Georgian birthday toasts
They say that one day a certain poet came to the great Queen Tamara and complained that he was very poor. The queen answered: “Homer was much poorer, but to how many people he gave spiritual food!” I propose to drink to our hero of the day - a man who gives people inspiration!
In Georgia there is a custom - to give a kid as an engagement gift. They say it brings happiness and many children. According to custom, it should be fried on the birthday of the first child. And although now in our city it is not so easy to get a live kid, I give you this toy and wish that your house will be a full cup, that you will have at least three children and that you will be happy every day and every hour of your life !
One Georgian was asked: “What is a pineapple?” He answered: “Do you know lemon?” Do you know apples? Do you know persimmon? Do you know grapes? Well, it doesn't look like it at all. So I ask, what is our birthday boy? Do you know Pentyukh? Coward you know? Lazy guy, you know? Stupid you know? Well, it doesn't look like it at all! For the health of our birthday boy!
There is a Georgian joke: A girl asks a zookeeper: “Tell me, please, is this monkey a man or a woman?” A Georgian standing nearby answers: “Girl, it’s a male!” A man is one who has money! Let's drink to our hero of the day - a real man in every way!
In Georgia they say that what removes friends from us is either their happiness, when they no longer need us, or our misfortune, when we need them too much. So let's drink to our many years of friendship with the hero of the day - and to the fact that nothing can distance us from each other!
In Abkhazia they say that participating in the joy of other people doubles the joys of our lives. So let’s drink so that the joy of each of us will increase tenfold the joy of our dear hero of the day!
There is such a Sufi parable. A certain wise man heard that in a neighboring village there lived a man wiser than him. He became envious and decided to test the wisdom of another. He gathered his students and went to the neighboring village. There he asked where the house of the desired person was and headed straight there. On the way, he caught a butterfly and decided: I’ll ask if it’s alive. If the answer is “no,” I will release it; if the answer is “yes,” I will clench my fist and the butterfly will be dead. Having entered, he introduced himself and invited the man to check whether the owner’s wisdom was really what they say it was, and asked him to answer the question he had in mind. The sage looked into his eyes and replied: “Everything is in your hands.” So let’s drink to the fact that our birthday boy is the master of his own destiny!
I propose a toast to our dear friend, who stands opposite me, like a rock in the middle of the stormy sea of life, unaffected by any storms and hurricanes, invincible and indestructible. Let's drink to his health and longevity!
A poet once wrote: “The darkness of night lies on the hills of Georgia; Aragva makes noise in front of me. I feel sad and light, my sadness is light; My sadness is full of you.” And I propose to drink to our beautiful (Name), worthy of being sung in the poems of the greatest poets!
They say that people live much longer in the mountains of Georgia than in any other place. So let's drink to our dear hero of the day, and may he live as long as the most ancient Georgian elders live!
A certain person came from a village to the city for a certificate. The official turned his documents over in his hands for a long time and finally said: “I would issue you a certificate, but several signatures and seals are missing.” You need to do the following: first go to Vinashvili, take Butylidze, talk to Otkuporyan, then go to Nalivaiko, Sutrapyan, put a stamp on Pokhmelidze. And then come to me. And don’t forget about Shashlykidze! Hurry up, tomorrow we have foreign guests, Messrs. de Pied, de Lieu, To Li Yama and To Li Kanawa. Call the numbers: two for a hundred, three for two hundred, extension for one hundred and fifty. So let's drink to ensure that our birthday boy does not meet bureaucrats!
There is one old Caucasian toast. The toastmaster gets up, raises his glass of Kindzmarauli... and suddenly feels that a fuss has begun in his stomach. He decided to make a toast, fire the gun, and release his worries at the same time. So I did. But oh horror! The gun misfired, but this case did not misfire. A shame! He went to the mountains. After 10 years he returns and asks the boy: “What happened during this time?” “Since the toastmaster farted, nothing interesting has happened,” he answered. So let's drink so that thoughts do not diverge from deeds.
Every year nature gives the residents of Georgia many beautiful and tasty fruits. They are collected and served in order to enjoy the best Georgian wine - because their aroma is complemented by the bouquet of wine. So let's drink to the fact that fruits and good wine will never be left on the table of our hero of the day!
A Georgian is driving along a mountain road and suddenly sees that a collapse is about to begin. Then he decides to warn the people who will follow him along this road, draws three posters and installs them one after the other. On the first of them the word “NOT” is written in large letters, on the second there is a bunch of empty boxes, and on the third there is a phallic symbol. A few hours later, the Georgian is driving back and sees that some car is covered with stones. He comes up to the driver sitting next to her and says: “Daragoy, how could you get into a landslide when I warned you?” And the driver answers: “What kind of pictures did you draw?” While I was looking at them, I didn’t notice how the car was buried. – NOT – tara – pis! So let's drink to our dear hero of the day, who is never in a hurry!
Georgian toast for birthday
In Georgia they say that a good person can drink more wine than a bad one, because a bad person quickly gets drunk, but a good person drinks and drinks, and never loses his sight. So let's drink to our hero of the day, who could drink the sea if his sense of modesty did not interfere with him!
Ancient wisdom says: in an ideal world, like gives birth to like. Thus, good produces good, and evil produces evil. So let's drink to this beautiful woman, the hero of this celebration, who, by doing good, increases its amount in the world!
I want to honor my namesake (Name) with this glass of wine on his birthday. In Georgia, they are convinced that the name to some extent predetermines fate, a prominent or insignificant position in life, and determines character traits. With his high achievements, talent and rare spiritual qualities, our hero of the day strengthens the ability of the name to change the fate of people for the better. Therefore, I propose to drink to the health of the hero of the day!
The eastern sage Khoja Nasreddin fell ill. Creditors began to visit him and asked him to repay his debts - the hour was uneven, he would die. “Everyone pray that I stay alive until I pay you!” Khoja told them. Everyone prayed and said in one voice: “Our prayer will be heard by Allah!” “So,” Nasreddin rejoiced, “I will never die?!” Dear debtors, let us raise our glasses to the creditors who pray to God for our longevity!
May your life be cloudless, like the sky over the Sahara Desert, full, like the jug of the generous Georgian Givi, long, like the longest Mexican TV series, and may your eyes glow with happiness, like the sky glows during the Northern Lights. For the hero of the day!
Every year nature gives the residents of Georgia many beautiful and tasty fruits. They are collected and served in order to enjoy the best Georgian wine - because their aroma is complemented by the bouquet of wine. So let's drink to the fact that fruits and good wine will never be left on the table of our hero of the day!
Dear Gogi! I want to raise this glass to your coffin... which will be made from the oak tree I planted this morning! For your longevity!
There is a Georgian proverb: a proven friend is our second conscience. So let's drink to the friends of the hero of the day!
May our dear birthday girl, Tamara, be protected by the great Georgian Queen Tamara! Cheers!
I would like to tell you this parable: “A pencil maker made a beautiful pencil and put his soul and heart into it. Before he put it in the box, he said, “You need to know five things. They are necessary to become the best. First: to do many useful and important things, you need to allow Someone to hold you in His hand and guide you. Second: time will wear you down, and this is very painful, but necessary. Third: everyone makes mistakes, the main thing is to understand and correct them. Fourth: the most important thing is inside. Fifth: you must leave a mark behind yourself, regardless of the condition and the surface on which you are used.” Let's congratulate our birthday boy on his birthday and drink to him following these simple, but so important truths.
They say that one day a certain poet came to the great Queen Tamara and complained that he was very poor. The queen answered: “Homer was much poorer, but to how many people he gave spiritual food!” I propose to drink to our hero of the day - a man who gives people inspiration!
It was a very long time ago, when the mountains of Armenia were even higher than they are now. Ashot stood naked by the rock, with a hat on his head. A primitive naked woman approached Ashot. Ashot covered his lower abdomen with his hat. The woman first removed one of Ashot’s hands, then the other. The hat continued to cover the lower abdomen. So let's drink to the strength that held the hat.
In Georgia they say: a man should look like a hazel tree trunk, a woman like a peach fruit. So let's drink to our dear hero of the day, who, like a ripe peach, is rosy and fresh!
It happened in a tropical country. The daughter complained to her mother that her husband was cheating on her. And the mother said: “This matter can be fixed. Bring me two tiger whisker hairs.” “What are you talking about, mom,” my daughter got scared. - “Just try, you’re a woman, you should be able to do everything.” My daughter thought. Then she slaughtered a sheep and went into the forest with a piece of meat. She sat in ambush and waited. A tiger appeared and, furious, rushed towards her. She threw the meat and ran away. The next day she came again with a piece of meat, and when the tiger rushed at her, she threw the meat, but did not run away, but began to watch him eat. On the third day the tiger was waiting for her and when she appeared again with meat, he happily beat his tail. And the woman began to feed him directly from her hand. On the fourth day, the tiger happily ran up to her, and after eating a piece of meat, he laid his head on the girl’s lap and dozed off. And at that moment she pulled out two hairs and brought them home to her mother. “Well,” said the mother, “you have tamed a predatory animal such as a tiger. Now go and tame your husband either with cunning or affection. Remember, there is a tiger in every man. So let’s drink to the women who tame the tigers within us.”
In Georgia they say that a person who sees a star falling from the sky will be happier than anyone else. So let's drink to our hero of the day and wish him to see not one, but two shooting stars.
Beautiful Georgian toasts
Since ancient times, the tradition of speaking with a glass in hand during prayer before eating has been preserved. For the Georgian people, a toast is not just words, but a small thank you to God in their native language. A real Georgian toast is distinguished by sincerity and love.
In Georgia, it is customary to make toasts while maintaining consistency. Only wise words should be spoken; the speech should not be long, but always from the heart. The person giving the Georgian toast tries to tell it in his own way, adding proverbs and sayings.
Georgian feasts always turn into celebrations, accompanied by music, folk dances, songs, toasts, and congratulations.
There are many toasts in Georgia that are passed down from generation to generation. Some have been redesigned in a modern way. They can be short, in your native language, funny, cool, for a birthday, anniversary.
History of Georgian toast
Since ancient times, the tradition of speaking with a glass in hand during prayer before eating has been preserved. For the Georgian people, a toast is not just words, but a small thank you to God in their native language. A real Georgian toast is distinguished by sincerity and love.
There are legends about Georgian feasts. And not in vain. The culture of drinking wine has been formed over centuries and has become just that: a culture. And the culture of drinking wine and wine drinks with a good snack.
- If you have beer or water in your glass, don't clink your glasses.
- Toasts are raised exclusively with a holy drink - Georgian wine. Or strong alcohol.
- At a proper feast, be it Tbilisi, Batumi, Adjara, the resort of Abastumani, Georgia in general, there is always a toastmaster - a respected person and the commander-in-chief of the evening. The noisy clown, whom we call toastmaster, has nothing in common with the toastmaster.
Toasts for the wedding
Not a single Georgian wedding is complete without welcoming speeches and toasts. Georgians also maintain the custom of congratulating newlyweds with a beautiful Georgian toast:
- “Three wanderers were traveling along a steep mountain road. The journey was long, they ate only once in three days, and they ran out of water. Looking around, they did not see where to get water to drink. One of the wanderers noticed a beautiful tree among the huge rocks. The travelers were amazed and could not believe that trees with fruits could grow next to the rocks. Tormented by thirst, the travelers reached the tree, but it turned out that three fruits were hanging on it. The first traveler was already exhausted and very thirsty. He began to squeeze the juice from the orange. But the orange had a very thick peel that it was impossible to squeeze out the juice. The traveler could not quench his thirst. The second one began to eat an orange, but could not because of the bitter peel, which stood in a lump in his throat. The third traveler, although exhausted, peeled the orange. Having eaten it, the wanderer quenched his thirst and refreshed himself. Guests, let us raise our glasses so that the married couple does not know discord and together drinks the divine moisture of the fruits of their great love.”
- “There once lived a man in the world, but something bad happened and he died. Throughout his entire life, the man was faithful to the Lord. The man did not want to die; he begged God to live longer. The Almighty allowed man to continue his life. Before returning to earth, God handed the man three boxes with gifts and strictly ordered him not to look into them until he returned to his refuge. On the way home, the man could not stand it, he opened the box, and joy flew out of it, fluttering with wings. The next box contained love, which ran away without looking back. The man did not open the last box on the way. Having reached the home, closing the windows and doors, the man opened the third box. There was hope in it, which remained to live with the person and became an assistant in business. Let’s drink so that our young spouses do not lose joy, do not miss love and live their whole lives with hope.”
“Women in Georgia make a toast at will, but for men it is an obligation.”
Toastmaster
The toastmaster is the main person at Georgian feasts. He subtly senses the mood of the assembled guests and directs the conversation in the right direction. The word “toastmaster” is translated as “feast leader.” It consists of two parts: “tama” - “head” and “mada” - “appetite”. These people are of particular importance in Georgia. Without them, it is impossible to imagine a national feast in this country.
The Georgian toastmaster is a talented improviser and an experienced psychologist. Real masters never make the same toast. They compose them right during the holiday, taking into account the specifics of the event. Georgians love such celebrations, during which the famous Georgian toasts are heard, special drinking songs, folk music, colorful jokes, and dance competitions are held. Georgian toast is a beautiful old tradition that has a special meaning. No matter what country in the world a true Georgian lives, he remembers his roots and passes on the traditions to his children.
Funny Georgian toasts
You can cheer up your guests with Georgian funny toasts. To make guests smile, you need to be able to say it. It is better if the story is told by a person with a sense of humor. Then guests will appreciate Georgian cool toasts and have fun from the heart.
- “There lived a couple, Georgi and Tamari, who fell in love with each other very much. Their love grew into a wedding. After the celebration, Georgi had to go to another city on work matters. Georgi told his wife not to worry and that he would arrive in three days. Three days passed, 10 days, and Georgi did not come. Tamari’s young wife was completely exhausted with worry. Tamari did not know where her husband had gone, and she sent telegrams to 10 friends in different cities. Response telegrams arrived from friends. All my friends wrote that Georgi was with them and that everything was fine with him. Let’s drink to true friends who will never leave you in trouble.”
- “A young stately Georgian man invited a girl to the cinema. Having settled down in the last rows, they began to kiss. An elderly woman sat nearby and told the couple that they should not make love in a public place. The guy replied that he would love to do it at home, but his wife was there. Let’s raise our glasses so that real men kiss only their wives.”
- “Once at a celebration, the toastmaster decided to say a congratulatory toast. As he raised his glass of the best wine, he felt his stomach churning. To get out of the situation, the toastmaster decided that after the toast he would take out a pistol, shoot loudly and at the same time free himself from anxiety. But everything went completely wrong. The toastmaster's pistol misfired and the guests heard him fart. The toastmaster was burning with shame, tell someone and everyone will laugh. To avoid shame, he went to the mountains for 10 years. Returning, he asks the boy if anything interesting happened during his absence. The boy replied that after the toastmaster farted, nothing interesting happened. Let’s drink to ensure that our thoughts never diverge from our actions.”
Georgian toast
According to ancient custom, Georgian women do not change their surname when getting married. This custom suggests that, despite the love and respect for their husband, Georgian women are proud of their origin and their family. So let’s drink to the fact that in your union two families, two traditions will find a worthy combination.
One Georgian came to an old woman-fortune teller. She spread out the cards and began to tell what they were telling her: “Darling, I see that you are in love and want to marry a beautiful blonde... Vai-vai, be careful, some fat brunette is preventing you from doing this.” - Um, of course, this is my wife. I propose to drink so that there will be no annoying obstacles in our love!
After a short meeting between Katso and the girl, she told him: “Goodbye, it’s time for me to go.” - What does it mean? - responded the indignant Katso. - Why did I invite you to the restaurant then? So let's drink to women who always remain true ladies!
At the height of the velvet season, a cyanotic northerner comes to the Black Sea. A Georgian approaches him: “Daragoi, what is this beliy?” What, you haven't had much of a summer at all? - Yes, why, it was summer. I was the only one working that day. So let's drink to the fact that in the Caucasus the summer is long, long, hot, hot, and the people are beautiful!
Soso asks Vano: “Vano, do you know what homemade champagne is?” - No, Soso. - So this is when a man drinks wine and a woman hisses. Let's drink to the fact that our dear housewives prefer real Georgian wine to any champagne.
They asked a Frenchman, an American and a Georgian: “What do you see as the meaning of life?” The Frenchman replied that he was in love. An American is about money. And the Georgian said that the meaning of life is to drink wine with your genatsvale. So let's drink to the fact that we think as often as possible like that Georgian.
When Vano’s wife bought a lottery ticket, she said: “If I win, I’ll buy myself a new coat.” - And if not? - Vano asked. “Then you’ll have to buy it for me!” So let's drink to the women who always find a way out of difficult situations!
One rich Georgian old man decided to marry a young girl. Before the wedding, he told her: “Tamara, I know that you love me, so I can tell you one terrible secret.” I’m an old man, so I have radiculitis, ulcers, hypertension... - What don’t you have, Valiko? - Vai-vai-vai, why do you ask, cruel woman? You know that I have no teeth. So let's drink to love, which does not notice such minor shortcomings!
Let everything come true that you didn’t have time to plan. A quick fight at the chimes Exactly in two weeks!
An old Georgian asks his young daughter: “Nana, who is this young horseman you kissed yesterday?” - Don’t you remember, dad, what time it is? Let's drink, (name), to the beautiful daughters who are always ready to please their fathers with wedding preparations!
There lived in a Georgian village a girl named Katitsa Terdseli. She was famous for her wisdom and beautiful braids. Many suitors approached her, but she refused all of them, saying that she had vowed to marry only the man who could make her hair comb so strong that it would not break when she combed her thick hair. One young man, having heard about the beautiful Katitsa, decided to marry her at all costs. And he began to think about what he could use to make a comb for her wonderful hair. I thought for many days and nights. And finally I came up with it. He went to the sea and caught a large sea turtle on its shore. He took off her shell and made a wonderful comb out of it. He took it to Katitsa, who combed her hair without breaking a single tooth. They got married that same day and lived in happiness and love for many years. So let's drink to the fact that our young people will have the same wonderful fate!
The young horseman liked the girl - and in order to seem like a cultured person, he uttered the following words: “Girl, can I invite you for a cup of coffee?” To which the girl, without hesitation, replied: “It’s possible, just don’t smoke in bed.” So let's drink to women's insight!
A Georgian man knows one simple truth: most women give in not because their passion is strong, but because their weakness is great. This is why all Georgian men are so successful with women, even those who cannot be called handsome. So let's drink to feminine weakness!
One Georgian complains to his best friend: “Can you imagine!” Yesterday I went to the doctor, and he told me: “You can’t smoke! You can't drink! You can’t do it with women!” - Are you completely ill? - a friend asks. - Who's sick? I gave him some money... so he immediately gave me permission to do everything! I propose to drink to rich people!
When one respected aksakal celebrated his eightieth birthday and the fiftieth anniversary of his life together with his wife, he was asked: “How did you manage to maintain family life and at the same time such good health?” “There’s no secret to this, it’s just that when my wife and I got married, we made an agreement with her: as soon as we quarrel, I put on a burka and go to the mountains. So it was precisely daily walks in the mountains that brought such benefits to both my health and my family life. So let's drink to the wives with whom we become long-livers!
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Georgian birthday toast
Beautiful, life-like toasts, both for anniversaries and birthdays, have always been appreciated. They sound especially beautiful when pronounced by an elder or head of a family.
“Once upon a time the Lord gave a man 25 years of life. He believed that this was enough for a person to live a good life. He gave the animals half a century. The man considered this unfair and began to beg the animals to give him part of their lives. The horse, dog and monkey did not resist and gave part of their lives to the man. Since that time, it has become a custom that a person lives a carefree life for the first 25 years of his life. For the next 25 years people are working. For another 25 years a person lives alone, like a homeless dog. For the past 25 years, human life can be compared to the life of a monkey. A person becomes old, and sometimes a reason for laughter because of his weakness.
Let's drink to the hero of the day (birthday), so that he lives a long real life, like a person, and not like an animal. So that his loved ones do not forget him and delight him with their presence.
Georgian toasts for an anniversary
What can you wish for a person who already has some life experience? Strength for further movement. Achieving new goals. Prosperity, harmony, joy of communication and, of course, many years to come.
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- Cheerfulness in the hearts and wisdom in the eyes is the main motto of Caucasian congratulations. After them, one believes in the firm hand of comrades, in the warmth of loved ones, in the infinity of the road ahead.
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So let’s drink so that our hero of the day always has the strength for fruitful work and a good mood for relaxing with friends!
Georgian toast about friendship
Among the Georgian people, friendship occupies a huge place in the life of the people. You can congratulate your Georgian friend with such a short toast.
“A long time ago a beautiful girl lived in the mountains. Two stately horsemen friends fell in love with her. One day one of the horsemen came to the beauty and confessed his love. To check on the groom, the girl sent him to the top of the mountain. The girl ordered Dzhigita to start a fire that would burn all night until the morning. If the horseman succeeds, the girl will marry him. The young man galloped up the mountain. On the same day, another horseman came, who also confesses his feelings to the girl. To test him, the girl said that he must put out the fire on the mountain. The horseman galloped away. In the morning, the horseman reached the top of the mountain and saw a sleeping friend, and a dying fire nearby. The dzhigit could not let his friend down and added wood to ignite the fire. Let's drink to real men and true friendship."
Rituals
Gradually, Georgian feasts became real legends. And this is no coincidence. The culture of drinking wine in Georgia has been known for a very long time. There are whole rituals associated with this. There must be a good snack on the table. Georgians never clink glasses of water or beer. A toast is made only if wine or stronger alcohol is poured into it.
A proper Tbilisi or Batumi feast takes place with the obligatory participation of a toastmaster, who is a respected person and commander-in-chief at the holiday. Some Russians imagine a toastmaster as a noisy clown. This is completely inconsistent with his image and true purpose. Toastmaster is already an international concept. Its functions may differ in different countries, but the Georgian one is the classic toastmaster. This person knows how to unobtrusively direct table conversation in the right direction. Georgian family holidays have their own special traditions. In this country, people at the table are not divided into interest groups. The spirit of collectivism and mutual goodwill towards each other is invisibly felt during Georgian feasts. Representatives of this people try not to interrupt and listen carefully to the speaker.
Georgian toast to women
What would a feast be without a beautiful toast to women.
“One fine day a snake crawled up to Allah and asked to rid it of its scales. She is tired of crawling, she wants to become a beautiful woman. You don't have to be a snake to bite people. Allah thought and turned the snake into a charming woman. A few days later, a snow-white dove flew to Allah and asked him to turn her into a woman. Allah met the dove halfway and she became a woman. Allah gave instructions that she should do only good deeds. Since that time there have been two women - good and evil.
Friends, let us raise our glasses to the beautiful half of our planet - to the kind women, of whom there are more throughout the entire globe than the evil ones with a black soul.”
“One young horseman liked a girl of heavenly beauty. To be together, the guy kidnaps the girl at night and takes her to his village. The girl's parents quickly found where the guy lived and asked their daughter if she wanted to spend her life with this brave man. The couple’s feelings were mutual, so the girl agreed, but said: “If you want to be happy with me, then one day a year I will go to the mountains.” The groom agreed and the wedding took place.
The newlyweds live joyfully, without knowing grief. But the horseman was haunted by the thought of where his wife went every year. He decided to follow her. The day came when the wife began to get ready for the journey. Dzhigit went unnoticed to fetch his wife. High in the mountains, the husband saw how the woman turned into a snake and began to hiss.
Let us raise our glasses filled with the best wine to the beautiful ladies who hiss like a snake once a year and unnoticed by their husbands.”
Holidays supras
The dishes at a Georgian celebration are endless.
This type of food is called supra, translated as feast. Supras sometimes occur informally when friends meet for dinner or for serious occasions such as a wedding or funeral.
Every fifteen minutes the toastmaster calls on everyone to raise their glasses.
Each toast is like a poem that lasts up to fifteen minutes and touches on life's biggest themes.
Toastmaster talks about death, lost loved ones, peace, religion, uncertainty about the future.
Toast at the end of the holiday
“You are happy and beautiful, and I wish you bright events. I hope that happiness will always be in your life. I don’t wish you a lot of money, because money only destroys people. May there be prosperity and prosperity. Be happy in life as you are now.”
