The Kakheti Sea
Previously, the picturesque region of Kakheti was covered with water, as the Kakheti Sea was present in the region. The inhabitants lived high up in the mountain, but even there, the height of the water posed a problem for them. The water rose higher and higher destroying pastures and arable land.
Life became more difficult every day for the inhabitants, and they understood that if it continued like this, the water would cover the mountain peaks causing everyone to die. One day, the residents organized a meeting during which they began to cry and lament about this difficult situation. Suddenly, a local miner said: “I work high in the mountains and from the height I see that the water is rising and does not stop.
It moves and looks for a way out and we have to find a solution, a way, that is to say, make a drainage and dig a channel.” The residents reacted to his words and said that they had already had this idea but no one seemed to find the right place for the drainage. The miner continues his speech: “We must make a large basket, fill it with coal and throw it into the water. The flow will carry the basket and where the basket stops, we will have to do the drainage and the water will naturally find a way out.” The inhabitants accepted this idea and together made a large basket filled with coal and threw it into the water.
The water carried the basket and took it to the place where the main current of the Alazani River passes. At this point, the Sighnaghi ridge merges with the Nukhi Mountains. All the people gathered together and worked to open a path to the sea. Since then, the beautiful region of Kakheti appeared and the life of Georgians finally began to flourish.
