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Wedding song

Name of speaker: 
Leah Sharoni
Participants in the conversation: 
Michael Sabati, Sara (Sherni) Shmula, Nissim Sharoni and Raḥamim Shmula
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Rustaqa
Language: 
Kurdish
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs, Wedding
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Love song

Name of speaker: 
Leah Sharoni
Participants in the conversation: 
Michael Sabati, Sara (Sherni) Shmula, Nissim Sharoni and Raḥamim Shmula
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
85
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Rustaqa
Language: 
Kurdish
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs
Documentation: 
Ophir Phofliger
Year of recording: 
2021

Men, women and livelihood

Name of speaker: 
ʿAmram David
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Construction worker, farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Mergasor, Diana
Language: 
Kurdish
Conversation topics: 
Occupations and livelihoods, Women
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Dating, wedding and brit mila

Name of speaker: 
ʿAmram David
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Construction worker, farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Mergasor, Diana
Language: 
Kurdish
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Customs and traditions, Wedding
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

The Jewish community, the rabbi and establishing the synagogue

Name of speaker: 
ʿAmram David
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Construction worker, farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Mergasor, Diana
Language: 
Kurdish
Conversation topics: 
Community, Persons, Synagogues
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Holidays, kashrut and Shabbat

Name of speaker: 
ʿAmram David
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Construction worker, farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Mergasor, Diana
Language: 
Kurdish
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Customs and traditions, Cycle of the year, Passover, Shabbat, Sukkot
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Education and livelihood

Name of speaker: 
ʿAmram David
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Construction worker, farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Mergasor, Diana
Language: 
Kurdish
Conversation topics: 
Education, Occupations and livelihoods
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Relationships with the Christians and the Muslims

Name of speaker: 
ʿAmram David
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Construction worker, farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Mergasor, Diana
Language: 
Kurdish
Conversation topics: 
Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Reasons for Aliya, Aliya and absorption

Name of speaker: 
ʿAmram David
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Construction worker, farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Year of immigration: 
1951
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Mergasor, Diana
Language: 
Kurdish
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2021

Love song: Walla Naʾe

Dedicated to my dear family and to the memory of my parents

Name of speaker: 
Shimʿon Shmuʾel (Shiḥki)
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer and truck driver
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
89
Year of immigration: 
1932
Speaker's country of origin: 
Kurdistan
Speaker's community of origin: 
Sandor
Language: 
Kurdish
Conversation topics: 
Folk songs
Documentation: 
Sara Anton
Year of recording: 
2021

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