The Lazuri boat building tradition has been submitted for the status of an intangible cultural heritage monument.

In the cultural heritage protection agency of Adjara, a study of the construction traditions of the Lazuri oil field is underway in the direction of intangible cultural heritage.

It is carried out on the basis of field-ethnographic materials, along with sources in special literature.

Shipbuilding, sailing and fishing have historically been one of the main activities of the Lazes, and as a "people of the sea", they have preserved a rich tradition of sailing and boat building.

Lazes are men, artisans with woodwork and constructions of big and small oilers" this record of Vakhushti Batonishvili succinctly describes and clearly indicates the main features of the traditional life of Lazees.

"Felucca" has been preserved as a widespread name for the Lazuri boat.

This word, besides Lazuri, appears in Italian, Arabic, and also in Svan.