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Potters, Shrosha, Republic of Georgia, October 2002

There is a place on the main highway across Georgia where pottery seems to be the main occupation. Shrosha is in the mountains separating east from west, unmissable with its roadside stalls of wares. In the foreground of this shot are wine jugs and casseroles for lobio (bean stew). Background - smaller wine storage containers, called kvevrebi. Much larger versions of these are sunk into the ground in a special room or building of one's house, the marani; hundreds of litres of wine may be called for during a supra, or feast. A fullsize kvevri may be large enough for a man to enter in order to clean it...