If you arrive in Albania and ask the driver take you to a place you want to go and he shakes his had from side to side, do not close the door and look for another driver. It will take you too much time, because in Albania, shaking head from side to side means “yes” and nodding the head up and down means “no”. Imagine an Albanian attendant’s alarm in the airport if he asks you such questions as Did you pack your own bags? Have you left your bags unattended at any time? Did anyone ask you to carry something on board for them? So it’s better to answer the question than nodding or shaking your head.

Reversal of meaning of yes/no head gestures occurs in Bulgaria too.

People from Southern India tit their heads to one side or both to Indicate agreement.

On many South Pacific Islands, they signal yes by raising their eyebrows.

If you visit or host Chinese, do not wear a green hat. Many Chinese believe that when a man wears a green hat, his wife or girlfriend is cheating on him. Generally, for Chinese people green has a positive meaning. It is associated with health, prosperity and harmony. An exception is a hat.

For many Chinese people, green hats are associated with infidelity.

If you at the table and some guests or the host make loud slurping sound they will be displeased if you do not do the same. Sometimes in Japan, as in Hong Kong, slurping is not rude; it is a sign of approval and appreciation for the cooking. Slurping pays a tribute to the chef. And if you do not slurp they may think that you did not like their food. Also lip smacking tells the cook that his food is delicious. Belching is another complimentary sign, as in some parts of the Philippines and in Saudi Arabia.

There are many customs related to whether it is impolite or polite to eat with your mouth open. The Japanese believe that it is rude to show the inside of the mouth. That is why they also cover it when they laugh.

Many Asians and Saudi Arabians make eating noises to show their appreciation of the food. Interpret this as a compliment and not bad manners.

Are you invited for dinner and you want to buy flowers as a present be careful in different cultured there are different meanings of flowers and their colors.

Yellow flowers:

In American culture it means “I miss you”.

In Iranian culture it means “Enemy”, “I hate you” or even that you wish the person’s death.

In Georgia it means that you do not want to see the person any more.

Among Mexicans yellow flowers have a negative connotation, related to funerals.

White flowers

For Chinese and most other Asian people, white is the color of mourning and frequently used in funeral sprays. So if you are not sure to which culture belongs your host do not buy yellow or white flowers.

There are some gift taboos you should know. In Chinese, the sound of the word umbrella is the same as the word for separation. For Chinese, gifts of knives and scissors also symbolize the severance of a relationship.

In the past, Americans had a similar reaction to a gift of a sharp object. The recipient had to give a penny back as if he had bought this object and not gifted.

Another Chinese gift taboo is the clock. The sound of the word “clock” is a homophone for a word that means “attending the dead”. So the recipient of a clock give a coin in return, symbolically buying it instead.

In Georgia gifting soup, shampoo or napkin means tears. Gifting knife means quarrel. They also do not give soup or knife from hand to hand, because it means that you will quarrel with this person.

At last if you are going to visit other country or are invited to the house whose host belongs to the other culture it is better to read some information about that nations and their culture not to feel yourself uncomfortable or even fool.

Have you ever thought of an island that looks like a fish from the globe overview? Isn’t it funny a fishy island surrounded with fishes inside the sea? Oh, you may think that my geography is awful, but I’m able to proof this reality. You may check out yourself via the map. Follow the instruction: It lies 3.2 km east of Java and approximately 8 degrees south of the equator. East to west, the island is approximately 153 km wide and 112 km north to south, with a surface area of 5,632 km². Oh, I think you have already found it – Bali itself – an island that makes your dreams true.

Don’t you wish to be there while your holidays, spending great time in a wild nature and wide your dreams horizon? Also you may appear a person who is always ready for innovations, who is not afraid of the highest point like Mount Agung at 3,142 m high, an active volcano that last erupted in March 1963. Mount Batur is also still active. About 30,000 years ago it experienced a catastrophic eruption - one of the largest known volcanic events on the Earth. I’m a little bit afraid but still I’d like to be there, it seems to be an interesting advantage.

Bali consists of about three million people, nearly all of who practice the Balinese Hindu religion that is deeply interwoven with art and ritual, and is less closely preoccupied with scripture, law, and belief than Islam in Indonesia. Balinese and Indonesian are the most widely spoken languages in Bali. English is a common third language of many Balinese, owing to the requirements of the large tourism industry. Could you imagine that staff working in Bali's tourist centers is often, by necessity, multilingual to some degree, speaking as many as 8 or 9 different languages to an often surprising level of competence.

Also there is a luxury service provided by many companies, those offering high standard apartments mostly like villas in exchange of some money. But it’s not all; the main goal is that you feel like a “big fish” out the aquarium.

www.in-balivillas.com is one of those who give you an opportunity to find out yourself there. They introduce you the finest Villas in Seminyak in the Island of Gods. Surrounded by Attractively designed private homes or villas close with Seminyak beach, private villas and offer the real Luxurious stay. Some packages has dedicated to making family travel fun, rewarding, and affordable for the entire family for less than the cost of staying at a good Bali hotels in Bali.

“Fishy” Island has already amazed me I hope you do so, so the rest thing that I can do is to wish you an interesting journey. A “big fish” - let it out the aquarium!

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali

http://www.in-balivillas.com/

Japanese business etiquette is the subject of entire books - mostly written by people who have not been to Japan since the 1970s and want us to believe that Japanese business etiquette dictates that even the most trivial business meeting has levels.


In practice, Japanese business etiquette is not so different - politeness, sensitivity and good manners are the pillars of Japanese business etiquette. Same as in other countries.

Japanese business etiquette is not so different once you get to know the people and their main traditions you are dealing with.

The key issues to be aware of are almost all related to initial meetings - especially with senior executives of large companies. As time passes and your relationship with a customer strengthens, the formalities will lessen- although never to the same extent as in Georgia Republic, because in Georgia friendship is on first place and friendship traditions takes roots in earlier history.

Here are some key aspects of Japanese business etiquette:

Japanese business cards
. In Japanese business etiquette, Japanese business cards are a 'must have'. If you go or are going to meet Japanese at business meeting it is good to have double-sided Japanese business cards printed with the Japanese language on one side designed using the same elements as the English side. If your original business card is not English (i.e. German, French, Spanish etc.) then use double-sided English and Japanese business cards when doing business in Japan.

. Never flick, throw, slide, lob or otherwise push your Japanese business card across the table - always present your Japanese business card holding it with both hands, Japanese-language side facing forward. Give it to the most senior member of the Japanese party first, bowing slightly as you do so and then on down the corporate ladder.

. Accept a Japanese business card with respect, using both hands, saying 'Thank you'.

. Never write notes on a Japanese business card - never! Carry a small note book to write down notes or enter them into your PDA.

. Never fidget or play with a Japanese business card.

. Remember to deliberately and carefully pick up all of the Japanese business cards you receive and put them into your case at the end of the meeting. Forgetting his business card is very rude; it says you did not consider him to be relevant.

Appearance
Men

. Japanese business etiquette may be getting less formal but business attire does not seem to be changing.

. Those who dress according to their status or position impress the Japanese. Dress to impress.

. Wear dark conservative attire. Business suits are most suitable.

. Casual dress is never appropriate in a business setting.

Women

. Women - although not so much an aspect of Japanese business etiquette as of culture, many Japanese men do not relate easily to women with authority in business and that can present problems for women executives. To avoid being treated as an 'office-lady':

. Wear shorter (or tied back) hair.

. Women’s dress should be conservative. Little emphasis should be placed on accessories. They should be minimal.

. Women should not wear pants in a business situation. Japanese men tend to find it offensive.

. Women should only wear low-heeled shoes to avoid towering over men.

. If you decide to wear a kimono wrap it left over right to do otherwise symbolize death.

Business meetings

. Not strictly Japanese business etiquette but always telephone 1 - 2 hours prior to a scheduled meeting to confirm that you are on your way.

. If you will be late arriving for a meeting then call at least 1 hour in advance to allow the customer to reschedule.

. Always arrive 10 minutes early for a meeting, more if the meeting will be with senior executives.

. It is good Japanese business etiquette to take lots of notes - it indicates interest and Japanese are trained during induction to note down everything at meetings. If you forget a discount that you promised in an early meeting, even a year later the Japanese side will show you the note they made at the time!

Personal habits

. Avoid using large hand gestures, unusual facial expressions and any dramatic movements. The Japanese do not talk with their hands and to do so could distract your host.
Pointing in not acceptable.

. Do no blow your nose in public (including meeting rooms).

. Never pat a Japanese man on the back or shoulder.

. Never make derogatory remarks about anyone, including your competitors and own employees.

. A smile can have double meaning. It can express either joy or displeasure. Use caution with your facial expressions. They can be easily misunderstood.

. It is good to ask a lot of questions about your customer's company (and none about his/her private life).

. Japanese rarely entertain in the home. If you are invited to the home of your Japanese host, consider it a great honor and display a tremendous amount of appreciation.

. Do not openly display money. It is rare to see it given from person to person in Japan. It is important to use an envelope to pass money.

. In Asia the number 14 is bad luck, because in Japanese it sounds like the word ‘shuh-shuh’, which sounds like the word for death.

Gift giving

. Gift giving is very important both business and personal situations.

. Style is everything. The gift itself is of little importance, the ceremony surrounding it is what matters.

. Always wrap gifts. And choose the paper carefully; don’t give anything wrapped in white as it symbolizes death. Don’t use bright colors or bows to wrap the gift either. It is better to have the place you bought the gift to warp it to ensure that it is appropriate.

. Give your host some warning during the evening that you intend to give them a present. Don’t surprise your host.

. Give the gift with both hands and accept gifts with both hands.

. Generally, gifts will not be opened while you are there. If your host insist that you open the gift they have given you, do so carefully. They take pride in gift wrapping; show that you appreciate the effort.

. Do not give gifts in odd numbers or the number four, odd numbers are bad luck and four sounds like the word for death in Japanese.

. Gifts should be given at the end of a visit.

. Do not admire anything belonging to your host too closely. The Japanese love to please so you may end up taking it home as a gift.

. Good gift ideas are top choice beef, fruit and alcohol such as brandy, quality whiskey and wine.

Most people whose faith depends on biblical scripture believe that divination is a sin condemned by God. So are the Russian orthodox churchgoers. But how strange it might sound, Russians believe that the divination is not sin, if it is done from 6th to 19th January. This period is called ‘Sviatki’.

In the previous post I wrote about traditional Christmas dinner in different countries. Now I have added more countries' Christmas dinner traditions. Some of you may find interesting some of the traditional meals I have written and add them to your Christmas dinner menu. Enjoy!


Christmas Dinner in Ethiopia
Food served at Christmas usually includes injera, a sourdough pancake like bread. Injera serves as both plate and fork. Doro wat, a spicy chicken stew might be the main meal. A piece of the injera is used to scoop up the wat.

In the weeks leading up to Christmas, homes are usually filled with mouth-watering aromas from baking holiday goodies. From cakes, candies to cookies, many of these treats are packaged in baskets or cookie tins for holiday gifts.

For most of us, the holidays are comprised of Christmas holiday celebrations and traditions. Many family traditions are handed down from generation to generation.

Christmas Decorations

Without a doubt, one of the most important holiday customs is the family Christmas tree. Year after year, trees are decorated with different kinds of ornaments and various decorations and are carefully stored once the season is over. In some families ornaments are kept from generation to generation which brings childhood and pleasant memories for family members.

Most houses are decorated with garland, mistletoe, and wreaths. Some families go all out and put up Christmas lights outdoors.

In some countries Christmas tree is different. For example, in Italy, the Christmas tree is called ‘Italian Ceppo’, a pyramid shaped structure made of wood often called the tree of light, decorated beautifully with fruit, nuts and presents. Geor­gian "Christmas tree", the chichilaki, is made of wood shavings. It sits in a window, set against a sunlit snowscape over a traditional Georgian balcony. It is surrounded by seeds, beans, Georgian sweet called Churchxela (made with nuts, fresh grape juice (thickened with flower) and dried on air hanging on long sticks) and preserved fruits. It is an ensemble of hope.

Christmas Dinner

A traditional Christmas dinner includes stuffed turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and a variety of other dishes. Some families have ham or roast goose instead of turkey. Favorite desserts include mince pie or pumpkin pie, plum pudding, and fruitcake. Eggnog is a popular Christmas beverage in many homes.

Christmas Parties

Parties are the usual Christmas Tradition. It's a time for family members and friends to get together, exchange gifts, and celebrate the holiday season. There are various Christmas dinner traditions in different countries.

Stockings

It doesn't matter if there is a fireplace in the house or not. Every child hangs a Christmas stocking out for Santa and his elves to fill up with goodies and candy canes. The bigger the stocking is the better. This is usually the first thing checked on Christmas morning when the children wake up, full of anticipation.

Jingle bells, jingle bells,

Jingle all the way!

O what fun it is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh…

Almost the whole world is waiting for the Christmas day; day of huge happiness, day when we make gifts and get ours.

In most areas, Christmas Day is the least active day of the year for business and commerce; almost all retail, commercial and institutional businesses are closed, and almost all industries cease activity.

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Toys2Wish4.com provides considerable savings on children's toys, toys for toddlers and babies and toys for teens. Offering popular items such as Make-a-Plate Kit, Kid's Gardening Tool Set, Webkinz and Illustory, the company focuses its product offering on toys and books that inspire kids to learn as well as be entertained. From books, musical instruments, bath tub activities and science projects, Toys2wish4.com strives to keep today’s youth enjoying fun time and broadening their horizons.

The online toy store carries just about every top toy on the market right now and has a variety of cool gift ideas for kids of all ages. The company has been selling toys online since 1999 and continues to provide customers a balance between the toys of tomorrow with the favorites of yesteryear.

"We offer customers a wide selection of toys from popular brands like KidKraft and Anatex to local manufacturers, such as Melissa & Doug. We are rooted in tradition, but aren’t afraid of moving forward in today’s world. Chances are when you walk in the door or shop online, you’ll see something you hadn’t seen in years, or something you’ve never seen before," stated Jan Lawrence, spokesperson for Toys2Wish4.com.

Quality, creativity and affordability are the three most important factors in the toys offered by Toys2Wish4.com. The company seeks to bring affordable, yet widely popular toys to families nationwide.

Toys2Wish4.com is an online retailer of children's toys, learning toys and activity toys and continues to provide popular toys from top manufactures including Hasbro, Lego, Mattel, Tomy, Tyco, Breyer, KidKraft, Anatex and Alex. Children of all ages have been enjoying toys offered through the website since its start in 1999. Toys2Wish4.com was founded by Creative Toymaker which began operations in 1994. With headquarters in Glastonbury, CT Creative Toymaker and Toys2Wish4.com have grown steadily over the years, catering to parents, teachers and children of all ages.

An economist’s analysis calculates that Christmas is a deadweight loss under orthodox microeconomic theory, due to the surge in gift-giving. This loss is calculated as the difference between what the gift giver spent on the item and what the gift receiver would have paid for the item. It is estimated that in 2001 Christmas resulted in a $4 billion deadweight loss in the U.S alone.

Both Roman Catholics and Orthodox view the other churches' traditions as invalid.

The Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches make the identical claim of apostolic succession, yet they are so different that they are not even in communion!

Roman Catholics and Eastern Greek Orthodox churches accuse the other of false doctrines both based upon tradition:

1. The Catholics reject several of the specific canons of the early ecumenical councils, but the orthodox accept them as inspired.

2. Catholics and Orthodox disagree on the dates of Christmas and Easter. While the Orthodox Church claims council at Nicea was inspired, yet is rejects the canons of Nicea on the date of Easter which the Catholics accept.

3. The Catholics teach purgatory, yet the Orthodox rejects it.

4. Orthodox rejects Papal infallibility, the decisions of the orthodox synods are considered infallible.

5. The Immaculate Conception is utterly rejected by the Orthodox.

6. Orthodox Church, priests can marry, but Catholics priests cannot.

7. The Roman Catholic Church introduced instrumental music no earlier than the 7th century and the Orthodox Church has never used instrumental music but like the apostles, sang without instrument.

8. In Catholic communion, the cup is withheld from the members, while the Orthodox floats the "crouton looking" bread cubes in the wine. Catholics believe the bread and wine (transubstantiation) become the literal body of Christ when the priest says, "this is my body". The Orthodox disagrees and says the change takes place at prayer. Catholics use unleavened bread, while Orthodox use leavened bread. Orthodox must keep a ridged schedule of fasts in order to have communion every week, but the most common practice is a minimum of four times a year during the four Orthodox Lents "Christmas, Easter, Peter and Paul, The virgin Mary. Catholics on the other hand, need not eat the hour before, to have communion every day. In the end, Orthodox offer communion weekly and Catholics daily. In practice most Orthodox laity have communion four times year and Catholics weekly.

9. For Catholics the "Transubstantiation" occurs when the priest says the words, "this is my body". For Orthodox the change occurs when the priest offers the prayer of thanks.

10. The "Filioque" scandal: Following the Nicene creed, the Orthodox Church believed the Holy Spirit proceeded from the Father alone. Then in 1054 AD the Roman church added to the wording of the Nicene Creed "And the Son" or the "Filioque." The Roman church believed the Holy Spirit proceeded from BOTH the Father and the Son.

11. Orthodox keeps the original Nicene Creed, accepted by the Universal Church, East and West, during the first millennium without the addition of "And the Son" or the "Filioque." It accepts, on faith, Christ's words in the Gospel, that the Father is the Unoriginate Source of the Life of the Trinity, with the Only-Begotten Son and the Holy Spirit Proceeding from the Father Alone.

Orthodox churches use the Julian rather than the Gregorian version of the Western calendar. As a result, they celebrate Christmas 13 days later than other Christian churches.

In Orthodox countries Christmas is on 7th of January and New Year is celebrated on 14th of January.

Each family owns its traditions and reveals the secrets. Among them there are amazing, mere and less interesting stories. Tracing pedigree themes attract and involve, People keep diaries, and surely we don’t want them to be forgotten. We have to know our history from where we are and how we appeared? There is a popular study of genealogy, this involves the collection of the names of relatives, both living and deceased, and establishing the relationships among them based on primary, secondary and/or circumstantial evidence or documentation, thus building up a cohesive family tree. A family tree is generally the totality of ones ancestors represented as a tree structure, or more specifically, a chart used in genealogy. Nowadays you can easily create your own genealogy list; you don’t have to be very competitive, but stay simple. With the advent of the Internet, the number of resources available to genealogists has vastly increased; however, some of these sources must be treated with caution because of issues of accuracy.

The family network for online family trees has been launched in English. A huge interest in the European countries shows a trend concerning family trees and genealogy on the internet. The pan-European service is the Germany’s community of the year and the fastest-growing German Social Network.

Christian Richtscheid, Manager in charge of the international website says that: “Due to our easy-to-use interface, you can create your own family tree with a few clicks completely free of charge. Relatives can be invited automatically via email and after registering look at their tree or participate in the building process. This way, a family network can be built up all around your family tree.”

There are various possibilities for active users to add information on living or deceased relatives such as photos, birth places or hobbies. All information in the family trees is only visible to family members that have been invited previously.

Christian Richtscheid explains: “In most countries, the family is the core of society. This fact, in connection with English as the world language, opens an extremely wide-spread target group all over the world.”

The web-site is available in English, Italian, Portuguese, German and Spanish so far. This internationality allows the creation of multinational family trees across language barriers. If family members already have a family tree on their PC, they can easily import their data completely free of charge.

“I’m very proud of my family tree, gathered history is very important to me. My little child always asks if what have been doing his grandma when I used to be a teenage. An answer is always the same- let’s see our family tree.”-says Antony Moier .

You want to know who was your old grandfather or maybe his cousin, her mom or uncle. It seems that you need your own folk’s history. The genealogy truly can help keep family traditions alive or reveal family secrets.

What makes Italian weddings so intriguing is that the customs and traditions vary from region to region as well as from town to town. This makes writing about Italian wedding traditions and customs a difficult task.

In Italy there are some really lovely wedding traditions and including some of them in your wedding day is a great way to make your wedding a little more unique and special.


Some of the traditions mentioned above are slightly ancient and may not be followed much today as they were once and of course they are changed from time to time.

Italian Wedding Traditions:

The bride and groom will usually have separate evening meals with their respective family and friends. They don't see each other the night before the wedding. In the morning of the wedding day the groom will either deliver the bridal bouquet to the bride’s house or wait outside the ceremony venue and present the bride her bouquet upon her arrival. The bridal bouquet is usually a gift from the groom’s family and its colour is meant to be a surprise to the bride.

Wedding guests will wait outside the ceremony venue for the bride to arrive and then follow the bride and groom inside for the ceremony to commence.

On the wedding day the bride must wear something blue, something old, something borrowed and something new. These items are supposed to bring the bride good luck and she should honour this custom.

As a rule, purple is avoided.

In southern Italy nobody gets married in May because it brings bad luck (there is the same tradition in Russia).

The groom on his side has to follow some important rules, for example, not to wear short socks or tuxedo. The groom fulfils the tradition of wearing black or dark grey thin socks, cuff links, boutonniere and a tailcoat including a silk top hat and gloves.

In some regions it is customary for the bride and groom to walk to their wedding ceremony together.

Often when the bride leaves her home, someone will have tied a white ribbon over her front door or gate which she must cut. A white ribbon may also be tied in front of the ceremony venue to symbolise the bond between the bride and groom.

After the wedding ceremony all guests are given small bags of rice which are thrown over the bride and groom as confetti.

At each side of the church's main door it is preferable to put two little olive trees as a symbol of good luck.

It is considered bad luck to wear any gold on the day of the wedding until the wedding rings are exchanged.

At the wedding reception each guest is given a Bomboniere. This Italian wedding tradition is the original version of favours and the Bombonieri are 5 sugared almonds wrapped in lace. The almonds symbolise health, wealth, fertility, happiness & long life.

Before the wedding meal begins the best man will serve the guests sweet liquor so they can toast to the happiness of the couple. Usually songs that talk about the story of the spouses are played. In many areas dances of the local traditions are performed (folk dancing). For example in Southern Italy it is still popular to dance to the "Tarantella". The Tarantella is a lively, flirty Southern Italian group dance that involves linking arms, moving in a circle and whirling and twirling about on the dance floor. In Calabria, towards the end of the reception, the guests sing "Lauretta mia", which is a local song that talks about the parents and of what they have done for their children....

If you are getting married and want to include some Italian wedding traditions into your wedding day its a lovely idea, but be sure to also tell your guests the meaning of each of the Italian wedding traditions you have incorporated as they will be curious about why you have done certain things.

If you want to write a book about tradition go to Georgia. There are different traditions in various parts of Georgia.

Many foreigners write and speak about wine drinking traditions in Georgia. Georgians drink a lot of wine, but not every day; only if there are guests over or something is being celebrated.

In the past centuries Georgians did not drink so much wine at the feast. They drank only one bowl/cup of wine during the meal. If there was a guest or was something being celebrated there were drunk max 3 bowls/cups of wine. During the feast Georgians would sing songs and say toasts. Women were not allowed at the table. There was a table in another room specially led for women. Women also drank a little wine, sang and dance. Both men and women had their own Tamada (A tamada is a toastmaster at a Georgian Supra or feast).

Nowadays women are allowed to seat at the table with men. They are not expected to drink much but among men drinking is a test of their strength and manfulness. It is like competition between the members of the feast. But you lose your "competition" if you get drunk, are unable to walk properly or end the feast in the bathroom hugging the toilet seat.

A few tips if you get at the Georgian feast:

• Don't refuse a glass of wine. It is very rude and insults the host. Especially if the party is held in honour of you.You can toast along, hold speeches and drink symbolic little sips from your glass.
• If you really can't or do not want to drink, make an excuse like: you have stomach problems, you are driving the car,you have problems with you liver or heart or you are taking the medicine which forbids the drinking.
• If you are hang over say it to your host, but be careful for the local remedy for this problem is getting more alcohol. Drink the same alcohol with which you drank the previous day. Do not drink more than two glasses. If you do not like the meat or the soup you are at the risk that they start preparing Hashi, a soup made of cow feet and cow stomach with salt and garlic. If you can't drink even one glass of alcohol and do not like the Hashi ask the host to bring Borjomi for you. It is Georgian mineral water. It is the ultimate hang over cure...
• You should know several essential toasts. In Georgia the tradition of toasting is very important. You can only toast with wine and vodka, NEVER with soft drinks! Georgians only toast with beer if they wish somebody bad luck. (Often Georgian men toast their mother-in-laws with beer). So, don't toast your guest family with beer.
• Never sit at the short end of the table. It is always reserved for the Tamada (of course if you are not the Tamada yourself).
• If you drank the toast of dead Friends or relatives do not omit the next toast. It is important to drink the next toast, because it is said that if you stop drinking after a toast in honor of the dead you will die soon. So Georgians try to say the next toast as soon as possible.