lelo

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You can't understand what lelo "is until you see it with your own eyes," Kobalava says.

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Shukhuti resident Kobalava says he would like to see more people come to i > lelo, like they did when the economy was better.

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Minister Khachidze's lelo promotion plan includes renovating Shukhuti's derelict Soviet-era House of Culture and turning it into a museum about lelo and regional culture.

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The game, lelo ( "goal" or "try" or in Georgian), has no rules, no time-outs, and no limit to the number of people (men only) who may play.

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This would explain why lelo is played on Easter Sunday, he believes.

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Father Saba, a former Greco-Roman wrestler and lelo participant, links the game to the development of Georgia's Christian identity, which incorporated local pagan traditions.

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Journalist Imnaishvili has been lobbying a similar plan for four years; it includes developing local guesthouses and making lelo Shukhuti's official trademark, but he says he has not been able to attract much interest.

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In addition to being part of western Georgia's Easter traditions, lelo also provides respite from the difficulties of village life.

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Nobody knows exactly when or where lelo originated.

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Cousins of the village's longtime family of shoemakers now have the honor of making the lelo ball from leather.

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