The Resurgence of Blood Feud in the Georgian Lowlands

Author(s): Natia Jalabadze
Editor(s): Stéphane Voell
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 42
Pages: 7-9
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2012

This article discusses the problem of blood feud in the multi-ethnic region of Kvemo Kartli, where its resurgence is related to the migration of Svans since the 1980s. It seeks to explain the causes of preservation and sustainability of the custom among the Svan migrants. The results show that today blood feud practices are comparatively rare in the lowlands, while they remain alive in self-representations among Svans.

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