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15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… … 52 … 7 … 44220 … Jerusalem … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 15. Sefer …
14. The Paliat Achan Song
… its 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, … Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … …
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 … an inherently non-Jewish song. Remembered as one of many songs heard from itinerant non-Jewish street-singers in … “těy těy” are characteristic line-endings in similar Kerala folk songs. Because there is no written version of this song …
12. North Side, South Side (A Visit from the Raja)
… are a characteristic opening for certain Mappilla Muslim songs from northern Kerala. Zacharia (2005, 199) discusses … “A Green Bird ”), perhaps combined because the two short songs share the same simple melody. They were initially … Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… [1] This is one of several references in the songs to the biblical David (rather than “ben David”—a … … Kibbutz Neot Mordecai, Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… out loudly with sounds of kurava, Lifting their voices in songs of joyous praise. (x2) The assembly elders were … food, drink, fireworks, the music of drumming and women’s songs, and the sound of joyous kuruva ululation. Then … Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … …
8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… of its creation was still alive. Among all the synagogue songs, this one has the greatest emphasis on details of … As in the Tekkumbhagam-Ernakulam and Paradesi paḷḷi songs, a female perspective is expressed in stanza 4, which … Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … …
9. Paradesi Synagogue Song
… in unity, to dwell in unity. This is one of two Malayalam songs about the Paradesi Synagogue in Mattancherry Kochi, … project; this is comparable to rituals mentioned in songs about the other two Kochi synagogues 8 and 10). … Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … …
7. Tekkumbhagam-Ernakulam Synagogue Song
… according to Joshua. As in the Parur and Paradesi synagogue songs (songs 6 and 9), the women’s perspective is apparent here, in … Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Edith …
6. Parur Synagogue Song
… [2] Accessed June 2022. [3] A.I. Simon’s article on the songs (1947, 36–37) indicated that there were ten stanzas in … 52 … 7 … 44190 … Tiberias, Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 6. …