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TRIO MANDILI

For the first time in Riga! World music Internet sensation – "TRIO MANDILI"!

Three young and charming girls from Georgia have become popular due to the music selfie video, which they shot and posted on YouTube. In just few days the video with Georgian folk song gathered a million views and the three friends became celebs...

How was the video shot? They were walking down a country road. The weather was great and the view was splendid. The girls felt like singing. And so they did. Tatuli recorded a selfie video, and then uploaded it to the internet. That was it. And this video completely changed the lives of three friends. 


The trio has got a name – "Mandili". That is a kind of a headscarf. Women’s headpiece widely worn in many regions of Georgia. According to Georgian tradition woman throwing scarf (mandili) on earth to make peace between two fighting men.


The popularity of "Trio Mandili" is growing every day. Today the band has about half a million subscribers on Facebook. An unexpected success, of course, makes the girls happy. But they continue to work very hard. Last year they recorded their first album "With Love". It is very moving album with lyrical songs about love and about Georgia. Girls receiving invitations to different festivals, popular television and radio shows, as well as concerts.

Very soon the girls will please their fans - the second album already on the way… Admirers of their talent will be able to hear new lyrical compositions about love and Georgia.

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