JESUS & INDIA: A CONNECTION THROUGH LANUAGE AND MUSIC. (http://www.TheCMSIndia.org/Aramaic-Project.html). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aramaic Project - Part 18. The Sisters of St. Thomas in conversation with Dr. Joseph J. Palackal (http://www.TheCMSIndia.org/palackal.html) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recorded at Beth Thoma Dayra, the first Dayra for women in the Syro Malabar Church, Palamattam, Kerala, India. 3 August 2014. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS 1) Liturgy of the Hours (noon): The Lord's Prayer with Thrice-holy and doxology (1:12) 2) The daily activities at the Dayra (2:50) 3) The connection between the Syriac language and the Beth Thoma Dayra (5:09) 4) The agricultural activities at the Dayra (5:55) 5) Activities related to learning the Syriac language (6:50) 6) Yet another melody of B'eda d'yawmaan, hymn to the Blessed Virgin (8:23) 7) Conversation with Sr. Kochuthresya; activities related to the promotion of the Syriac language (9:32) 8) Response of the younger generation to the Syriac tradition (12:50) 9) About the level of Syriac literacy among the sisters at the Dayra (14:16). 10) Did you know about the Syriac language before joining the Dayra? (14:40) 11) Melody of "Maran Iso," her favorite Syriac chant (15:14) 12) Problems in translating the Hudra into Malayalam (19:06) 13) About the Hudra in use in the Church of the East, Thrissur (22:43). 14) About the three volumes (3000 pages) of Hudra ("Breviarium Chaldaicum") editied by Paul Bedjan (24:34) 15) Melody of the Anthem of the Mysteries, "Pagare damsiha," and the practice of singing the opening incipit twice (25:30) 16) About the current status of the melodies prescribed in the Hudra; many are already lost (27:12). 17) Why do you like the Syriac language so much? (30:03) 18) The melody of Slotha for "Qandisa alaaha" (31:52) 19) Melody of Holy, Holy, Holy "Qandis, qandis, qandis" (32:42) 20) A dream in Rome, realized at Palamattam, in Kerala; the role of Rev. Dr. Varghese Pathikulangara, CMI in the founding of the Dayra (35:32) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please acknowledge TheCMSIndia.org and/or Joseph J. Palackal when this video is used for academic or other purposes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***To purchase resources on Indian Christianity published by the Christian Musicological Society of India, please visit Product Gallery at http://josefross.com/html/ *** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To donate to the cause of the Digital Library of Christian Music in India, please contact info@TheCMSIndia.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To contribute to the Aramaic Project, please contact info@TheCMSIndia.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- For updates, please subscribe to the CMSIndia channel --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For information on the history of early Christianity in India http://TheCMSIndia.org/releases.html#cradle ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kindly leave your comments on the videos

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