Once known as a nobleman’s sport, falconry in today’s Georgia lives on mostly among the poor. In Achara, also known as Ajara, it is a hobby that can trace its origin back some 2,000 years. Still, these days it is an endangered tradition.
Temo Bardzimashvili is a freelance photojournalist based in Tbilisi.
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