by Hugo Zemp and Nona Lomidze
color, 80 min with 4 min of extras, 2016
in Georgian
with English subtitles
Excerpt of the documentary “Table Songs of Kakheti“.
“Orovela“ is a famous Georgian work song, traditionally sung by a peasant during ploughing. Nowadays it is also performed with a drone, a sustained tone in the bass, as are table songs. The filmmakers like especially Leila Legashvili’s version, sung while she picked grapes with her family and fri