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11. Kappalilĕ (In the Ship)
… This humorous song, performed at parties during the week after the wedding, can be compared to traditional songs of Kerala … … Cochin … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … …
12. Antali Patum Kiḷiyĕ Keḷu (Oh Singing Bird)
… parrot, who is invited to eat milk and fruit and honey in the wedding pantal , in return for bringing good news. The pantal is a temporary open shelter resembling a sukkah … place? Red are your lips, and your head is green. Among the Jews two forests are found. In the pantal shelter are milk, …
13. Ŏru Pacca Pakki (A Grenn Bird)
… playful song from Kochi - or perhaps two separate songs, as they are copied together in only one of the collected song notebook. The first … who resided in the southern and northern sections of the Jewish street. It alludes to rivalry between the southern …
14. Yĕṟuśalāyinnu Vannāno (The Song of Evaray)
… An origin song of the Kerala Jews, recounting how a learned ancestor named Evarayi (Ephraim) came from Jerusalem to see Malanad - another name for the land of Kerala. He traveled by way of …
15. Mutiyayi Ninnu (Tekkumbhagam-Kochi paḷḷi Song)
… One of several paḷḷi (synagogוe) songs about the building of particular synagogues in Kerala. This one commemorates the Tekkumbhagam Syriagfigue in Kochi, constructed in 1647, … … Cochin … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … …
16. Nalla Karinkallu (Tekkumbhgam-Ernakulam Paḷḷi Song)
… Stanzas 2-4 of a poetic song about the Tekkumbhagam Synagogue in Ernakulam. The entire song is structured as a prayer, with the first … pure gold, As if itself built from the purest of gold, The Jewish paḷḷi is made pure in its golden essence. Of golden …
17. Uṭayavan Aruḷālĕ (Song for the Dedication of a Torah Scroll)
… This song for the dedication of a new Torah scroll prases the Torah which was accepted on Mount Sinai with prayer, … … Cochin … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … …
18. Song of Sarah-Umma (Mother Sarah)
… recounts several stories from Bible and Midrash about Mother Sarah - her pregnancy, the birth of Isaac, and Sarah's death by falling from a … … Cochin … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … …
19. Josepf the Righteous (Yossef HaTzaddiq)
… separate songs about Joseph, sung for weddings and other good occasions. The first exclaims at how Joseph's dreams foretold the … appears at the conclusion of a number of other Malayalam Jewish songs (e.g. nos. .29, 30). Tunes: Part l same as song …
20. Mūlamuṭĕyon Ekan (Baby Moses Taken from the Water)
… The opening lines of a song with a lullaby-like tune, telling the Biblical story of how Baby Moses was saved by two women. … … Cochin … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … …