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15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song
… Who rules on high! May the One be blessed! Sung by women from Kochi, Parur, and Chendamangalam, this song for … wooden or metal sefer Torah cases. Kadavumbhagam-Kochi women told Shirley Isenberg that they remembered singing … Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 15. Sefer Torah Dedication Song …
14. The Paliat Achan Song
… Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 14. The Paliat …
13. Manacheri Women! Mattancherry Women!
… těy Maṭṭalu věṭṭaņa pěņņaṅṅaḷě—těy těy 1. Oh, the women of Manacheri!—těy těy Oh, women who cut the coconut fiber!—těy těy 2. Oh, the women of Mattancherry!—těy těy Oh, women of the Jewish …
12. North Side, South Side (A Visit from the Raja)
… Jewtown in Kochi was remembered and performed orally by women from both the Kadavumbhagam and Paradesi communities, … Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 12. North …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. Johnson … 11. Famous …
10. Tekkumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… With fireworks exploding and blasting of the horn. (x2) Women burst out loudly with sounds of kurava. 4. Women burst out loudly with sounds of kurava, Lifting their … with food, drink, fireworks, the music of drumming and women’s songs, and the sound of joyous kuruva ululation. …
8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… A staircase they constructed for ascending there. The women go and sit there—the ones with covered heads— So, … perspective is expressed in stanza 4, which describes the women’s section of the synagogue. The women (“those with covered heads” or, in another reading, …
9. Paradesi Synagogue Song
… the phrase might refer to gathering at least a few more women to make the joyous kurava sound of ululation. Drumming … ark for the Torah scrolls on Simḥat Torah. Though the women’s section adjoining the upper tebah is not actually … comfortable room, unofficially “reserved” for the older women of prominent families. The māḷiga-mādam mentioned …
7. Tekkumbhagam-Ernakulam Synagogue Song
… the Parur and Paradesi synagogue songs (songs 6 and 9), the women’s perspective is apparent here, in the mention of … Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Edith (Esther) Gerson Kiwi … 7. …
6. Parur Synagogue Song
… Community Identity … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 6. Parur Synagogue Song …