“How beautiful is my homeland, the more beautiful it is, the more my heart breaks.”
From the song Ra Kargi Ram Khar being sung by protestors in Tbilisi.
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Susan travels to Oxford to record a special video episode with Holly (Youtube: https://youtu.be/1sHbDZnUA9Y). Reflecting on the political situation in Georgia, while looking back at the past year and ahead to the next.
- Giving an overview of the situation through the lens of folk songs and folk singers.
- Sharing how the situation is affecting past podcast guests - Zoe Perret, Nino Naneishvili and Nana Mzchavanadze.
- Exploring what folk music means now, what songs are being sung? We answer by singing live - in two voices.
- Giving an update on 2025’s next episode with Dr. Teona Lomsadze.
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Voices of the Ancestors podcast With Susan Thompson and Holly Taylor-Zuntz.
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Independent Georgian news sources in English:
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