Bats people
ბაცბი | |
|---|---|
A late nineteenth-century Batsbur wedding in the village of Zemo Alvani (eastern Georgia). | |
| Total population | |
| c. 3,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Georgia (Tusheti and Kakheti) | |
| Languages | |
| Bats, Georgian | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Georgian Orthodox) |
The Bats people or the Batsbi are Nakh-speaking Tushetians in the country of Georgia. They are also known as the Ts’ova-Tush (წოვათუშები) after the Ts’ova Gorge in the historic Georgian mountain region of Tusheti. The group should not be confused with the neighbouring Kists – also a Nakh-speaking people who live in the nearby Pankisi Gorge.