Damascus

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Language:

Passover Haggada and the Seder, Sacred songs

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

2020

"Ḥad Gadya"

Name of speaker:

Vicky Gada (Sweid)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Civil engineer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

49

Departure date:

1994

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Passover Haggada and the Seder, Sacred songs

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

2020

Protection from ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye) and folk remedies

Name of speaker:

Vicky Gada (Sweid)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Civil engineer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

49

Departure date:

1994

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Folk beliefs

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

2020

Fast of Esther and Purim

Name of speaker:

Vicky Gada (Sweid)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Civil engineer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

49

Departure date:

1994

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Cycle of the year, Fasting, Purim

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

2020

Life in Syria as Jewish minority

Name of speaker:

Vicky Gada (Sweid)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Civil engineer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

49

Departure date:

1994

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conflict with non-Jews, Relationships with non-Jews

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

2020

Names of holidays and special foods

Name of speaker:

Vicky Gada (Sweid)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Civil engineer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

49

Departure date:

1994

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Cuisine, Cycle of the year, Language

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

2020

Rosh Hashana

Name of speaker:

Vicky Gada (Sweid)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Civil engineer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

49

Departure date:

1994

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Cycle of the year, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

2020

Passover foods and their significance

Name of speaker:

Vicky Gada (Sweid)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Civil engineer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

49

Departure date:

1994

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Cuisine, Cycle of the year, Passover

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

2020

Children's songs

Name of speaker:

Vicky Gada (Sweid)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Civil engineer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

49

Departure date:

1994

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Children's songs

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke

Year of recording:

2020

Simḥat Tora songs

Name of speaker:

Vicky Gada (Sweid)

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Civil engineer

Age of speaker at time of recording:

49

Departure date:

1994

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language: