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Was shaped during almost three years of expeditions and rehearsals. In the years 1999–2003 the group collected musical material during journeys to Georgia, Bulgaria and Greece. Work on the Svaneti music turned out to be of special importance. The Svans, who inhabit the highest part of the Caucasus, have preserved in their tradition funeral songs which have their roots in the beginning of our era and which are the oldest form of polyphonic singing in Georgia, and perhaps in the world. The work on the learned music traditions resulted in the presentation of work on performance Gospels of Childhood in October 2002, at the 25th anniversary of the Centre for Theatre Practices Gardzienice. |