Ensemble Odoia (with Polikarpe Khubulava)- Asho Chela (აშო ჩელა)
07/28/2014
Mountains of Tongues-ის
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Members of the third generation Ensemble Odoia performing with the group's original founder 91 year old Polikarpe Khubulava, singing and playing the four-stringed, fretless Georgian lute called the chonguri.
Recorded July 2014 in Zugdidi, Georgia
Mingrelian is a South Caucasian language closely related to Laz and Georgian. It is spoken by the Mingrelian population of the Western Georgian region of Samegrelo.
Asho Chela is a traditional Mingrelian lament about a ploughman trudging behind his two bulls, Chela and Buska. A version of the lyrics to the song can be found here: http://www.omniglot.com/songs/bcc/che...
Recorded July 2014 in Zugdidi, Georgia
Mingrelian is a South Caucasian language closely related to Laz and Georgian. It is spoken by the Mingrelian population of the Western Georgian region of Samegrelo.
Asho Chela is a traditional Mingrelian lament about a ploughman trudging behind his two bulls, Chela and Buska. A version of the lyrics to the song can be found here: http://www.omniglot.com/songs/bcc/che...