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15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 15. Sefer Torah Dedication …
14. The Paliat Achan Song
… and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 14. …
13. Manacheri Women! Mattancherry Women!
… Manjeri, in a predominately Muslim part of northern Kerala) as laborers who remove the coir fiber covering … food for Jews). Each of the first three items, integral to Kerala women’s culture, is expressed in just one Malayalam … “těy těy” are characteristic line-endings in similar Kerala folk songs. Because there is no written version of …
12. North Side, South Side (A Visit from the Raja)
… of the royal favor and public security experienced by the Kerala Jews. Perumpaṭappu is the title of the Kochi dynasty … back to Kodungallur and who were consistent patrons of the Kerala Jews. While the contents of the song are certainly … opening for certain Mappilla Muslim songs from northern Kerala. Zacharia (2005, 199) discusses the vāśippāṭṭtu or …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… and Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 11. …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… was built sometime between 1489 and 1650. [2] Of the eight Kerala synagogues that were active until the 1950s, it is … day (the fifteenth of the month, auspicious in all the Kerala religious communities) and hosted a grand celebration … were collected in aid of the building—a common practice in Kerala. The descriptive details at the end of the song focus …
8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… ark (heikhal). I have also heard other Jewish elders from Kerala refer to the Shekhinah (Hebrew), the Divine … the foundation with embedded gold and jewels— a traditional Kerala practice. Following construction of the Torah ark on the western wall (closest to Jerusalem, as in all the Kerala synagogue plans), it proceeds with the assembly and …
9. Paradesi Synagogue Song
… of the land echoes royal patronage in the building of other Kerala synagogues (songs 4 and 5), along with the tradition … project, in order to represent the synagogues of as many Kerala Jewish communities as possible. Venus Lane set it to a Kerala tune for Yom Zeh leYisra’el (’ Areshet 1980, 246), a …
7. Tekkumbhagam-Ernakulam Synagogue Song
… When the late Isaac Joshua (president of the Association of Kerala Jews in India) read a Malayalam text of this song for … wealthy Hindu temples and royal dwellings—were unique among Kerala synagogues, according to Joshua. As in the Parur and … in 1939 at the last synagogue dedication to occur in Kerala. Set to the tune of a popular Hebrew bakashah, …
6. Parur Synagogue Song
… or damaged during the Portuguese colonial rule over Kerala. Its stone dedication plaque (possibly the stone … the Parur synagogue complex was undertaken as part of the Kerala government’s “Muziris project” (http://www.muzirisheritage.org/kerala-jews-historical-museum.php). In his article for this …