The Arts

A picture that captures the quality, production or expression -- The realm of what is beautiful or of more than ordinary significance. Example, performing arts, fashion, architecture.

Young girls prepare to perform traditional Svanish dances in the village of Mestia, in the province of Svanetia, Georgian republic. Song and dance are the last places the Svanish culture survives. The language has never been written, and is being replaced by the Georgian language.

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Aaron Huey, Polaris Images for Lenswork

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