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22. Misṟinnu Miṇṭatupolĕ (Redeemed from Egypt)
… A plea for divine redemption, this song reviews in dramatic detail how the Jews were saved at … … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … Diaspora … …
21. Maṟavil Ŏḷivāya (Hidden God!)
… This song attributed to Moshe Sarfati (d. 1838) of Kochi … … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … Diaspora … …
20. Mūlamuṭĕyon Ekan (Baby Moses Taken from the Water)
… The opening lines of a song with a lullaby-like tune, telling the Biblical story of how Baby Moses was saved by two women. First his mother hid him in a floating box and then … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … Diaspora … …
19. Josepf the Righteous (Yossef HaTzaddiq)
… A performance of three related and sometimes separate songs about Joseph, sung for weddings and other good … … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … Diaspora …
18. Song of Sarah-Umma (Mother Sarah)
… A "play song" performed at Hanukkah parties with a complex pattern … … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … Diaspora … …
17. Uṭayavan Aruḷālĕ (Song for the Dedication of a Torah Scroll)
… This song for the dedication of a new Torah scroll prases the … also the new scroll which is to be installed in the ark. Women sang this song during an all-night vigil in the … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … Diaspora … …
16. Nalla Karinkallu (Tekkumbhgam-Ernakulam Paḷḷi Song)
… Stanzas 2-4 of a poetic song about the Tekkumbhagam … building in front of it, and the synagogue itself, with the women's section upstairs, and the highly polished black … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … Diaspora … …
15. Mutiyayi Ninnu (Tekkumbhagam-Kochi paḷḷi Song)
… One of several paḷḷi (synagogוe) songs about the building of particular synagogues in Kerala. … of drums, Fireworks exploding, the blast of the horn. Women burst out with the sounds of korava And lifted their …
14. Yĕṟuśalāyinnu Vannāno (The Song of Evaray)
… An origin song of the Kerala Jews, recounting how a learned ancestor … … Jerusalem … AMTI 0403 … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … Diaspora … …
13. Ŏru Pacca Pakki (A Grenn Bird)
… A playful song from Kochi - or perhaps two separate songs, as they are copied together in only one of the … may contain a riddle. Part II is remembered orally by women from the Kadavumbhagam and Paradesi communities in …