Watch: The young performers celebrating their heritage through dance in Georgia.

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Dance is an essential part of Georgian history and culture, and the locals are proud to perform traditional routines whose origins date back decades.

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00:00Before the music starts I feel nervous but when the music starts everything bad goes

00:14away and when I wear costumes I feel free.

00:19We are very proud of our Georgian culture and we would like to continue this tradition

00:28and pass it on to everyone.

00:31When I wear a costume for the first time I feel very proud.

00:48I was born in 1398.

00:58I was born in 1398.

01:04I was born in 1398.

01:09We have 20 costumes and one musical number.

01:15All of them are traditional costumes.

01:19Georgian people love music very much.

01:24That's why we wear costumes from different regions.

01:29We wear costumes from different regions and costumes from different regions.

01:34The costumes are made according to the wishes and requests of Georgian people.

01:48The process of making the costumes is based on the wishes of the people.

02:30and it is very interesting.

02:34My friends and my family

02:37are very interested in this story

02:39and they are very curious about it.

02:42They are very curious about

02:44what my friends have learned

02:46and they are very curious

02:48and interested in this field.

03:00When I saw some people dance on TV

03:07or in real life, I really liked it

03:09and I asked my mom

03:11and then she took me to a dance ensemble

03:13called Little Rituals.

03:15And my teacher, Gia Davytashvili,

03:17helped me to learn some dance moves.

03:21My friends from the school,

03:23some of them don't know

03:25these Georgian dances.

03:26We teach them.

03:28And my friends from the crew

03:30are trying to keep it alive.

03:59There are a lot of people

04:01who want to learn

04:03and want to be a part of it.

04:05We are 23 people in this group

04:07and we all want to be part of it.

04:09That's why we are here.

04:21Our children are motivated

04:23to learn Georgian culture

04:25and we want to teach them

04:28the history of the Georgian dance

04:30and how this dance was created.

04:32One of the things that I want

04:34my children to know

04:36is that when my children

04:38grow up and they are

04:40able to learn

04:42I want them to know

04:44that you can do anything

04:46with your body.

04:48It's a good thing

04:50because you don't have to be

04:52a dancer.

04:57I don't want to be a part of any of this.

05:05I'm the first to be in the first team.

05:09I'm proud of the team.

05:13I'm not saying that I'm better than any of the other guys.

05:18I just want to continue my tradition.

05:21I'm not saying that I'm better than any of the other guys.

05:26I just want to continue my tradition.

05:30I'm not saying that I'm better than any of the other guys.

05:35I just want to continue my tradition.

05:51I'm not saying that I'm better than any of the other guys.

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