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.
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!
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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.
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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!
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“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.
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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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May our dear birthday girl, Tamara, be protected by the great Georgian Queen Tamara! Cheers!
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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.”
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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.
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During the feast, the toastmaster proclaims a toast: “The first word I want to say is “Be.” The second word is the name of the Russian national dish - cabbage soup. And finally, the third word is the name of the fruit - plum.” So, be generous this day, be generous throughout your life!
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There was a goat on the mountain. An eagle was flying across the sky, saw a goat, grabbed it and flew on. A hunter was standing on the ground, saw an eagle and shot. The eagle fell like a stone onto the grass, and the goat flew on! So let's drink so that eagles don't get killed and goats don't fly.
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The prince was given the best horse in the world, and he slyly asks his entourage: “Who knows what I will need it for?” One answers: “For new battles.” Second: “For horse tournaments.” “No,” says the prince, “I need this horse in order to quickly gallop away from bad neighbors!”
Who conducts the wedding celebration and how?
A very important person who leads the wedding feast is the toastmaster. He guides the beautiful speeches of elders and respected guests, adding elements of legends, proverbs, catchwords and sayings of famous people to them. This sorcerer of a banquet and folk feast, a magnificent wedding or a modest festive dinner is assigned the role of the one who leads the outline of any event, observing all traditions and customs. And only in Georgia can you meet a real toastmaster for a wedding, an experienced psychologist and a virtuoso improviser who comes up with toasts and congratulations, jokes and wedding games just on the fly. He subtly subconsciously feels how and where to direct the course of the holiday.
Wedding toast for a friend
A Georgian wedding or wedding toast can be a real apotheosis of the celebration; it is a parable, a fairy tale, a legend and even a poem. Compared to the numerous varieties of wedding jokes, music, competitions in folk and modern dances, ancient drinking songs, the famous Georgian toasts prepared for a wedding are real pearls at any celebration.
Despite the fact that modern people's commitment to material wealth is very strong and this is reflected in the traditions of wedding celebrations, the toast has been and will remain the most important episode of the banquet. Those who want to show off their eloquence using Caucasian congratulations found on the Internet should not forget that no matter how beautiful the Georgian wedding toasts distributed on the networks are, the best will be pure sincere words and wishes. Those who like a classic toast should remember that such a match consists of a background story and the actual wish.
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.”
Georgian toast scene
You can also congratulate with a short sketch. Such an original congratulation will definitely delight your guests.
Once upon a time there was a Georgian family - the father was a blacksmith, the mother was a housewife and the son was lazy. The father worked, the mother did household chores, and the son ate, drank, and rested. In his twenty years, the son did not earn a penny; he was lazy. And so they lived, but then the father grew old. The old man felt that death was near and he called his son to him. He began to reprimand his son that he was a slacker and did not want to work. The son resisted the words and replied that he would earn money without difficulty. My father said that if he earned even a ruble, he would inherit the entire farm. The son became thoughtful because he was too lazy to go to work. Then the mother came to the aid of her beloved son. She gave her son a ruble, sent him out for a walk, and returned home in the evening to say that he had earned money. The father did not believe his son that he had earned it and threw the ruble into the fire. The next day the same thing happened again. On the third day, the mother did not give her son any money, she sent him to earn money himself. The guy worked for a whole week and earned a handful of coins. I came home, barely able to stand on my feet from fatigue. The father again did not believe it and threw the money into the fire, but the son could not restrain himself and rushed to collect coins from the fire. He began to cry because he had been working for a whole week without straightening his back, and his father had done the same. This time my father believed and said that other people’s money is cheap and you don’t feel sorry for it, but you feel sorry for your own earned money. The father gave his son parting words: “If you work well, there will be money in your pocket.”
During a feast in Georgia, you cannot drink wine without making a toast. Georgians believe that wine is a gift from God and drinking it just like that is a sin. Be sure to fill the glass with good wine and joyfully thank God with a toast.
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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.”
Cool toasts
If the newlyweds have a good sense of humor and love to joke, then you can prepare funny toasts for them that will amuse not only the newlyweds, but also all the guests present at the celebration.
Congratulations to your couple on their wedding day! Let them say that a good deed cannot be called a marriage, but I am sure that you will refute this phrase and become an exemplary family!
Congratulations on your wedding day! We wish you such amazing love that the husband always understands women’s logic, and the wife knows how to forgive men’s pranks, and the husband’s salary is always equal to the wife’s demands. Then your family will be strong and happy for many, many years!
Congratulations on your wedding day! May your union only become stronger over the years. We promise that every year on exactly this day we will test it for strength! So live in harmony and harmony until your golden wedding and do not forget to acquire numerous offspring - the main indicator of the strength of the family!
Finally, we can congratulate you on your wedding day! We have been chasing you down the aisle for a long time, even though everyone has long said that a love like yours can only be envied! Now we are giving you a new task - live happily and together and add new members to your family, so that your home will always be fun and joyful!
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.
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“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."
Two Georgian men saw a young and beautiful girl on the street. One of them looked at her with a passionate gaze and exclaimed: “This is a girl, a real peach!” The other, also looking at her, said with regret: “Six children.” – Does she really have six children?! – For you and for me, Givi! Friends, let's raise a toast to love that knows no barriers in its path!
CAUCASIAN TOASTS ABOUT LOVE AND WOMEN
I want to drink to a girl who is 17 years old: she is like a rose, if you smell it, she smells it. For a woman who is between 20 and 30 years old: she is like an apple; if you bite into it, it’s sweet. For a woman from 30 to 50 years old: she is like wine - you drink it and want more. For a woman who is over 50 years old: she is like meat, you chew and chew, you don’t want to swallow, but it’s a pity to spit it out. So let's drink to women who are beautiful at any age!
There is an old parable in the Caucasus. Once a snake crawled to Allah and said: “Turn me into a beautiful woman, I’m tired of crawling around in scales.” Allah fulfilled her request and, turning her into a beautiful woman, said: “Go and pity the people.” Then a white dove flew to Allah and asked: “Turn me into a beautiful woman,” and Allah turned her and said: “Go and bring good to people.” Since then, two beautiful women have walked the earth - with a black and a white soul. So let's drink to women with white souls, of whom there are undoubtedly more!
An eastern man is a heat-loving man; he cannot live without the sun's rays. But the sun for a mountaineer is not only a heavenly body - it can easily be replaced by a woman who will warm him with her affection and tenderness during bad weather. So let's drink to the wonderful women who will never let us freeze!
In the Caucasus, we value two things – wine and women. Moreover, wine cannot replace a woman, but a woman can replace wine. The presence of a real woman is intoxicating. A young woman is like young, tart wine. An older woman can only be compared to aged wine, which has its own original bouquet. So let's drink to the fact that women, if necessary, replace wine for men!
Two things fill the soul of a Caucasian man with trepidation - wine and women. Women, like wine, make your head spin. Wine, like a woman, sometimes makes you do rash things. Good wine, like a good woman, is expensive. Both wine and woman are prone to fermentation. So let's drink to the women and wine in our lives!
Once in his youth, Givi confessed to his sister that he wanted to get married. The sister searched and searched for a long time and finally found one girl. Givi asked his sister: “Okay, sister, how old, please tell me, is the girl that you looked after me?” “I asked her how old she was,” the sister answered, “but she said: “I don’t know.” But she's young. “No,” Givi objected, “then I don’t need her.” - Why? - asked the sister. - Because she is already in years. - How do you know? – Women, when they are over 30, always say that they don’t know how old they are. If she says so, it means she is over 30. So let’s drink to women always knowing their age!
Russians have a saying: “If you want to make the right decision, consult your wife and do the opposite.” In the Caucasus they say: “If you want to make the right decision, consult your wife and do as she says.” As a result, the Russian, before he does anything, will break a lot of wood, and the highlander will achieve his goal right away. So let's drink to the women who will never give bad advice.
Women, despite being the weaker sex, are sometimes much stronger than men. In their hands is power over men. A woman can disgrace a man until the end of time by rejecting his love, but she can also glorify him for centuries by bestowing her love. So let's drink to the fact that women always only glorify men.
There is a legend in the Caucasus. Once upon a time there lived two horsemen - Vakhtang and Zurab. One day Vakhtang came to Zurab and shouted: “Wa, Zurab!” Zurab's wife came out. - Where is Zurab? – asks Vakhtang. - He's not home. Why do you need it? “I came to test his courage and courage.” Zurab’s wife says: “He does what you can’t do.” -What is he doing? “He throws the dagger up to the sky, point down, and when the dagger falls, he catches it and then, with the dagger in his mouth, dances on the point of the needle. Vakhtang did the same and said: “If he is so courageous, let him come to compete with me between two mountains on the appointed day.” When he left, Zurab’s wife put a ram in the cart and went to Vakhtang’s wife: “Our husbands are going to fight.” If they fight, one of us will be left a widow. If we become friends, they won't fight. Vakhtang's wife became a friend of Zurab's wife; Having slaughtered a ram in honor of this event, they ate it - and Zurab’s wife went home. When Vakhtang returned home, his wife told him: “You shouldn’t fight with Zurab, because Zurab’s wife and I are now friends.” Vakhtang and Zurab never had to compete. So let's drink to female friendship, which can save the lives of men!
A long time ago, in one village there lived a woman, ugly and dissolute. But when she left the house, she always preened herself, put on bright, colorful dresses, and people pointed out her to each other. One day on a sunny winter day, the inhabitants of the aul came out of their houses, sat down in the square and talked, sipping their pipes. That ugly woman also appeared, but she was dressed up and smart, so that at first glance she seemed attractive. She walked past the inhabitants of the village - and everyone paid attention to her. Some looked at her askance, others said: “You’ll envy someone who has such a woman in their house!” It so happened that the woman’s husband was among the inhabitants of the village. When he saw the signs of approval and heard his wife being admired, he immediately called her to him; In front of all the honest people, he lifted the veil that covered her face and said loudly: “People, look carefully, and you will understand: I was struck by what was inside, and you by what was outside!” So let's drink to women conquering us not only with external, but also with internal beauty!
One day, an experienced aksakal proclaimed the following toast: “I want to drink to women’s stupidity.” We often ask ourselves why God created women so beautiful and so stupid? The answer is actually very simple: beautiful so that we can love them, and stupid so that they can love us. So let's drink to women's stupidity
In ancient times, there lived in one village a kind and hard-working man, and he had a wife who was so angry and grumpy that you couldn’t find another like her even if you walked around all the villages three times. She argued with everyone, scolded everyone, she found fault with everyone, did the opposite, out-argued everyone in the village. And the poor husband couldn’t live from her at all. Once he went into the forest for firewood and found a deep, deep hole there. “If only an evil scold fell into this pit,” he thought, “it would make things easier for me and the entire village.” He returned home and said to his wife: “I found a deep hole in the forest, and there was a lot of gold in it, tomorrow I’ll go and get the gold.” His evil wife did not let him go alone, thinking that he would not take away much gold. They went together. He wrapped a rope around his wife near the pit and began to lower her into the pit. He lowered it deeper and let go of the rope from his hands. The good man returned home, lived a day, another, a week. And he decided to go into the forest to find out what happened to his grumpy wife. He approached the pit - from it came the screams and swearing of his wife and someone else’s groans. "Hey, who's moaning over there?" – asked the kind man. - “It’s me who is the monster. I was completely tormented by an evil woman!” - came from the pit. Then the kind man took pity on the monster and pulled him out of the pit. For this, the monster agreed to fulfill his three wishes. It promised and disappeared. And the man went to his village. A little time passed, this man heard that some monster had lain down near one aul and was not letting anyone into the aul, nor letting anyone out of the aul. Not only that: every day someone is grabbed and devoured. Then a kind man helped the people of this village and spent his first wish. His second and third desires also went to help the residents of other villages where the monster was evil. When all the wishes were fulfilled, the inhabitants of the fourth village came to the good man and asked for help in the fight against the monster. The kind man said that he was unable to help them, but the people insisted, asking for pity on their children. Then the good man went to the monster. The monster got angry and began to threaten to eat the man, but then he said: “I came to help you - do you remember the evil woman who did not let you live in the pit? So, she got out and is looking for you everywhere.” Then the monster got scared, got up, spun around and disappeared. No one has seen him since then. So let's drink to our grumpy wives, who, even thanks to their swearing, are capable of doing good deeds!
In our family, one parable is passed down from generation to generation. When my great-great-great-great-grandfather married a girl from a neighboring village, he took her to his place on horseback. But on the way the horse stumbled - and my ancestor said: “One”; when the horse stumbled, he said: “Two”; but when the horse stumbled for the third time, he killed him. Then his wife exclaimed: “Why did you kill the poor animal?” In response, she heard only one word: “One.” Since then, all women in our family have been told this parable before they get married. So let's drink to the women who know how to shut up in time!
One young horseman kidnapped his bride from a neighboring village. The girl's relatives quickly found the brave man and asked their daughter: does she want to be his wife? The girl agreed on the condition that she would leave her husband once a year for one day. Dzhigit, without thinking twice, agreed. After the wedding they lived happily. Once a year the wife went away for one day. At first the horseman took this calmly, but in the end he was overcome by curiosity and decided to find out where his wife was going. Waiting until the next day for her departure, he began to keep an eye on her. A strange picture appeared before his eyes. Rising high into the mountains, his wife turned into a snake and began to hiss. So let's drink to the women who hiss only once a year - and then far from their husbands!
When one aksakal’s beautiful daughter grew up, he decided that it was time to tell her about how much deceit and meanness one encounters in life; he told her: “Dear daughter, all men want only one thing. They are cunning and insidious and are constantly plotting, trying to get the girl they like. You won't even notice how you'll be trapped by them. First the man admires you, then he invites you for a walk. Then you pass by his house - and he remembers that he forgot his hat, and offers to come to his house for a minute. There he introduces you to his parents and makes you an offer that you can no longer refuse according to the laws of the mountains, since you crossed the threshold of his house. As a result, you and our entire family will be disgraced.” The daughter took her father’s words so close to heart that one day, coming to the house with a young horseman, she told him: “Father, you are probably a prophet. Everything was exactly as you said. At first he admired my beauty, then he invited me to his place, citing the fact that he had forgotten his hat. But then I remembered your words and said that first we should come to me and take my family talisman. And so, father, here we are. I want to introduce you to him - and in front of you I ask him to become my husband. I proved worthy to be your daughter because I dishonored him and his family before he did.” So let's drink to the childish naivety and spontaneity of young girls!
The Georgians had a queen named Tamara. She was brave and people loved her. The Persian king came to Georgia with a large army. At first he was victorious. Tamara was forced to retreat. Ahead of her troops were driven by carts, then the warriors themselves walked. So Tamara went deeper into the mountains along the Daryalva Gorge. Here she settled in her large tower. The Persian king sent word to Tamara: “Surrender.” I have a huge army - and you will not defeat me. If you surrender, I will take you as my wife. “Although your army is huge, any of my warriors can resist your ten warriors.” And rather than become your wife, I would prefer to marry my most worthless warrior. Tamara united Georgians and various mountain peoples. With their help, she defeated and expelled the Persian king from her region. So let's drink to rebellious women who know how to get their way!
This happened in ancient times, when representatives of noble Ingush families were at enmity with each other, and even individual villages were at enmity with each other, when the strong took the upper hand, and the weak one way or another obeyed them. Once upon a time, the residents of the village of Guli became dependent on the Salginians and were forced to pay them tribute. Once the Salginians arrived in Guli, but did not find the tribute prepared. Then they took captive a young beauty as collateral - the wife of the richest and most influential resident in the village. Only at that moment her husband was absent. Some people, however, knew that he was visiting the village of Erzi. His shepherd went to the owner to tell about what happened to his wife. Having met his owner, who was already returning home, at the pass near the village of Belkhane, the shepherd told him about the capture of his wife by the Salginians. The enraged owner, with an exclamation of indignation: “How dare you tell such shameful news for me!”, hacked the shepherd to death with one blow of his saber. The owner himself immediately set off in pursuit of the kidnappers - the Salginians. Imperceptibly overtaking his offenders who were driving along the gorge, he hid near the road, in a stone building for cattle, and began shooting at his offenders with a bow. He himself was completely inaccessible to enemy arrows. He was a sharp shooter - and quickly hit several people with his arrows. But suddenly... his bowstring burst and he stopped shooting. He could only watch in impotent anger as his wife was taken away before his eyes. The beautiful wife guessed the reason for stopping his shooting. She was his faithful wife and loved him dearly. In order not to be understood by her captor enemies, she shouted to him in a mocking tone: “Goodbye, loser!” If you're hungry, look in your pocket for buttery donuts! The husband reached into the pocket of his dress and, to his great joy, found not donuts, but a spare bowstring. Quickly pulling the string on his bow, he very soon killed the remaining enemies with accurate shooting and freed his wife from captivity. So let's drink to smart women!
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!
When Gogi began to come home late, drunk, and not pay his salary, his wife began to complain to her friend: “I lost ten kilograms because of this.” Her friend sympathized with her and exclaimed: “Why are you suffering so much, won’t you leave him?” “You see,” Goga’s wife answered, “I want to lose another two kilograms.” So let's drink to women who are able to benefit from everything!
Once a Georgian married a Ukrainian. When the wedding was over and the newlyweds were left alone, the Georgian sat down on a bench and said morally with an accent: “Now you are my wife, and I’ll tell you this.” If I come home and my hat is here,” he pulled his hat onto his forehead, then you feed me, give me something to drink, caress me, but don’t bother me with anything!.. And if I come home and I have my hat here here,” he pushed his hat to the back of his head, “then you feed me, give me something to drink, caress me, and then you can ask for whatever you want!..” “Now listen here!” - his young wife interrupted him. “If you come home and my hands are here,” she rested her hands on her steep sides, “then I don’t care where your hat is!.. So let’s drink to feminine persuasiveness!”
Once a horseman decided to get married and came to his father. At that time, the father was sitting thoughtfully under the shade of an old tree and drawing something in the sand with a twig. The horseman, approaching him, said: “Father, I need your advice.” I met an amazingly beautiful girl and I want her to become my wife. The father, without looking up from his thoughts, drew a zero in the sand. “Father, I’m sure she will be a wonderful housewife.” Father, still not looking up from his thoughts, drew another zero. The horseman continued to list the girl’s merits, but the old father all this time drew only zeros. The guy finally despaired and exclaimed: “Father, we love each other...” After that, the father looked respectfully at his son and drew a unit in front of all the zeros. So let's drink to love, which can increase all virtues thousands of times!
I want to tell you one beautiful old Caucasian legend. In one mountain village there lived a girl as beautiful as a doe. Many young men from the best families sought her love, but she was too proud and proud. She spent whole days alone on the shore of a mountain lake, admiring her reflection in the water. And then one day her father decided to give her in marriage to a rich Georgian prince. But the proud beauty ran high into the mountains. No matter how much they looked for her, they could not find her, because she had turned into a beautiful delicate flower. This flower still grows on the tops of high mountains. He is as handsome and inaccessible as that girl. So let's drink to the fact that the most beautiful women reciprocate our ardent feelings for them!
Two Caucasian men saw a young and beautiful girl on the street. One of them looked at her with a passionate gaze and exclaimed: “This is a girl, a real peach!” The other, also watching her, said with regret: “Six children...” “Does she really have six children?!” – For you and for me, Givi! Friends, let's raise a toast to love that knows no barriers in its path!
Two proud Caucasian birds were sitting on two adjacent wires. They could not find a common language. But suddenly the wind blew, the wires touched - and the birds kissed. So let's drink to windy love!
One Caucasian man married a very beautiful Russian woman and was constantly jealous of her. One day he was rummaging through her calendar notebook, thinking that the names and telephone numbers of her lovers might be written there. Opening the next page, he shouted loudly: “Wife, and wife, who is this Augustus?” So let's drink to crazy love!
At the market, a pretty girl approaches the counter and asks the Caucasian seller how much a kilogram of oranges costs. “Girl, there’s just one kiss for you.” - Okay, please weigh it, and my grandmother will pay now. So let's drink so that our loved ones never deceive our expectations!
One ardent Caucasian man was very fond of pretty girls. But each of them wanted to be the only one, so one day he was left alone. Then a friend advised him to advertise in the newspaper. This is what they wrote: “A passionate Georgian man will meet a beautiful girl who will understand and forgive him.” So let’s drink to a woman’s love, patient and understanding of everything!
Once upon a time there lived a just and wise king in one of the Caucasian countries. And he had three sons. This king grew old and wished to hand over the reins of government to one of his sons who would be more capable of this difficult task. The king called his sons and said: “My dear sons!” You see that your father can no longer rule the country because he has become old. Whichever of you is able to fulfill my dream will inherit the throne and become king. - What kind of dream is this, father? - the sons asked. “There is a huge storage room in the royal courtyard. I want you to fill it with something that would be most needed in this world. So go on a search, find what you need and fill my storage. The sons set off on their journey. Thirty-three days later they returned home and came to their father. - Well, have you found the most necessary thing? - Yes, we found it, dear father! The king led his sons to the doors of the storehouse, opened the doors and called his eldest son. “What will you fill this vault with, dear son?” The eldest son took a handful of grain from his pocket and said: “I will fill this storehouse with bread, dear father!” There is nothing more necessary than bread; no one can live without it. The king called his middle son: “What will you fill this storage with?” The middle son took a handful of earth out of his pocket and said: “I will fill this storage with earth.” Without land there is no bread. The king called his youngest son: “Well, what will you fill this storage room with?” At these words, the youngest son brought a beautiful girl to his father and said: “I will fill this storehouse with the light of love, father.” I have traveled a lot, seen a lot, but there is nothing more needed in the world than love. Without love there would be no life on earth. Love is the most necessary thing! Only the light of love gives life to a person! -You deserve the right to the throne! – exclaimed the delighted father. – You want the most beautiful things, you want to fill your hearts with the light of love! So let's listen to the opinion of the wise king and raise our glasses to the most beautiful thing in the world - to love!
It happened a long time ago in the mountains of Armenia. Once upon a time there lived a man named Nazar. He was poor, timid, and didn’t know how to do anything. But one day he wandered into the mountains, and in the mountains there was a fortress in which giant robbers lived. They caught him and, throwing him into prison, said: “Tomorrow morning we will have a duel.” You will have to fight the strongest of our giant brothers. If you defeat him, we will give you his sister as your wife. If not, you will die. Nazar was scared, but in the evening he saw the sister of the strongest giant. She was so beautiful that Nazar fell in love at first sight. And until the morning he thought only about her. In the morning they took Nazar out of prison, brought weapons, and brought his horse. They lifted Nazar into the saddle. But he doesn't know how to ride a horse. The horse, sensing an incompetent rider, neighed, bit the bit and rushed straight towards the giant enemy Nazar. The giants were surprised at such courage. But Nazar sees that he cannot cope with the horse, that the horse can throw him off and trample him. He then grabbed a tree and wanted to hang on it, but the tree turned out to be rotten, and a huge branch, thick as a log, broke off and remained in Nazar’s hands. The giant, seeing such zeal, was afraid; even he was unable to do it. And so he started to run. And Nazar became the winner. And the giants gave him a beauty as his wife. So let's drink to love, to the fact that lovers will always and everywhere be successful!!!
In the Caucasus they tell a beautiful mountain legend about love. In the mountains lived a girl of incomparable beauty. She was kind and flexible. Everyone knew that she was an excellent needlewoman. On the flat terrain, next door, lived a beautiful young man. He was a clever horseman and was not afraid of anything. He heard a rumor about a beautiful girl from a mountain village. And he had long ago decided that he would marry only such a girl who in one day, from dawn to dusk, would sew him a burka, a Circassian coat, a hood and dudes. The young man went to the beautiful mountain woman. He came to her house and told her about his condition. The girl liked the horseman and she accepted his conditions. The next day, at dawn, the girl got to work. In the evening everything was ready, but the girl did not have time to sew the clasps to the Circassian coat. If the sun had been delayed even a little, she would have made it, but the sun was already setting. Then the girl, seeing that she could not fulfill her promises, which meant that she would not be the wife of a beautiful horseman, left the house and prayed to the sun: “Sun, I ask you, stay a little longer in the sky so that I have time to finish my work!” The girl’s wish came true: the sun, which had almost set, suddenly rose up. So the girl was able to finish the work. A young man came. All the clothes fit him. And soon they got married. So let's drink to the fact that even the unruly elements will always be on the side of the lovers!
One Georgian prince had an only son. The prince wanted to raise him in the best possible way. I began to consult with smart people. He consulted and decided that only virtue was respected. And abstinence leads to virtue, which protects a person from vice. And the prince decided that his young son would become a virtuous man. The prince gathered his servants and said: “I announce to you all that if any woman dares to appear near my house or in the garden, or even near my garden, she should be severely punished.” We are talking about beautiful women who give rise to vicious thoughts in men. So, remember my order. Virtue and wisdom reigned in the garden and in the prince’s house. But a year has passed. One day, while walking through the garden at night, the prince heard a passionate whisper in the thickets of flowers. The prince announced the alarm, soldiers surrounded the garden and soon brought his son to the prince, accompanied by a woman wrapped in a veil. The prince shouted when he saw the woman: “Tear off the veil from her!” Let everyone see the weapon of vice! A woman appeared before everyone, crooked in one eye. It was a scullery maid, left in the palace only because of her disgrace. - Explain to me, my son, where were your eyes? The prince's son bowed forward and answered: “Father, this woman is not as bad as you think!” True, she has one eye. But isn’t there only one sun shining in the sky, father? And we find it wonderful. And we believe that this is enough. It gives us quite a bit of light. The prince, clutching his head, shouted: “Enough, I cancel my order!” So let's raise our glasses to the love that always arises where there is at least one woman and at least one man!
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.
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“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, every man has a tiger in him:.. So let’s drink to the women who tame the tigers in us.
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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.
A young Caucasian man took the girl to the cinema. And what would a movie be without kisses? An elderly woman was sitting behind her and made a remark: “Could you kiss in a place other than public?” “I wouldn’t mind, but my wife is at home.” Let's drink to kissing only our wives!
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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.”
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At a driving school in Georgia, a driver's license applicant takes an exam. The inspector explains the traffic situation: “You are driving your car along a narrow road.” On the left is the high-high mountain. On the right is a steep, steep abbreviation. Suddenly on the road there is a beautiful girl. And next to her is a terrible, terrible old woman. Who are you going to push? - Of course, the old woman! - Fool!.. You need to apply the brake! So let's drink so that in a difficult situation we don't forget to hit the brakes!
One Georgian tells a friend:
- Understand! I visited the doctor, and he told me: “You can’t drink! No smoking! You can’t do it with women!”
- Poor guy! - a friend sympathizes.
- What kind of poor thing am I? I gave him money... and he gave me permission to do everything!
Let's drink to the rich people!
Once a young horseman was riding through the mountains of beautiful Georgia with his beautiful wife. He was strong as a bull, fast as a mountain river, his eyes were like an eagle, his dagger was as sharp as an attack of appendicitis, and his mind was as twisted as a scribble on a hat...
And so, a mountain goat appeared on the rock above the road. And the horseman, at full gallop, pulled out his gun and shot at the animal. But not a single muscle moved on the goat’s face. Then the man stopped his horse and, taking aim, shot again, but the goat didn’t even move. Then the horseman got down to the ground and, kneeling down, fired again, but the goat only jumped to the side. And when the horseman wanted to lie down to shoot, the goat had already disappeared. Both the young horseman and his young wife died of hunger.
So let's drink so that you don't come across such assholes on your life's path!
Let's drink to the fact that you live for 132 years.
And so that you die at 132 years old.
And he just died, but he was killed.
And they didn’t just kill, but stabbed to death.
And they didn’t just kill him, but out of jealousy.
And not just out of jealousy, but to the cause!
One day a baby camel asks his mother: “Mom, look at how slender and thin the horse’s legs are, but why do we have such crooked legs?” “But we’ll walk through the desert, but the horse won’t be able to, it’ll get stuck.” “Mom, look how straight the horse’s teeth are, but why are ours so crooked and bent, and drooling all the time?” “But we can eat thorns in the desert, but a horse cannot.” “Mom, look how smooth and beautiful the horse’s back is, but why is that hanging out there?” “But we can survive in the desert for two weeks without water, but a horse cannot.” - Mom, why the hell do we need all this at the zoo? So let's drink to survive in our zoo!
Suliko and Shota lived and fell in love with each other. They fell in love and got married. We just got married, Shota has to go on a business trip. “Don’t worry,” he says to his young wife, “I’ll be back in three days.” Three days have passed, three times three days have passed, and Shota does not return, ten times three days have passed, and Shota is still not there. The young wife became worried and sent telegrams to ten faithful friends in ten cities. And telegrams came from ten cities from ten faithful friends: “Don’t worry, Shota is with us!” So let's drink to true friends who don't let you down in trouble!
Toasts to love
A lot of poems and songs have been written about love. There is probably just as much toast, if not more. They are not only about women and men, but also about strong feelings. Georgian toasts are famous for their simplicity and beautiful sayings. After all, in the Caucasus it is not customary to express wishes in a rude manner.
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One elder said: “My son is a doctor. He has been treating people for decades. During this time, he prescribed many different medications to his patients. But do you know what my son tells me? He says that he has come to the conclusion: the best cure for all ailments is love! – But it doesn’t always help, does it? – I ask him. “Then you just need to double the dose!” - my son answered me.”
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So let's listen to the doctor's opinion, let's be treated with love. I propose to raise a glass to love!
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The ancient Indian treatise “Peach Branches” says: the needs of the soul give rise to friendship, the needs of the mind - respect, the needs of the body - desire. All three needs give birth to true love.
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Let's drink so that we always have these needs, and we love and are loved.
Short toasts
Nobody likes long, mournful speeches, so an excellent option for congratulating the newlyweds would be a short wedding toast, said in your own words, which will allow you to express in a concise form everything you want to wish the newlyweds.
Happy birthday to your family! Always be so happy and in love with each other, let time not touch your feelings, and let the love and tenderness in your hearts become more and more every day!
Happy wedding! Let every minute of your life be filled with joy and happiness, your home with comfort and children's laughter, and your hearts with boundless love and tenderness for each other!
What can I wish you on this amazing day? We have already wished you love, happiness, and prosperity! So all that remains is to wish to carefully keep your love in your hearts, so that your union becomes even stronger and more beautiful over the years!
Happy wedding! May your family life consist of many bright and joyful moments, enough for millions of pages of memoirs!
Caucasian toasts in verse
So that your health is strong, so that it doesn’t let you down, so that you can live like in the Caucasus, so that you have everything, and at once!
May the summers be long, May you always be lucky, May troubles pass by, May everyone around you love you!
I offer you a drink for this, I wish you success, May all your plans come true, and stay away from grief!
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So that there is always happiness in the house, So that there is abundance, wealth, So that the young eagle brings you goodness, And so that everything is fine!
For delicious dishes, for joy, for home, I will drink my glass to the bottom today, so that I can always be endlessly lucky, so that my soul is in order!
I wish you good health to the Caucasian, May your friendship be strong, May your family respect you, appreciate you, and love you!
For your success and good luck, Today I will drink to the bottom, And in addition, I wish you to live with dignity all the years!
Advice to young people from relatives
At any wedding celebration, Caucasian wisdom and toasts are consumed with great enthusiasm. Therefore, parents, in order to please the young couple and make the guests laugh, can use real Caucasian speeches in their instructions.
It will be especially bright if someone dresses up or begins to portray a Caucasian elder. To do this, just put on a hat and slightly distort your voice. Please note that such instruction from parents will be remembered for a long time.
Firstly, it looks very artistic and emotional. As a rule, all the guests laugh heartily at such a scene.
Secondly, literate parents will be able to give very correct instructions to their young ones. Grown-up children do not like being taught life at all. Believe me, in this case, instructions to the young from relatives will be listened to thoroughly.
Wise Caucasian toasts
One king was given a horse. He turned to his advisors: “Where will this miracle horse be useful to me?” “At war with the enemies of our state,” someone said. “No,” the monarch shook his head. “For horse lists,” another adviser tried to guess. “No,” the king snapped curtly. - But for what then? – the courtiers asked in bewilderment. - This horse will be useful to someone who has a bad neighbor, so that he can gallop away from him quickly and far away. People say: don’t buy a house, but buy a neighbor. Let's drink to our good neighbors!
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One wise man had a daughter. Two people came to her to marry her: a rich man and a poor man. The sage said to the rich man: “I will not give my daughter for you,” and married her to the poor man. When asked why he did this, he replied: “The rich man is stupid, and I am sure he will become poor. The poor man is smart, and I foresee that he will achieve happiness and prosperity.” If that sage were with us today, he would raise the cup of wine to the fact that when choosing a groom, brains are valued, not wallets.
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One day two neighbors went to the market to sell wine. On the way, they sat down to rest and have a snack. “It would be nice to have a glass of wine now,” one sighed. “Okay, okay, but we’re bringing wine to sell, and we can’t waste a single drop!” - the second reasoned. Then the first one searched his pockets, found a copper coin and spoke to his neighbor. - Pour some wine for me. The neighbor poured him one glass, then returned the same nickel and asked: “Now you pour it for me.” So this nickel passed from hand to hand until both wineskins were empty, and their owners snored, drunk and happy with the trade. So let's drink to a successful deal.
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Once upon a time, an unsurpassed master of one of the most ancient and most unsurpassed martial arts was challenged by ten people at once. And they laughed and shouted: “We will defeat you, master!” But the master won the duel. Then the unsurpassed master of one of the most ancient and most unsurpassed martial arts was challenged to a duel by twenty people at once. And they laughed and shouted: “We will defeat you, master!” But the master won the duel. Then the unsurpassed master of one of the most ancient and most unsurpassed martial arts was challenged to a duel by fifty people at once. Oh, how they laughed and shouted: “We will still defeat you, master!” And the master won the fight again. Everyone became quiet. But then a boy came out of the crowd and asked: “Can I wrestle too?” Oh, how everyone laughed at the boy. And the master lost the fight. In response to perplexed exclamations, he replied: “I don’t care, but the child is pleased.” So let's drink to “whatever”, which is higher than nothing in the world!
For health
One wise old Georgian said: “If you want to be happy for one day, get drunk.
- If you want to be happy for one week, get sick.
- If you want to be happy for one month, get married.
- If you want to be happy for one year, take a mistress.
- And if you want to be happy all your life, be healthy, dear!!!”
So let's drink to the happiness of everyone present. For health!
- In Georgia they say that for money a real horseman can buy whatever he wants.
- What he cannot buy for money, a real horseman will get for a lot of money.
- What he cannot purchase for a lot of money, a real horseman will definitely get for a lot of money.
So let's drink to something that no horseman can buy for any money. Let's drink to health!
