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"Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala"
Once again, our friends at the Jewish Music Research Center at Hebrew
University of Jerusalem have come up with another brilliant musical example
of the
rich and often overlooked traditions of Jewish music throughout the world.
Consisting of 43 songs from various holidays and ceremonies this deluxe set
includes a 126 page HARDCOVER book in Hebrew and English with brief history of
the Kerala Jews as well as translations of all the songs. A more detailed
description of this set is located at the bottom of this message following
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"Oh What A Lovey Parrot!"
Edited from the accompanying book: For centuries, Cochin Jewish women have
been singing Jewish songs in the Malayalam language of Kerala, their ancient
homeland on the tropical southwest coast of India. A few are typical Kerala
"parrot songs" addressed to lovely colorful birds like those portrayed in the
Ketubba, pictured on the cover of this CD. Many of the songs are biblical
narratives spiced with midrash. some songs are devotional hymns, and some
are blessings
for particular occasions, and a small group are 20th century Zionist songs in
Malayalam, preparing the Cochin Jews for aliyah, immigration to Israel. While
Kerala Jewish women and men shared and sang together a unique repertoire of
Hebrew piyyutim, it was the women alone who performed Malayalam-language
Jewish
songs, performed without instrumental accompaniment. While in many
traditional Jewish communities women have not been allowed to sing where a
man might
hear their voices, this was not so in Kerala Jewish life. Women sang at
parties
in the presence of men, and though Malayalam songs were not ordinarily sung in
the synagogue, women did join men there with full voice in singing Hebrew
prayers and songs. Half the songs are from field recordings made between
1972 and
1981, when there were still older Kochini women in Israel and India who
actively remembered the songs. The rest are recent recordings (2001 - 2002)
recorded at the National Sound Archives in Jerusalem by members of a new
Kochini
women's group in Israel. This 43 song CD is contained in a beautiful deluxe
hardcover 126 page booklet -- 90 in English and 30 in Hebrew explaining the
songs.
All songs are translated in English.
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