saxelovnebo mecnierebaTa Ziebani #4 (53), 2012 ART SCIENCE ...

In village, Putieti, the weekly ritual of “Naxshi” only heldon SundayThe elderly men of the village used to gather at a preselectedplace called “Sanakhsho” and held the sticks in thehands named “Sakatsebo”, which was given to leader of thevillage.It was just made ​of walnut and oak sticks.They were crossingthese sticks and greeting each other with it.The leader of the village requested from the large familyto do “Doll - Glapa”,and then he gave it to the childless familyand wished them many children.“Doll Glapa” (Racha’s Chichilaki) “Gvirgvis” placed in themiddle of Racha was given to childless families.on New Year.In villages of Oni’s region for Christmas night, they baked“Christmas bikikeebis.” Other images dolls were baked withflour and water made dough. For example: bird with youngbirds, or other animal with its young animal, that were giving tochildless families and neighbors also.Ketevan Ochkhikidze,Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgian State University,PHD student of Art study direction,Supervisor: Nato GengiuriTHE THEME OF PUNISHMENT OF SINNERS IN THEICONOGRAPHY OF `THE LAST JUDGMENT~(Based on the examples of the Georgian Art of X-XIIIcenturies)The composition of `The last judgment~ in middle ages,was widely spread in the Eastern Christian countries, includingGeorgia. Its iconography is multi-component. One of the themeit contains is connected to the punishment of the sinners, met in264