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🇬🇪 GeorgiaTamadaთამადა
The toastmaster who leads the Georgian supra, guiding toasts and conversation at feasts.Etiquette
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan and 1 moreArmudu tea glassArmudu stəkan
A pear-shaped glass used in Azerbaijan to serve and drink black tea.Table custom · Tea, coffee and drinking ceremonies
🇬🇪 Tbilisi, GeorgiaSupraსუფრა
A Georgian feast led by a toastmaster, where toasts, wine and food carry the mealTable custom · Feasts and festival meals
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan and 4 moreBeshbarmakбешбармак
Boiled meat and noodles, eaten by hand from one platter, with a set cut for each guestTable custom · Feasts and festival meals
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tamada: Niko Pirosmani, Public domain, source
- Armudu tea glass: Interfase, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Supra: Public domain Public domain false false This work is in the public dom, Public domain, source
- Beshbarmak: NataAllice, CC BY-SA 4.0, source