Skinning sheep after the sacrifice, this was all done on the road itself - I believe this was a weekend so there was little traffic. The military highway has always been vulenerable to mud slides. Lack of barriers and retaining walls, one can...
Men preparing to cook sheep, leg bone prepared by men for the soup. Given that these photos were taken south of Kazbegi were probably Georgians or South Ossetians both of whom are Orthodox Christian even though the women have their heads covered....
Woman and children setting up picnic along Georgian military highway. These women were dressed for chilly weather even though the pictures were taken in the summer. The ground fog was omnipresent during our travel along the highway. The men are...
Woman and children setting up picnic along Georgian military highway, bottles of wine or chacha, a grape based vodka. The women and children were segregated from the men in this observance.