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Birth: customs, traditions and ceremonies

Name of speaker: 
Lydia Vaʿanunu
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Mikve attendant (balanit) and cook
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
ǝl-Qǝlʕa dǝ-sraghna'
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Customs and traditions
Documentation: 
Dalit Maymon
Year of recording: 
2020
More info: 

Special thanks to Prof. Joseph Chetrit for his assistance in identifying the speaker's community of origin.

Bar mitzva

Name of speaker: 
Lydia Vaʿanunu
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Mikve attendant (balanit) and cook
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
ǝl-Qǝlʕa dǝ-sraghna'
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life
Documentation: 
Dalit Maymon
Year of recording: 
2020
More info: 

Special thanks to Prof. Joseph Chetrit for his assistance in identifying the speaker's community of origin.

Community structure and management

Name of speaker: 
Lydia Vaʿanunu
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Mikve attendant (balanit) and cook
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
ǝl-Qǝlʕa dǝ-sraghna'
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Community
Documentation: 
Dalit Maymon
Year of recording: 
2020
More info: 

Special thanks to Prof. Joseph Chetrit for his assistance in identifying the speaker's community of origin.

Relationships with the Muslim neighbours

Name of speaker: 
Lydia Vaʿanunu
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Mikve attendant (balanit) and cook
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
86
Year of immigration: 
1955
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
ǝl-Qǝlʕa dǝ-sraghna'
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Dalit Maymon
Year of recording: 
2020
More info: 

Special thanks to Prof. Joseph Chetrit for his assistance in identifying the speaker's community of origin.

Proverb about good-will that ends in disaster

Name of speaker: 
Simi ʾAmzaleg
Participants in the conversation: 
Raḥel Lalush
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Oumnass, Marrakesh, Casablanca
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Proverbs
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Differences between the Jewish communities in Morocco

Name of speaker: 
Simi ʾAmzaleg
Participants in the conversation: 
Raḥel Lalush
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Oumnass, Marrakesh, Casablanca
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Community, Customs and traditions, Language
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Introduction with her future husband in Morocco

Name of speaker: 
Simi ʾAmzaleg
Participants in the conversation: 
Raḥel Lalush
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Oumnass, Marrakesh, Casablanca
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Wedding
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Choosing children's names and its reasons

Name of speaker: 
Simi ʾAmzaleg
Participants in the conversation: 
Raḥel Lalush
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Seamstress
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1963
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Oumnass, Marrakesh, Casablanca
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Names
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

Making mofletta and other foods

Name of speaker: 
ʾIris Yitsḥaqi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Volunteer at a senior club
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
54
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Agadir
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Mimouna
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

The family

Name of speaker: 
ʾIris Yitsḥaqi
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Volunteer at a senior club
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
54
Speaker's country of origin: 
Morocco
Speaker's community of origin: 
Agadir
Language: 
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics: 
Family
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2020

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