Our great friend, the photographer Yuri Mechitov, reports from Tbilisi, Georgia that "Very few Tbilissians marked Parajanov birthday at his statue" on the January 9, 2006 and he has sent us this photograph. Pictured from left to right are: Zurab Kakitelashvili, Sophie Tortladze, Guga Kotetishvili, Manana Chkonia and 2 unidentified Parajanov fans. [ 13 January 2006 ]