Kinto
Sign in to saveupright|thumb|A Tbilisian kinto, photo by Dmitri Yermakov upright|thumb|A kinto in a photo by Alexander Roinashvili A kinto () was a trader or an unemployed person mostly occupied in entertaining others in Georgian dukhans (restaurants), popular in Tbilisi in the 19th century and early in the 20th century.
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- Georgia (country)
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- Kinto from Tbilisi, Georgia, then Russian Empire.jpg
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- Kinto
- native label
- კინტო
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upright|thumb|A Tbilisian kinto, photo by Dmitri Yermakov upright|thumb|A kinto in a photo by Alexander Roinashvili A kinto () was a trader or an unemployed person mostly occupied in entertaining others in Georgian dukhans (restaurants), popular in Tbilisi in the 19th century and early in the 20th century.
The Georgian Kintouri (or kintauri) dance in based on the character of the , and portrays them as cunning, swift, and informal. The dance is light-natured and fun to watch.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kinto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.