exhibition of contemporary carpets, with masters artists from Georgia and other countries participating. Additionally, a dyeing workshop with Indigo and Madder was organized, led by Turkish expert Deniz Coşkun in collaboration with Nino Kuprava.

Festival organizers: Georgian Arts and Crafts Museum and State Silk Museum

Location: Akhaltsikhe, Rabati fortress

Support: Ministry of Culture of Georgia – project "Check In Georgia"; Mirza Phatali Akhundov Museum of Azerbaijan Culture; NNLE “Akhaltsikhe Fortress”; Georgian National Museum – Samtskhe-Javakheti museum; Akhaltsikhe municipality