Name of speaker:
Julie-Dalia Bitan
Gender of speaker:
Female
Occupation of speaker:
Housewife
Age of speaker at time of recording:
82
Year of immigration:
1950
Speaker's country of origin:
Speaker's community of origin:
Language:
Judeo-Arabic
Conversation topics:
Documentation:
Yehudit Henshke, Suzi and Raḥamim Cohen
Year of recording:
2018
Translation:
General translation:
They used to call Rosh Hashana “Moed” (time). For Rosh Hashana they cooked barkoksh.
She mentions the blessings on the signs. In addition, they ate fish and called them “Hut”, which contrary to other communities who feared of ʿAyin Haraʿ (the evil eye), refrained from using the name ‘fish’ and called it “fi uj l’adu” (in the enemy's face).