COLOUR SYMBOLISM IN GEORGIAN TRADITIONAL COSTUME

Gulnara Kvantidze

Gulnara Kvantidze Doctor History Senior Curator of The Georgian National Museum http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5582-0693

Abstract

The present work is the first attempt at researching the colors symbolism in Georgian traditional costume.

The aim of the research is to include accurate information about the dominant colors of Georgian clothes in the paper, because in the last decade, the public`s interest in Georgian clothes has led to the unification of terms, gross inaccuracies in shapes, dominant colors, adornments, etc.

The researched material are kept at national, regional, and private museums in Georgia and belongs to the 18^th-20^th centuries.

In order to establish the dominant colors of Georgian attire, elements of clothing will be examined separately according to the colors and regional affiliation. The difference in colors used in the region will be grouped and defined, whereas their summation will finally represent the palette of colors having high priority for general Georgian clothing.

The work will help scientists, teachers, clothing designers passianite about the field of Georgian clothing.

Keywords: Georgian, costume, colour, chokha, akhalukhi, kabalakhy, attire