What Celebration is Otsoba?

Authors

  • Tamaz Kochlamazashvili Ilia State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32859/kadmos/5/248-258

Keywords:

Otsoba, Religious Festival

Abstract

Otsoba is the name of a publicly celebrated religious festival still extant in Georgian highlands. It coincides with the Annunciation. The article argues that the name of the festival stems from an old Georgian word ‘otseba’ meaning ‘apparition’/‘revelation’ and refers to Archangel Gabriel’s visit to the Virgin Mary.

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Published

2026-04-03

How to Cite

Kochlamazashvili, T. (2026). What Celebration is Otsoba?. Kadmos. A Journal of the Humanities, (5), 248–258. https://doi.org/10.32859/kadmos/5/248-258

Issue

No. 5 (2013): Kadmos. A Journal of the Humanities

Section

Opinion

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