Marula (Georgia)
- Name of sport (game): Marula
- Name in native language: Marula
- Place of practice (continent, state, nation):
Georgia
- Description:
Marula is one of the oldest kind of Georgian equestrian sports. The horsemen used to compete horses, participating in marula, for the distance of 25-30 km. Racing of this distance at high speed requires great resilience from the horse. For this reason, great attention is given to selection and preparation of the horse in advance, which starts 2-3 months before marula.
Horses are prepared for marula. To develop deftness and resilience in the horse, people use to train it for long distance; besides, they increase the distance is gradually.
Such testing of Georgian horse for long distance once again proves its amazing resilience. In this sport, mainly Megrelian horses are used in west Georgia and Tushetian horses are used in east Georgia. - Current status:
Practiced
- Contacts:
National Federation Of Georgian Equestrian Folk Games Development
David Tsirekidze, President
Address:
Georgia 0179, Tbilisi, Kipshidze str. 7g.
Telephone number: +995 595 989 292, +995 599 236 226,
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