Marina Janashia
Famous Georgian actress, with many films spanning a 50-year career.
TAKE A SEAT
AT THE SIX-HOUR SUPRA
TAKE A SEAT
AT THE SIX-HOUR SUPRA
GUESTS ARRIVE
Representing music, performing arts, viticulture, and historical expertise.
The Legend of Georgia
Lado’s tells the origin story of the country and the gods with a toast.
The First Song
The Urmuli Quintet sing a classical hymn.
Lado’s First Toast
A Toast to the Gods and the Country of Georgia
Georgian Players
Lutes, bagpipes, and polyphonic singing: enjoy Georgian folk music.
A Sing Song
Strong Voices Sing a Traditional Song
A Love Song
A traditional Georgian song about love, a man is singing to a woman.
Nominating the Tomada
Zaal the Falconer nominates Lado to be this evening's tomada, the supra toastmaster.
Toast to
Beauty and Joy
Beauty and Joy
Nothing is better in life than being beautiful (or handsome) and joyous.
Akaki Toasts the Tomada
The supra's resident historian, Akaki, thanks Lado for serving as tonight’s tomada.
Song and Dance
A traditional dance with the Georgian players.
A Song and Dance
Georgian Dancers and Urmuli Quintet.
Polyphonic Singing
The Quintet Urmuli sing an 11th Century hymn, Thou Art a Vine.
Cutting a Rug
Pridon and Anka join the players in dance and more join in.
Singing A Capella
The Quintet Urmuli sing a traditional song.
Storytelling
Anka shares a story with the table.
Ia Sings a Song
Ia Shugliashvili sings a song with Quintet Urmuli
Pridon and Shota Dance
Traditional male dancers join in on the song
A Toast
to Women
to Women
Lado and the men of the table toast the great women of Georgia.
A Toast to the Future
Lado toasts to the future of the country with a drinking horn, called a kantsi.
A Toast to Friendship
Lado’s Toasts to friendship to all for the greater good.
A Slow Build
The players perform a slow-burning melancholy melody.
Lado’s Toast
of Love
of Love
A Toast to the Love of Toasts
A Folk Song
The players sing along to a soulful love song.
A Toast to the Beauty of Wine
Lado toasts to the world learning about the history and culture of Georgian wine.
A Song in Minor Harmonies
A chanting song with a Middle-Eastern influence.
Clearing the Glass
Pridon gets a fly in his wine.
Food and Song
See the beautiful spread of food and the singers up close.
A Toast to the
Eden of Wine
Eden of Wine
Lado makes a toast to the world finding eden and Georgia through their wine and no longer being lost through history.
A Toast to our Culture
Lado toasts to the culture of Georgia, embracing both tradition and modern even down to the wine they make.
The First Dance
Traditional Georgian dancers perform a medley of court dances.
A Costume Change
The dancers return in their traditional dance costumes.
SUPRA PREP
Georgian dumplings, flatbreads, and soup all lovingly prepared.
FIRST COURSE
First dishes on the table: Puris, Khachapuri, and Khinkali.
THE TAMADA
The toastmaster raises a glass to many blessings.
Medieval Court Music
A vocal and instrumental song from medieval Georgian times with lutes and flutes.
GEORGIAN DANCE
Weddings, war, and merchants on medieval streets.
SONG AND DANCE
Traditional Dance with the Georgian Players
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
8:00 PM
9:00 PM
six hours?
THAT SEEMS EXCESSIVE.
Why not two, three, or four? Because in Georgia, dining is a marathon. Our dinners, called supras, are intimate, indulgent, loud, and long—often lasting until the wee hours of the morning. Hospitality is virtue, every guest is considered a gift and visitors are treated as near royalty.
Every meal is actually an epic poem that plays out over a dozen courses, generous pours of wine served in animal drinking horns, and the prose of at least twenty traditional toasts delivered by the Tamada, or toastmaster. The gathering is designed to deepen the connection between the guests, their palates, and their collective spirituality.
SIX HOURS IN
SIXTY SECONDS
SIX HOURS IN
SIXTY SECONDS
SUPRA DANCING
FOLK-INFUSED BALLET
DIG IN to the
SIX-Hour Supra
DIG IN to the
SIX-Hour Supra
The Guest List
The Guest List
POLYPHONIC SINGING
POLYPHONIC SINGING
The country of Georgia is famous for polyphonic singing; this unique form of musical texture is generated by several simultaneous lines of melody. Characterized by its improvisational nature, several different notes are occasionally sung at the same moment by the same person. Made popular during the Renaissance period, the multi-harmonic style is the oldest form of singing in the Christian church, dating back to the era of the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantine times.
Thou Art a Vineyard is a traditional late Medieval choral hymn of the Georgian Renaissance. The lyrics were attributed to King Demetrius I of Georgia (1093–1156) who wrote it during his confinement as a monk in the David Gareja Monastery. He dedicated this hymn to the country of Georgia and the patronage of the Virgin Mary in the Georgian Orthodox Church.
Thou Art a Vineyard - English Translation
You are a vineyard newly blossomed.
Young, beautiful, growing in Eden,
(A fragrant poplar sapling in Paradise.)
(May God adorn you. No one is more worthy of praise.)
You yourself are the sun, shining brilliantly.
Thou Art a Vineyard is a traditional late Medieval choral hymn of the Georgian Renaissance. The lyrics were attributed to King Demetrius I of Georgia (1093–1156) who wrote it during his confinement as a monk in the David Gareja Monastery. He dedicated this hymn to the country of Georgia and the patronage of the Virgin Mary in the Georgian Orthodox Church.
You are a vineyard newly blossomed.
Young, beautiful, growing in Eden,
(A fragrant poplar sapling in Paradise.)
(May God adorn you. No one is more worthy of praise.)
You yourself are the sun, shining brilliantly.
THE LEGENDS FROM EDEN
THE COUNTRY OF GEORGIA’S HISTORY IN PODCASTS
THE LEGENDS FROM EDEN
THE COUNTRY OF GEORGIA’S HISTORY IN PODCASTS
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