Wedding traditions of Tbilisi
A city of the supra, the Georgian feast led by a tamada, with toasts, polyphonic songs and a bride in a chokha dress.
A Georgian wedding is a long feast. The tamada, the toastmaster, leads a series of formal toasts, with wine from a clay qvevri and food in many courses.
A wedding here
Georgian Orthodox weddings are held in a church, where the priest crowns the couple, and the rite is followed by a feast. The groom's party arrives in a cavalcade of cars with horns. The guests may dance the kartuli, a formal dance.
Where weddings happen
Churches such as the Sameba Cathedral, and restaurants, estates and winery venues. Registration is through the public service hall.
The season and the calendar
Late summer and autumn, when the wine harvest in Kakheti is in full swing. Lent is avoided.
Wedding customs of Tbilisi
Also part of it, and being written: Supra (The Georgian feast.), Chokha (The men's coat.), Qvevri (The clay wine jar.).
A wedding trail idea for Tbilisi
- Sameba Cathedral The main cathedral.
- Dry Bridge market A flea market.
- Narikala Fortress A fortress.
Written by the EveryShaadi desk with AI assistance. Opening hours, venues and wedding-season dates change; check locally before travelling. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Kartuli: Mostafameraji, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tamada: Niko Pirosmani, Public domain, source