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38. Song About Love
… Sarah Cohen. Recorded by Barbara Johnson, Kochi, January … may the Holy House be built. (x2) There we must go, and songs must be heard. (x2) 11. Be blessed, be blessed, be … comment on spiritual love between the soul and God—several women singers view it in more secular terms, making it …
37. Gorgeous Black-Haired Woman
… Hannah (Dolly) Japheth. Recorded by Barbara Johnson, Neot Mordecai, March 10, 1981; II-28. Ěnna manasākkiya … made of ground rice flour. The piyyut is one of many Hebrew songs designated to be sung for processions with the Torah … 1981 by Ruby Daniel’s aunt, Dolly Japheth. It is found in women’s notebooks from Parur, Ernakulam, and Kochi …
31. The Bridegroom Dressed in Gold
… Rahel Kala, Venus Lane, Hannah Yitzhak, Simcha Yosef. Recorded at NSA … by his side? Nalla! Traditionally performed at a Jewish women's party the night before a wedding (Daniel and Johnson … and themes shared between Jewish and Knanaya Christian songs are pointed out elsewhere in this book (songs 2, 17, …
28. The Gold-Clad Bride
… Miriam Daniel, Rahel Nehemia, Toba Sofer, Simcha Yosef. Recorded by Avigdor Herzog, Moshav … down; Let us bow down in our Jutapaḷḷi. This is one of many songs traditionally sung the night before a wedding, at a women’s party, where the bride is adorned in her wedding …
27. The Elegantly Adorned Bride
… Simcha Yosef, Hannah Yitzhak. Recorded at NSA studio, August … This descriptive tribute is sung to the bride at a special women’s party on the Shabbat preceding her wedding and also … that community. … 52 … 7 … 44254 … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs …
25. Song of the Four Crowns
… Miriam Eliyahu. Recorded by Shirley Isenberg and Edith Gerson-Kiwi, Moshav Mesillat … This song in honor of a bridegroom is found in eight women’s notebooks, from Parur, Ernakulam, and … … Moshav Mesillat Tzion. Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … …
13. Manacheri Women! Mattancherry Women!
… Ruby Daniel and Rahel Kala. Recorded by Barbara Johnson, Kibbutz Neot Mordecai, July 1997. Mānaccěrila … těy Maṭṭalu věṭṭaņa pěņņaṅṅaḷě—těy těy 1. Oh, the women of Manacheri!—těy těy Oh, women who cut the coconut … an inherently non-Jewish song. Remembered as one of many songs heard from itinerant non-Jewish street-singers in …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… Leah E. Ben Eliyahu. Recorded by Barbara Johnson, Kiryat Motzkin, June 15, 1972. CD track 15; I-16. … With fireworks exploding and blasting of the horn. (x2) Women burst out loudly with sounds of kurava. 4. Women burst … out loudly with sounds of kurava, Lifting their voices in songs of joyous praise. (x2) The assembly elders were …
8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… Jacobai E. Cohen. Recorded by Barbara Johnson, Kochi, January 1997. Also Venus Lane, recorded by … A staircase they constructed for ascending there. The women go and sit there—the ones with covered heads— So, … of its creation was still alive. Among all the synagogue songs, this one has the greatest emphasis on details of …
9. Paradesi Synagogue Song
… Venus Lane. Recorded by Barbara Johnson, Ithaca, February 2007; … in unity, to dwell in unity. This is one of two Malayalam songs about the Paradesi Synagogue in Mattancherry Kochi, … the phrase might refer to gathering at least a few more women to make the joyous kurava sound of ululation. Drumming …