Participants of the march named after Maro Makashvili revived the march of the female gymnasts from “Shevardeni,” a sports society dating back to the First Republic period.

A few years after this photo was taken, the Soviet regime would label “Shevardeni” as anti-state and dissolve the organization.

Protest on Public Transport
Text on the banner: “If you watch Imedi TV, you won’t know what’s happening in Guria, what’s happening in Georgia, what’s happening to us.”