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A tamada^[1] (Georgian: თამადა) is a Georgian toastmaster at a Georgian supra (feast) or at a wedding,^[2] corresponding to the symposiarch at the Greek symposion or to the thyle at the Anglo-Saxon sumbel.

All supras, regardless of size, feature a tamada, or toastmaster: one person who introduces each toast. Georgians like to say that the tamada is dictator of the table, but it would be more appropriate to compare him to a leader or even to a teacher. Tamada traditionally ought to be eloquent, intelligent, smart, sharp−witted and quick−thinking, with a good sense of humor - since very often some of the guests might try to compete with him on the toast-making. At the Georgian table, a tamada is considered to help bridge the gap between past, present and future, toasting ancestors and descendants as well as the other guests at the table. A toast can be proposed only by a tamada; the rest are to develop the idea. Some toasts take a traditional form; for example, for some toasts all men have to stand up and drink wine in silence. In many cases, however, the guests vie to say something more original and emotional than the previous speaker, and the whole process grows into a sort of oratory contest.

Historically the tamada had more control over the table than he does today. For example, members of the supra were supposed to ask permission before leaving the table and the party. If they got the permission they could be toasted by the tamada and other members before leaving. If the first toast is to the tamada, it is proposed by someone else, generally by the host, who proposes the nomination of the tamada.

^ From Common Circassian *tħamada (compare Adyghe тхьаматэ ("foreman of a village; boss; master; chairman; (dated) husband") and Kabardian тхьэмадэ ("foreman of a village; boss; master; chairman; (dialectal) bridegroom, wooer")). The suggestion that the word tamada derives from words meaning "head of the table" in Georgian is a folk etymology: see tamada at the English Wiktionary.
^ Natasha Dmitrieva (June 1, 2007). "Marriage Customs". Russian Life. Retrieved February 28, 2011.

[1] From Common Circassian *tħamada (compare Adyghe тхьаматэ ("foreman of a village; boss; master; chairman; (dated) husband") and Kabardian тхьэмадэ ("foreman of a village; boss; master; chairman; (dialectal) bridegroom, wooer")). The suggestion that the word tamada derives from words meaning "head of the table" in Georgian is a folk etymology: see tamada at the English Wiktionary.

[2] Natasha Dmitrieva (June 1, 2007). "Marriage Customs". Russian Life. Retrieved February 28, 2011.

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