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27. The Elegantly Adorned Bride
… at a special women’s party on the Shabbat preceding her wedding and also at a women’s party the night before the wedding. In elaborate musical detail, it portrays a Kerala … that community. … 52 … 7 … 44254 … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs …
26. After the Bath
… to the required ritual bath (mikveh) on the morning of her wedding day, and the last lines as a blessing for her … of all three Jewish communities that this was to be her wedding day. We have not found any recorded memory of a … Song.” … 52 … 7 … 44252 … Kochi … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … …
24. Blessing for the Bridegroom
… for community festivities during the week following a wedding. The “ark with four legs” in stanza 3 must be a … Uziel. … 52 … 7 … 44246 … Kochi … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. …
23. Happiness to the Bridegroom
… the groom with attributes associated with each name. Like songs 17 and 24, it ends with a stanza about Seraḥ bat … it would be better to use a tune more appropriate for a wedding, but no one has offered an alternative. … 52 … 7 … 44243 … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … …
21. Great God Who Has Fed Us
… Speaking and replying, “Sadhakan is the Holy One." 3. By songs and celebration, we praise Lord Tamburan. For He gave … fulfill us in Siyon. There we will go up singing, singing songs of praise. With blessings and excellence, O Holy … melody associated with a particular festive occasion—e.g. a wedding melody to celebrate the news of an engagement or a …
20. The Command Is Proclaimed
… The introduction to songs 18–20 is available here . Sarah Cohen, Seema Salem, … on Ḥatan Shabbat , the “Bridegroom’s Shabbat,” after the wedding (Daniel & Johnson 1995, 188). She and her aunt, … it in Kochi in 1977. After the initial melody, shared with songs 19 and 21, the second tune is from the Kerala Hebrew …
19. As You Stand Before Us (Saturday Night Bride Song)
… The introduction to songs 18–20 is available here . Sarah Cohen, Seema Salem, … 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 …
17. Blessing Song
… use, it has been one of the most enigmatic of all the songs. Though many women were familiar with it, none claimed … a blessing for the family of the brit milah child (or the wedding couple), whereas the fifth stanza asks blessings for … song’s similarity to passages from “a long tradition of (wedding songs) in Hebrew, Syriac and Arabic poetry.” When …
15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… for community festivities during the week following a wedding. The “ark with four legs” in stanza 3 must be a … … 52 … 7 … 44220 … Jerusalem … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 15. Sefer …
12. North Side, South Side (A Visit from the Raja)
… to the paḷḷi, perhaps in celebration of a holiday or wedding. His appreciation of their boisterous procession can … are a characteristic opening for certain Mappilla Muslim songs from northern Kerala. Zacharia (2005, 199) discusses … 35, “A Green Bird”), perhaps combined because the two short songs share the same simple melody. They were initially …