Saturday, December 6, 2025

Traditionalists are against holding music festival KaZantip in Georgia

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National Front and People’s Assembly are against holding a festival like KaZantip in a country with ancient traditions. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of religious radicals protested in Tbilisi on Saturday against the music festival KaZantip, which is planned in the end of August in Anaklia, a sea resort in western Georgia.

The same day, locals in Anaklia demonstrated in support of the

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Georgian Church wants music festival called off

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KaZantip will be organized in Anaklia from August 20 to August 30.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Orthodox Church is against holding the electronic music festival KaZantip in Georgia, claiming that it will ‘harm’ Georgians.

The ten-day music festival used to be held in Crimea, but due to the Russian annexation it will this year be held in Anaklia, on the Black

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Music festival KaZantip defends against splinter group

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Photo published by the Anaklia organizing group.

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Republic of KaZantip, until now residing in Crimea, seems to be experiencing its own share of separatism, but it’s hard to figure out who is breaking away from whom.

Perhaps it is more fitting to call the music festival uprooted

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KaZantip festival will go ahead in Crimea after all

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An offshoot of the KaZantip festival is being organized in Georgia, but it will also be held in its original location in Crimea. (Publicity photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The electronic dance music festival KaZantip will be held in Crimea after all. Earlier it was announced it had moved to Georgia.

For the last 22 years, KaZantip has been held in Crimea. But this year, it was first announced it had moved to Georgia,

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Music festival KaZantip moved from Crimea to Georgia

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It is common to bring yellow suitcases to KaZantip. (Publicity photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–For the first time, the electronic dance music festival KaZantip will take place in Georgia, due to recent events in Ukraine.

The festival has been held annually in Crimea since 1992. Now, following the Russian annexation of the peninsula, it is

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