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19. As You Stand Before Us (Saturday Night Bride Song)
… The introduction to songs 18–20 is available here . Sarah Cohen, Seema Salem, … In some books its heading reads, “Saturday Night Bride Song,” reflecting Paradesi customs for celebrating the … on Sunday. [1] When Ruby Daniel translated the Malayalam song in 1997, she explained that it was sung to accompany …
18. Our Food
… The introduction to songs 18–20 is available here . Rahel Kala, Venus Lane, … in the same sense that coolness is a feature of Shabbat in song 66 (“The Coolness of Shabbbat”). Gamliel offers … some of these phrases. She also notes that this Malayalam song portrays redemption as a matter of delight, in contrast …
17. Blessing Song
… word proclaimed. From the mouth of the girl, he heard the song: “Without a doubt Yoseph is alive!” Delightedly hearing … Like this, she was blessed, never to die. This blessing song is found in twenty-five variants among the thirty-eight … use, it has been one of the most enigmatic of all the songs. Though many women were familiar with it, none claimed …
16. Song of the Ten Commandments
… This song was recorded by women from three different Kerala … precious paḷḷi, Oh Lord forever we praise! This song for the dedication of a new sefer Torah is performed in … sang from memory and said she had forgotten parts of the song. In contrast to the two folk-style versions, the …
15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… Sung by women from Kochi, Parur, and Chendamangalam, this song for the donation and dedication of a new Torah scroll … from other Jewish communities. The second stanza of the song refers to two stories from midrash. One tells how the … told Shirley Isenberg that they remembered singing this song on Simḥat Torah afternoon during their hakafah [2] …
14. The Paliat Achan Song
… Achan of Paliyam—Paliat Achan, he’s the one! This song is not found in any of the Jewish notebooks but was … melody was the same as that of a non-Jewish Malayalam folk song titled “In Calicut a Tarakan [Merchant] Came,” describing both as children’s play-songs. For a clearer rendition of the Paliat Achan song, …
13. Manacheri Women! Mattancherry Women!
… of five or six whiskers of prawn!—těy těy This amusing folk song is included not only as a marker of Kochi identity but … as a clear example of “Judaizing” an inherently non-Jewish song. Remembered as one of many songs heard from itinerant non-Jewish street-singers in …
12. North Side, South Side (A Visit from the Raja)
… In harmony together, they bow down to pray. This playful song about Jewtown in Kochi was remembered and performed … patrons of the Kerala Jews. While the contents of the song are certainly Jewish, Gamliel (2005, 225) notes that … are a characteristic opening for certain Mappilla Muslim songs from northern Kerala. Zacharia (2005, 199) discusses …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… come. Be the One forever, O Lord Tamburan. This short song celebrates the excellence of Kochi Harbor and its … who came there. The eight hundred people referred to in the song may simply signify a large number, or perhaps the … in one as a kurukan or “short verse” immediately following song 8, the Kadavumbhagam-Kochi Synagogue song. Its first …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… out loudly with sounds of kurava, Lifting their voices in songs of joyous praise. (x2) The assembly elders were … blessings may Tamburan be blessed. Recorded in 1972, this song was sung in Israel by Leah Eliyavoo Ben Eliyahu. She … have been from Tekkumbhagam-Kochi, as she sang this Kochi song from memory, without hesitation, to the same melody she …