Mzetamze Festival in Akhaltsikhe/Borjomi region
Mzetamze is primarily the name of a respected Georgian ensemble dedicated to women's traditional song, a tradition also honored through the related Nanina Women's Folklore Festival. Independent documentation of a standalone, geographically fixed Mzetamze Festival in the Akhaltsikhe or Borjomi region is thin, so this entry is written cautiously.
Mzetamze is, first and foremost, the name of a respected Georgian ensemble of musicologists and singers dedicated specifically to performing and researching the country's women's song repertoire, work historically distinct from the more widely toured mixed and male polyphonic ensembles that dominate Georgia's international folk-music reputation.