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39-40. Golden Manangĕ + My Dear Mamuchi
… one of the songs was composed. Neither song has explicitly Jewish content except that both the romantic couples were known members of the Paradesi Jewish community. Apparently feeling the need to protect the …
38. Song About Love
… a wide range of emotions from liking to passion, its Jewish Malayalam form ābāh or ahabah (a transliteration of … 243–244). Recorded in 1977 by Sarah Cohen of the Paradesi community in Kochi, this song is found mainly in Paradesi … and translation, her more literal adaptation of the 1917 Jewish Publication Society rendering …
34. Golden Palanquin
… this song is found in only three notebooks, all from their community. In the lively rendition recorded as part of a … of Muslim and Christian folksongs. As there are no Jewish markers in the contents of the song, it is possible that it originated as a non-Jewish song associated with circle dances and was …
32. Prosper, Prosper (Our Bridegroom, Our Bride)
… of part I, performed by two women from the Paradesi community in Kochi, combined with part II, found in … during a party on the day after the wedding for non-Jewish friends and neighbors of the wedding party and … families.” The bride and groom were seated on a stage, with Jewish women on opposite sides singing as the guests …
27. The Elegantly Adorned Bride
… household responsibilities. There is nothing identifiably Jewish in this song. In fact, Venus Lane notes two elements … color associated with Muslim weddings. According to Kerala Jewish custom, the bride’s family would often borrow costly … the bride in traditional dress and elaborate jewelry at a community party the night before her wedding. This custom is …
26. After the Bath
… bride, which also pervades song 28, may refer to the Kerala Jewish belief that when a bride emerges from the mikveh, her … the morning. They formed a procession from one end of the Jewish street in Kochi to the other—in effect announcing to … 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
… and writing of a new scroll was always done by a trained Jewish sofer (scribe), and often it was commissioned and paid for by a family within the community, who then presented it as a gift to the synagogue. … of the entire community, also including guests from other Jewish communities. The second stanza of the song refers to …
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
… and writing of a new scroll was always done by a trained Jewish sofer (scribe), and often it was commissioned and paid for by a family within the community, who then presented it as a gift to the synagogue. … of the entire community, also including guests from other Jewish communities. The second stanza of the song refers to …
14. The Paliat Achan Song
… he’s the one! This song is not found in any of the Jewish notebooks but was recorded from memory in 1981 by … Rahel told me that its melody was the same as that of a non-Jewish Malayalam folk song titled “In Calicut a Tarakan … Venus Lane recorded it again in 2006. In the search for community origins, Ruby Daniel and several other writers …