The Deda Ena statue on
the right bank of the Mtkvari River, near the Dry Bridge in Tbilisi, is a commemorative
monument to the Georgian language. Deda Ena means Mother Tongue. April 14 is
the Day of the Mother Tongue, marking the 14 April 1978 protests to retain the
Georgian language as the official language in Georgia. The Mother Tongue statue
was created from 1981-1983.
Elguja Amashukeli and
Nodar Mgalobishvili designed the statue. Elguja Amashukeli (1928-2002) also
designed the silver Mother of Georgia statue that overlooks the city on
Solalaki Ridge, and the Vakhtang I Gorgasali equestrian statue at Metekhi
church near Tbilisi’s Old City.
MARTINA NICOLLS is the author of:-
The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends
(2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan
Curse (2009).
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