Official Name: | Matani |
Native Name: | მატანი |
Pushpin Map: | Georgia (country) |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Georgia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Georgia |
Subdivision Name1: | Kakheti |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Akhmeta |
Established Title: | village |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Total: | 4451 |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 42.0775°N 45.1978°W |
Elevation M: | 570 |
Matani is a village in the Kakheti region, Georgia. In the village is a 5th-century basilica, Tskhrakara (literally, the Nine Gates) and the ruins of an old palace of the Cholokashvili noble family.
The village is also home to several traditional religious festivals throughout a year, particularly Didbatonoba (local celebration of St George's Day, November 23), Iasharoba (autumn), and Tsikhegoroba (local variant of Easter Tuesday holiday).
Matani is also known as the birthplace of the national hero Kakutsa Cholokashvili (1888-1930)