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15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… Sung by women from Kochi, Parur, and Chendamangalam, this song for the donation and dedication of a new Torah scroll … from other Jewish communities. The second stanza of the song refers to two stories from midrash. One tells how the … told Shirley Isenberg that they remembered singing this song on Simḥat Torah afternoon during their hakafah [2] …
14. The Paliat Achan Song
… Komar Achan of Paliyam—Paliat Achan, he’s the one! This song is not found in any of the Jewish notebooks but was … 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, …
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 but … as a clear example of “Judaizing” an inherently non-Jewish song. Remembered as one of many songs heard from itinerant non-Jewish street-singers in …
12. North Side, South Side (A Visit from the Raja)
… In harmony together, they bow down to pray. This playful song about Jewtown in Kochi was remembered and performed … patrons of the Kerala Jews. While the contents of the song are certainly Jewish, Gamliel (2005, 225) notes that … are a characteristic opening for certain Mappilla Muslim songs from northern Kerala. Zacharia (2005, 199) discusses …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… come. Be the One forever, O Lord Tamburan. This short song celebrates the excellence of Kochi Harbor and its … who came there. The eight hundred people referred to in the song may simply signify a large number, or perhaps the … in one as a kurukan or “short verse” immediately following song 8, the Kadavumbhagam-Kochi Synagogue song. Its first …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… out loudly with sounds of kurava, Lifting their voices in songs of joyous praise. (x2) The assembly elders were … blessings may Tamburan be blessed. Recorded in 1972, this song was sung in Israel by Leah Eliyavoo Ben Eliyahu. She … have been from Tekkumbhagam-Kochi, as she sang this Kochi song from memory, without hesitation, to the same melody she …
8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… Please bring Your children; bring Your People now. This song celebrates the building of the oldest synagogue still … and opened to the public in 1995 (Fishof 1995). This song about the synagogue (which is found in only two … by the obscure language in his first encounter with the song, Zacharia immediately expressed his appreciation for …
9. Paradesi Synagogue Song
… in unity, to dwell in unity. This is one of two Malayalam songs about the Paradesi Synagogue in Mattancherry Kochi, … 1958, 226; Segal 1993, 38,110). A complete version of the song translated here is found in three Paradesi books, one … Hebrew words have been included without translation in this song and explained in footnotes. The song opens with an …
7. Tekkumbhagam-Ernakulam Synagogue Song
… our life, Waken our hearts to praise You, Lord. This poetic song of praise for one of the two synagogues in Ernakulam … of Kerala Jews in India) read a Malayalam text of this song for the first time, he was able to recall details he … connecting the synagogue itself to an outer building. The song’s image of “a graceful gem set in a ring” may refer to …
6. Parur Synagogue Song
… O Tambiran, For so many years we filled the place. This song combines an architectural description of the synagogue … article for this book and elsewhere, Zacharia analyzes this song’s imaginative portrayal of a Portuguese attack (stanzas … been elements of the Jewish building at whatever time the song was composed. The four stanzas of the Parur Paḷḷi Song …