What is Chokha?
[[File:Imeretian with chokha.jpg|thumb|[[Imereti|Imeretian]], [[Georgians|Georgian]] in Chokha]] == History and revival of chokha == It has been in wide use among [[People of the Caucasus|Caucasians]]<ref>Ruso Strelkova (August 31, 2007). [http://www.georgiatoday.ge/article_details.php?id=3494 To Wear or not to Wear (a Chokha)? That is the Question] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210329/http://www.georgiatoday.ge/article_details.php?id=3494 |date=2011-07-20 }}. ''Georgia Today'' Issue #372, 31.08.07-06.09.07.</ref> from the 9th century until 1920s.<ref>Abashidze, Irakli. Ed. Georgian Encyclopedia. Vol. IX. Tbilisi, Georgia: 1985.</ref> Nowadays, chokha is no longer in use but continues to still be worn for ceremonial and festive occasions. Georgian President [[Mikheil Saakashvili]] made high-ranking Georgian officials working abroad to wear the national costume at official meetings. So, in the very center of Europe, in the 21st century, among the elegant ladies and gentlemen classic suits, you will find men in their Chokhas, and daggers around the waist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://georgiandaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1431&Itemid=86|title=GeorgianDaily Forum|website=georgiandaily.com|access-date=2012-05-09|archive-date=2012-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428055014/http://georgiandaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1431&Itemid=86|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Types of chokha == [[File:A Georgian cavalier (Curtis, 1911).JPG|thumb|A Georgian cavalier (Curtis, 1911)]] There are Four types of Chokha worn among the Georgians: *Kartl-Kakheti chokha (Kartli and Kakheti are eastern Georgian provinces) *Khevsur Chokha (mainly in Mtskheta-mtianeti province of Georgia) *Adjarian chokha (mainly found in western Georgia provinces such as Adjara and Guria and also used to be used in Lazona that is now part of republic of Turkey) *General Caucasian chokha which is like a Kartl-Kakheti chokha but is little longer In Georgia, the Black chokha was reserv