Matani () is a village in the

Kakheti Kakheti (; ) is a region of Georgia. Telavi is its administrative center. The region comprises eight administrative districts: Telavi, Gurjaani, Qvareli, Sagarejo, Dedoplistsqaro, Signagi, Lagodekhi and Akhmeta. Kakhetians speak the ...

region,

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. In the village is a 5th-century

basilica In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica (Greek Basiliké) was a large public building with multiple functions that was typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek Eas ...

, Tskhrakara (literally, the ''Nine Gates'') and the ruins of an old palace of the

Cholokashvili The House of Cholokashvili ( ka, ჩოლოყაშვილი, Russian: Чолокаевы) was an old Georgian noble family. It claimed an exotic foreign lineage and first appeared in the eastern Georgian province, and later kingdom, of Kak ...

noble family. The village is also home to several traditional religious festivals throughout a year, particularly ''Didbatonoba'' (local celebration of

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, November 23), ''Iasharoba'' (autumn), and ''Tsikhegoroba'' (local variant of

Easter Easter, also called Pascha ( Aramaic: פַּסְחָא , ''paskha''; Greek: πάσχα, ''páskha'') or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in t ...

Tuesday holiday). Matani is also known as the birthplace of the national hero

Kakutsa Cholokashvili Kaikhosro "Kakutsa" Cholokashvili ( ka, ქაიხოსრო ��აქუცაჩოლოყაშვილი; ; , ''Kaikhosro Chelokayev''; born 14 July 1888 – 27 June 1930) was a Georgian military officer and a commander of an anti-So ...

(1888-1930)

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*{{in lang, ka GSE, (1983) volume VI, page 487,

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

. Populated places in Kakheti

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