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Custom against ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye)

Name of speaker: 
Boris Isakov
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Businessman
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
2000
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Shahrisabz, Samarkand, Bishkek
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions, Folk beliefs
Documentation: 
Maria Shomanov, The center of Bukharan Jew research, The Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East
Year of recording: 
2018

Godspeed custom

Name of speaker: 
Boris Isakov
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Businessman
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
2000
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Shahrisabz, Samarkand, Bishkek
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions, Folk beliefs
Documentation: 
Maria Shomanov, The center of Bukharan Jew research, The Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East
Year of recording: 
2018

Foods

Name of speaker: 
Boris Isakov
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Businessman
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
2000
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Shahrisabz, Samarkand, Bishkek
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine
Documentation: 
Maria Shomanov, The center of Bukharan Jew research, The Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East
Year of recording: 
2018

Proverbs

Name of speaker: 
Boris Isakov
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Businessman
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
2000
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Shahrisabz, Samarkand, Bishkek
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Proverbs
Documentation: 
Maria Shomanov, The center of Bukharan Jew research, The Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East
Year of recording: 
2018

Proverbs

Name of speaker: 
Boris Isakov
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Businessman
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
2000
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Shahrisabz, Samarkand, Bishkek
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Proverbs
Documentation: 
Marina Shomunov
Year of recording: 
2018

Foods

Name of speaker: 
Boris Isakov
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Businessman
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
2000
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Shahrisabz, Samarkand, Bishkek
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine
Documentation: 
Marina Shomunov
Year of recording: 
2018

Against the "evil eye" custom

Name of speaker: 
Boris Isakov
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Businessman
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
2000
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Shahrisabz, Samarkand, Bishkek
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions
Documentation: 
Marina Shomunov
Year of recording: 
2018

Godspeed custom

Name of speaker: 
Boris Isakov
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Businessman
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
2000
Speaker's country of origin: 
Bukhara
Speaker's community of origin: 
Shahrisabz, Samarkand, Bishkek
Language: 
Judeo-Tajik
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions
Documentation: 
Marina Shomunov
Year of recording: 
2018

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