The Bats people or the Batsbi are Nakh-speaking Tushetians in the country of Georgia. They are also known as the Ts’ova-Tush (წოვათუშები) after the Ts’ova Gorge in the historic Georgian mountain region of Tusheti. The group should not be confused with the neighbouring Kists – also a Nakh-speaking people who live in the nearby Pankisi Gorge.
A late nineteenth-century Batsbur wedding in the village of Zemo Alvani (eastern Georgia).
Tusheti is a historic region in northeast Georgia. A mountainous area, it is home to the Tusheti National Park.
Keselo
A morning scene near Omalo
Moonrise over Keselo Fortress
A small lake on the road to Tusheti