Georgian song - Turphani

Folk song - Turphani Turphani (Georgian ტურფანი სხედან ჩარდახსა, literally “Turphani ( women) are sitting on the tent“) - Probably, many are familiar with this glorious Kakhetian song. Probably, most of them also asked themselves the question, who are these women-“Turphs“ and why their pleasure causes such surprise and a kind of envy that the male singers themselves do not sit down at the table and express their feelings from afar. The lyrics reflect one very strange ritual that was common in Kakheti. Once a year, the women gathered in a prominent place and had fun late. Their husbands, and men in general, served them without hesitation. The main purpose of this ritual was to make men understand how difficult it is to be a woman and take care of their family. On this day, women were even allowed to have light romances with other men, of course, without serious se