"Abandula" - a forgotten game with threads that was part of a series of customs associated with weaving in Ajara.

"Abandula" - a forgotten game with threads that was part of a series of customs associated with weaving in Ajara. Learning to spin thread was an important task in a little girl's educational and socialisation process. It was a kind of blessing.
" Abandula’’was a custom of laborious education for girls, but it took the form of a game. Knitting, especially making faces in knitting, required great powers of observation, skill, and taste. Two girls cut off the ends of a long hemp thread and wrapped the knotted thread around both palms, twisting it with their fingers and passing it from finger to finger. This was usually done with the index finger and thumb, and pictures were drawn. Whoever did not manage to "remove" a new picture during the game was considered the loser. This was usually done with the index finger and thumb, and pictures were drawn. Anyone who failed to draw a new picture during the game was considered a loser.
A horizontal knitting loom has been preserved at Ajara Khariton Akhvlediani Museum. It was possible to weave from all kinds of materials on the loom. Flax, wool, hemp, silk, and cotton were used for weaving.

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