Barekhu (Livorno)

Purim, referred to by the local Jews as Carnovale, could last in Livorno up to eight days, and was celebrated with music and dance. Fatre onore al bel Purim is a contemporary adaptation (1928) by writer and folklorist Guido Bedarida of the Judeo-Venetian Purim songs different versions of which spread throughout Northern Italy since the mid-17th century. Bedarida added the names of Livornese recipes (such as the sweet Mount Sinai-shaped sinaini) and adapted the transformed text to the melody of the piyyut for Purim Akh ze hayom qiviti. The song Wal viva, viva nostro Burino known as Cantiga de Purim a la moresca (mid 17th century), follows the liturgical blessing Barekhu.