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60. Hanukkah Song
… dances traditionally performed during Hanukkah week by women of the Kadavumbhagam community in Kochi. Two of the … containing the text come from that community—as did the women who sang the recorded version at the 1981 circle dance … narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Avigdor (Tibor) Herzog … 60. …
59. The Document Box
… narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 59. The Document Box …
58. Ahashverosh Song
… was not accepted, not by Mordecai. In protest many people—women and children too— Lay flat on the ground in prayer … this very popular Malayalam song appears in twenty women’s notebooks, representing all six communities in which … narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 58. …
57. In the India Kingdom
… narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 57. In the …
56. The Song of Ruth
… two were left together there. 2. Malon and Kiliyon married women there— Wives from a different People, not from their … mother-in-law; the “covering shawl” worn by Kerala Jewish women to cover their upper body and head in the synagogue; … Rosh Ḥodesh ), which should be particularly observed by women; and the uniquely Jewish Malayalam term “Redeemer …
55. David and the Spider
… killer. Gamliel goes on to speculate that the Kerala Jewish women singers may be identifying to some extent with this … narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 55. David and the Spider …
54. David and the Mosquito
… narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 54. David and the Mosquito …
53. Moshe and the Promised Land (Song of the Thirteen Sifrei Torah)
… Joseph Hai. Kochi, January 9, 1977; III-23. 53c. Kerala women. Recorded by ethnomusicology students from Bar-Ilan … thirteen Torah scrolls during his final day. In some women’s notebooks this song is titled, “Song of the Thirteen … It was recorded in Kochi in 1977, sung by three Paradesi women, whose repetitious melody was the same as that …
52. The Song of “Anokhi”
… narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 52. The Song …
51. When Moshe Received Knowledge
… narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Avigdor (Tibor) Herzog … 51. When …