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2. Pāloṭu pal̲am Taruven (Parrot Song)
A popular “play song” usually accompanied by clapping and a circle dance, this is also…
3. Pŏnnāṇam tiṇṭu (Dressed in Gold)
The opening lines of a lively and popular song traditioinally performed at a women's…
4. Makka Mŏtu Nikka Pŏka (Golden Palanquin)
A "play song"obscure in meaning, apparently in the voice of a bridegroom asking for…
5. Tampirān Muyimpu... Anaṅkāra Maṅka (The Elegantly Adorned Bride)
Opening lines a tribute to the bride, sung during a party for the bride on the sabbath…
6. Vayalil Vasikkum Stṟiyĕ (Dwelling in the Field)
A Malayalam version, composed in Kochi by Eliyahu Japheth (d. 1935), of the medieval…
7. Ponniṭṭa Meni (Gold-Clad Body)
A song of praise for the beautiful gold-clad bride who walks proudly to the synagogue.…
8. Ĕl̲uneṯṯu Nirāṭi (After the Bath)
Sung by women accompanying the bride as she leaves the house to the synagogue for…
9. Sariman Talamūṭi (The Noble Bridegroom)
A "play song" from Kochi, in the form of a dialogue between the bride and a cuckoo bird…
10. Ñāṇṇaṭĕ Maṇavāḷan (Prosper, Prosper! - Our Bridegroom, Our Bride)
A competition song sung responsively between the party of the bride (marked below as B)…