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Lezginka Khasasavyurti
… title sindicates, in the town of Khasavyurt where a sizable Jewish community existed. … 8 … 7 … Makhachkala, Daghestan …
Splendid Singing Birds: Jewish Women’s Songs from Kerala
… playlist is the advanced release of Splendid Singing Birds: Jewish Women’s Songs from Kerala , one of the longstanding projects of the Jewish Music Research Centre. Led with diligence, profound … language song repertoire, anchored in the life of the Jewish communities of Kerala, on the southwest seacoast of …
1. Oh Lovely Parrot!
… payinkiḷi —literally translated as a “green parrot,” and in Jewish Malayalam an epithet for a very beautiful woman— … and two others (songs 2 and 14) points to a tradition of Jewish roots in what is now the small town of Palayur, as … (signifying the minyan or quorum of ten required for Jewish prayer) apparently survived, but the others …
