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61. Lord from the Beginning
… God’s blessing for the performance and the occasion, comparable to the initial song in women’s circle dances by …
57. In the India Kingdom
… 1:3–7, it begins with description of a lavish event, comparable to the durbar (royal court) scenes in Chavittunatakam …
49. Redeemed from Egypt
… and his army were drowned, this song prays to God for a comparable redemption in the present time. It is found in …
39-40. Golden Manangĕ + My Dear Mamuchi
… are as cherished as the eye, or the pupil of the eye (comparable to the English idiom “apple of the eye”). Manangĕ is …
27. The Elegantly Adorned Bride
… gained wide popularity throughout Israel in recent years (Sharaby 2006) though the Kerala Jews do not traditionally use …
24. Blessing for the Bridegroom
… in a temporary, canopied structure called a manāra , comparable to two other manara structures. One was the more …
17. Blessing Song
… “a long tradition of (wedding songs) in Hebrew, Syriac and Arabic poetry.” When the Blessing Song was recorded in 1977 …
15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… in a temporary, canopied structure called a manāra , comparable to two other manara structures. One was the more …
9. Paradesi Synagogue Song
… the commencement of the building project; this is comparable to rituals mentioned in songs about the other two … descriptor maṇamāra suggests a lovely, decorated place, comparable to the maṇāra constructed from silk hangings to form …
5. Mala Synagogue Song
… 276)—we use the capitalized term “People” or “Peoples”—comparable to the Hebrew ‘Am Israel (people of Israel), which …