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19. As You Stand Before Us (Saturday Night Bride Song)
… above. _______________________________ [1] The other Kerala Jews traditionally celebrated weddings on Tuesdays, … Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 19. …
18. Our Food
… guests, as did the table of Father Abraham. Looking for Kerala Jewish touches, in the last line of stanza 4 we … 205). “Our Food” is one of the most widely distributed Kerala Jewish songs, found in at least eighteen notebooks … occasion. The 2002 recording transcribed here was sung to a Kerala melody for the popular Hebrew Shabbat piyyut “ Yom …
17. Blessing Song
… despaired of translating it. When she urged me go to Kerala and “find a professor,” it was at least partly in the … who traditionally claim to be descended from early Kerala Jews (Lukose 1910, 1992, 12–13; Swiderski 1988a, … Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 17. …
16. Song of the Ten Commandments
… This song was recorded by women from three different Kerala Jewish communities, each with a different melody and … “Three times without fail to the Great God you must pray.” Kerala Jews use the Malayalam term kuṃbiṭu (bowing down) to … Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … …
15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 15. Sefer Torah Dedication …
14. The Paliat Achan Song
… and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 14. …
13. Manacheri Women! Mattancherry Women!
… Manjeri, in a predominately Muslim part of northern Kerala) as laborers who remove the coir fiber covering … food for Jews). Each of the first three items, integral to Kerala women’s culture, is expressed in just one Malayalam … “těy těy” are characteristic line-endings in similar Kerala folk songs. Because there is no written version of …
12. North Side, South Side (A Visit from the Raja)
… of the royal favor and public security experienced by the Kerala Jews. Perumpaṭappu is the title of the Kochi dynasty … back to Kodungallur and who were consistent patrons of the Kerala Jews. While the contents of the song are certainly … opening for certain Mappilla Muslim songs from northern Kerala. Zacharia (2005, 199) discusses the vāśippāṭṭtu or …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 11. …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… was built sometime between 1489 and 1650. [2] Of the eight Kerala synagogues that were active until the 1950s, it is … day (the fifteenth of the month, auspicious in all the Kerala religious communities) and hosted a grand celebration … were collected in aid of the building—a common practice in Kerala. The descriptive details at the end of the song focus …