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27. The Elegantly Adorned Bride
… the bride in traditional dress and elaborate jewelry at a community party the night before her wedding. This custom is … and the two women who recorded it in 2001 were from that community. … 52 … 7 … 44254 … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … …
26. After the Bath
… is found only in notebooks from Kochi—six from the Paradesi community and one from Tekkumbhagam-Kochi. The two Paradesi …
24. Blessing for the Bridegroom
… it was commissioned and paid for by a family within the community, who then presented it as a gift to the synagogue. … home of the bride or bridegroom’s family as a center for community festivities during the week following a wedding. … its dedication, in a joyous street procession of the entire community, also including guests from other Jewish …
21. Great God Who Has Fed Us
… in Chendamangalam, and Rivka Wadekeotam from that Jewish community performed it from memory in Jerusalem in 1977. …
15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… it was commissioned and paid for by a family within the community, who then presented it as a gift to the synagogue. … home of the bride or bridegroom’s family as a center for community festivities during the week following a wedding. … its dedication, in a joyous street procession of the entire community, also including guests from other Jewish …
14. The Paliat Achan Song
… Venus Lane recorded it again in 2006. In the search for community origins, Ruby Daniel and several other writers … the town of Palur (where there was an ancient Jewish community) and the Paliam family of Chendamangalam (where … … Jerusalem … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … …
13. Manacheri Women! Mattancherry Women!
… Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … …
12. North Side, South Side (A Visit from the Raja)
… Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… was from Mala, but I regret not knowing her own community of origin. It seems possible she may have been … now living in Israel recall being told by elders that their community’s original synagogue was called “south-side” … a different sequence of events, with elders of the Paradesi community alone granting permission, sponsoring and …