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19. As You Stand Before Us (Saturday Night Bride Song)
… to the house in which she was to stay until the day of the wedding. From Daniel’s fuller description of the evening's … for a special meal for the bride on the Shabbat after the wedding. The song’s text contains many references to … _______________________________ [1] The other Kerala Jews traditionally celebrated weddings on Tuesdays, which was …
17. Blessing Song
… a blessing for the family of the brit milah child (or the wedding couple), whereas the fifth stanza asks blessings for … refrain that “wanders” through the corpus of Malayalam Jewish songs; it refers to the midrash about the young girl, … blessing song in the repertoire of Knanaya Christians, who traditionally claim to be descended from early Kerala Jews …
9. Paradesi Synagogue Song
… of other Kerala synagogues (songs 4 and 5 ), along with the tradition of the Kochi Raja’s special relationship with the … translated here as “some others,” might come from the Jewish Malayalam saying, “Why don’t you ask four people?”—a … from silk hangings to form a symbolic bridal chamber for wedding celebrations or a temporary ark for the Torah …
30. Santoṣam Pěrutayirikka Maṇavāla (Happiness to the Bridegroom)
… people, with emphasis on the importance of maintaining his traditions. This version is sung to a Hebtew brit milah tune, but for a wedding it would be sung to a Hebrew melody associated with … … Cochin … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … …
11. Kappalilĕ (In the Ship)
… song, performed at parties during the week after the wedding, can be compared to traditional songs of Kerala boatmen. The bridegroom, the … … Cochin … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … …
10. Ñāṇṇaṭĕ Maṇavāḷan (Prosper, Prosper! - Our Bridegroom, Our Bride)
… the party of the bridegroom (G), at a celebration after the wedding when gifts are presented. The chorus and the opening … of a longer song beginning "Prosper, Prosper!” which was traditionally sung at a party for non-Jewish friends during the week after the wedding. Text …
7. Ponniṭṭa Meni (Gold-Clad Body)
… This is one of several variants of the song, which was traditionally performed at a women's party the night before a wedding. The last four lines in this performance are not … … Moshav Taoz, Israel … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … …
Yaakov Huri
… as rabbi. Huri belonged to the Zionist sector of the Jewish community. This sector, unlike the yeshivah students … resisted the Zionist melting pot; he was proud of the tradition of his ancestors and worked hard to preserve it. … a photograph she sent from Baghdad to Yaakov, May 14, 1938 Wedding of Yaakov and Sima Huri, Jerusalem, 1940 During the …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… underpin aesthetic appreciation within the pre-Holocaust tradition. [2] Consequently, the correspondence between … songs that were instrumentally performed at Israeli Hasidic weddings. Second, they intentionally do not relate to the … as early as 1927 in a collection of Lithuanian Jewish tunes (Bernstein [1927] 1958, #95), in which it is …
Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur
… most Baghdadi Jews, Zaarur attended synagogue services and traditional family celebrations from an early age, which … This generational tension between well-to-do Baghdadi Jewish families and their youngsters who loved music and … (the Pataw and Bassoon ensembles) who entertained at weddings and other joyous occasions in Baghdad. This gave …