Shavnabada Monastery.
There is a very interesting legend about the name of the mountain and the Monastery.
Centuries ago, Georgians were loosing fight against foreign invaders. Suddenly they saw a knight sitting on the white horse wearing black felt cloak, with his help Georgians won the fight but when they wanted to thank him after the victory nobody could find him, finally they saw the knight going to the direction of this mountain where he disappeared. Georgians believe the knight in black felt cloak (in Georgian Shavi Nabadi) was St. George who came to help them in war. They gave the name Shavnabada to the mountain and built "Shavnabada" St. George church on top of it.
The basic idea of hashing is simple:
One or more members of the club (the hares) mark a route (the trail), with flour.
The rest of the members (the pack) will follow the trail, looking for marks (checking the trail).
The youngest participant in the hash
As many other churches in Georgia, the church of the Shavnabada Monastery was newly restored
From the Monastery there was a fantastic view in all directions.
At the end of the Hash the pack and the hares cicle up to evalute the hash.
One or more of the hashers - the Religious Advisor/Grand Master/Circle Master - do a recap, handing out praise and punishment to the participants for deeds done on trail.
Typical down downs include: Setting the trail, getting lost, arriving late, being quoted in the media without mentioning the hash, spilling beer, being a newcomer (virgin) or a visitor, limited only by the imagination of the Religious Advisor/Grand Master/Circle Master
The praise/punishment are the same: the lucky(?) one gets a down-down - a drinking vessel of beer which has to be emptied within a certain amount of time, while the rest of the pack chants and cheers
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