- Source: Laz people in Georgia
The Laz people in Georgia (Georgian: ლაზები საქართველოში, Lazebi Sakartveloshi; Laz: ლაზეფე ოქორთურაშე, Lazepe Okorturaşe) refers to an indigenous Kartvelian-speaking ethnic group inhabiting the Black Sea coastal regions of Turkey and Georgia. There are about 2,000 Laz in Georgia, mainly in Sarpi, Kvariati and Gonio villages and Batumi. Laz identity in Georgia has largely merged with a Georgian identity, and the meaning of "Laz" is seen as merely a regional category. Kolkhoba is an annual Laz festival held each year at the end of August or the beginning of September in Sarpi, a village in Georgia. Sopho Khalvashi was a first Georgian musician of Laz heritage who represented her home nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.
Abkhazia
Today, the Laz people in Abkhazia have largely assimilated into Abkhaz society. Today, except for some members of the older generation who still speak Laz and feel Laz, the Laz people in the region are culturally and linguistically separate.
Mingrelia
In Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti region there are some Laz families in Anaklia village of Zugdidi Municipality and few in Poti city, where they highly assimilated with local Mingrelians.
References
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- Bahasa Laz
- Muslim Yunani
- Demografi Turki
- Kelompok minoritas di Turki
- Laz people
- Laz people in Georgia
- Laz language
- Laz people in Turkey
- Laz
- Lazistan
- Laz nationalism
- Laz people in Germany
- Georgians
- Ethnic groups in the Caucasus
