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#30799337 · 21 Apr 2012, 08:32 · · პროფილი · პირადი მიმოწერა · ჩატი
ძველი სტატიაა, სამწუხაროდ ქართულად ვერსია Geo Dumbadze -ს შრიფტით მაქვს და ლათინულ კლავიატურას არ ემთხვევა. ამიტომაც ვაქვეყნებ ინგლისურად. ძირითადათ პროპაგანდისტურია და დაწერილია აღმატებული სტილით.
ნაციონალური და ზოგად საკაცობრიო ფასეულობები ჩემი აზრით არის ის საფუძველი რასაც საქართველოს მეომრის ფსიქოლოგიური სიმტკიცე უნდა ეყრდნობოდეს.
When I listen to traditional, folk or ritual music, I become a part of it and it shapes my soul as a Georgian soul. I would say that we are facing the problem of returning to life, history and time. We were cast out, somewhere far away from history and time. We did not live until now. That was not life and what we did and what we called life was beyond history and time. We need to return from the world of the dead to the world of the living.
"Georgian", Merab Mamardashvili
National Value System
Georgian history is full of remarkable military victories and dignified losses. Georgians would never stop fighting when enemies were on their land. Great world empires have been wiped off the map, but due to the invincibility of the Georgian warriors’ soul, Georgia still exists.
Georgian nation's spiritual strength has allowed Kings of Georgia to win battles against predominant enemies. Roots of the nation's strength are based upon its traditions, way of life and cultural values, which have mostly been forgotten in the Georgian society. All the above mentioned, which have formed the Georgian view on warriors’ code and behavior, could be found in literature, historical monographs, legends and folk’s verbal stories. Among other invaluable sources are "David Agmashenebeli" written by K.Gamsakhurdia, “Swords without Sheath" by L.Sanikidze, "Heroes' Worries" by L.Gotua, "Studies on Georgian Military History" by I.Jorjadze, "Studies of Pupil" by D.Guramishvili, Poem "Tiger and Fine Fellow", and certainly "Knight in the Panther’s Skin" by Shota Rustaveli.
First, what analysis of traditions, habits, upbringing standards and other values reveals is a unique fact: when every layer of the society i.e. an ordinary peasant, warrior, military leader, king, shared the same value system, almost every war was victorious. What is the goal of the upbringing tradition? First of all this is the understanding of necessity of unity and combat friendship, desire to be the first man in combat, permanent readiness for protection of their motherland, magnanimity towards the enemies, ignorance of lethal threat and aspiration to victory in any situation.
It is noteworthy that formation of the unity was first of all based on the democratic principle of military organization. Adult males on the convened meeting would elect a senior man of the community who would lead military affairs. The elders of the communities according to the regions were consolidated into a unity, which on their behalf would elect the leader of the Joint Forces. The elected individual would certainly be obliged to prove his superiority, bravery, and ability of perfect leadership to the community. He would meet all main requirements: “one of us”, “together at the party”, “walking on the verge of death and life” and etc. After public hierarchy was developed, kings and his close officials replaced them. This made leader’s objectives more difficult, as in order to maintain consolidated spirit within the troops they initially had to win the recognition. In the community the people would worship their ancestors, as main uniting and coordinating factor in the family, community, the State, brotherhood, respect for each other, honesty, discipline, keeping one’s word, frankness, hospitability, hatred towards enemy and disgust towards traitor. “People and Army fought together, enjoyed the same rights in the war and their relations were based on combat friendship”. Only the generations raised on such traditions could offer actual resistance against superior hostile forces. Our ancestors from the early childhood embraced the idea that “Power is in the unity”.
Brought up with the idea of unity, warriors would fight in many battles. Therefore, since the superiority was inspired in them from the early childhood, they would undergo trainings in specially designed marshal arts or war games. From this point on their upbringing and education served only one principle – to allow them to gain proficiency step by step. Such an approach during childhood games would always demonstrate its advantages in combat. Fighter units always consisted of fellow villagers, members of the same community, and understandably no one wished to breathe upon his own reputation. Apparently, Georgians lived up to the principle of continuous competition with each other and with the enemy, and the competition means a natural selection of the fittest and the best.
Mother and in general woman had an immeasurable role in the Georgian warriors’ formation, inspiring boundless love towards Homeland and combat spirit. This role is best demonstrated through Georgian words such as “motherland”, “Motherearth”, “Mother pillar”, “Iavnana” (“lullaby”), in the folk poems: “I brought up at least one son, fighter with the tiger…” It is a strange and just Georgian rite of accompanying Georgian troops to the war:”…King Tamar went to the holy places on bare foot praying and with tearful eyes appealing to the Lord Almighty for victory… In front of the troops formation she would cross herself next to “King Gorgasali-owned 700 year-old banner”, kneel; then she would raise her head and follow the troops barefoot on quite a long distance, and finally equipped royally and mounted on the horse that would lead the troops to war.”
Christianity has even more refined and enriched warriors’ spiritual world. The most difficult to be accepted from the 10 commandments – “Love the enemy” happened to be close to Georgian warriors’ dignity: legends were told about their nobility and magnanimity. This is the reason of the inscription on the wall of the shrine in India: “No one has ever entered and will never enter this shrine except for Kakhi King Irakli”. The Christian values make the basis for the following traditions as well: protecting safety of the enemy by chance becoming a guest, and toasting to the enemy at the table. There is a magnificent tradition connected with the Christian commandment “Thou shall not kill“. The king would pray and take the sins of the troops on his responsibility before the battle. This kind of approach resulted in the fact that having mercy on the defeated enemy was considered to be a noble deed dedicated to God.
Devotion to the traditions was passed from generation to generation. Stories transformed into legends about valorous heroes, who served for instilling permanent combat readiness and established the exemplary image of a dedicated and brave hero in the public. Generations were brought up in this heroic environment of unique fairy tales where the hero always defeats stronger, vicious, and evil enemies, because his struggle is just. This was probably the reason why the Georgians would show their best combat characteristic features in a just war.
The principle of fairness was connected with conducting a just war and was one of the basics of the victory ideology. Fairness made warriors disregard their mortal threat and self-sacrifice for the victory. According to the tradition existing in the nation, the name of a warrior, who heroically fell on the battlefield, was becoming immortal through generations.
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