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30/07/2021 13:35

Photo walk around the Abkhazian estate "Apsny Park"

In the photo: the courtyard of a traditional Abkhazian estate with well-groomed grass and traditional Abkhazian constructions.

This is амхара - the newlyweds' house. It was customary for the Abkhazians not to bother the newlyweds, they were given time to be alone, to get to know each other better. For this, a light structure was built from rhododendron, but in the cold season, the walls of амхара were hung with animal skins, carpets, and a mat.

The ethno park authorities attaches great importance to the authenticity of all buildings on the territory of the park. In the photo: акутыцра (chicken coop) and аца (storage for corn).

In the photo: the main room of the аюныду (a big house – ed.) - the living room. All family members gathered there after a hard day there, as a rule.

In the photo: Abkhazian traditional four-pointed towels. There are also eight- and twelve-pointed ones, but they are extremely difficult to find. These towels were hung in the house on holidays. Thus, the hostess, on top of everything else, demonstrated her needlework skills.

In the photo: a cozy corner in the traditional Abkhazian апацха (traditional Abkhazian kitchen - ed.), which was built, or rather woven, in almost all Abkhazian courtyards.

In this photo we see how the Abkhazians furnish their апацха.

Акучаб. Akuchab is a lamp. Traditionally, it was fired with kerosene.

In the museum of the park you can see traditional men's and women's clothing, made according to the drawings of Elena Labakhua - press secretary of the Central Election Commission of Abkhazia. As it turned out, she has long been fond of creating original Abkhazian clothing according to the old method, and she makes many elements of exhibition costumes. Among other things, her work is a bridal women's suit of an unusual color for our days - black.

This is agara (агара) (cradle in translation from Abkhazian – ed.). The artist Batal Dzhapua saw it on the road in the village of Akarmara. It just was out there in the street, and there was not a single residential building around. He understood that it would be wrong to leave it there, and took it to his workshop. Then he restored it, and now it is an integral part of the "Apsny Park" exposition.

These are traditional Abkhazian stilts, with the help of which Abkhazian children learned to walk. By the way, modern families also often use such stilts.

Braid weaving machine. Some elements of national dress were also embroidered on it. The machine shown in the photo is a bit stylized.

Ахакьа is a stone on which adjika was made.

Ахымаа. Ahymaa is a traditional Abkhazian national musical instrument.

One of the walls of the апацха backyard in the ethno park is decorated with various types of traditional weapons.

Here is how апацха looks from the inside. It is a type of wicker dwelling with a carved canopy. Stakes used to be made of oak and hazel, for weaving they used rods from rhododendron, azalea. In the center of the апацха there is a hearth and a hearth chain.

This is atalky (аталкы) - a device for rawhide processing, from which, among other things, Abkhazian акамчы were made (riders' whip - ed.). This inventory was given to the ethno park by the master from Pakuash.

Abkhazians have always treated animals with special respect. The photo shows an example of how Abkhazians traditionally kept saddles for horses.

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Ethno park "Apsny Park" is located near the village of Mgudzirkhva, Gudauta district, on an area of 10 hectares. The WAC web portal publishes a photo tour through one of the zones of the ethno park - a traditional Abkhazian estate.

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