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The seven days of preparation for the wedding, culminating in the Chuppa and Kiddushin (betrothal) ceremonies

Name of speaker: 
Sara Ḥavivian (Levi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide and teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bukan
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Wedding
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

Life in Kurdistan: daily life, education and medicine

Name of speaker: 
Sara Ḥavivian (Levi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide and teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bukan
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Community, Education, Health and folk medicine
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

Local food in Kurdistan: An abundance of fruits and homemade cured meat

Name of speaker: 
Sara Ḥavivian (Levi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide and teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bukan
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

Giving birth in Kurdistan and the pampering treatment of the new mother

Name of speaker: 
Sara Ḥavivian (Levi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide and teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bukan
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Women
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

The local governor's sponsorship of the Jews against Muslim hostility

Name of speaker: 
Sara Ḥavivian (Levi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide and teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bukan
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Relationships with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

Cooking and preparations for Shabbat

Name of speaker: 
Sara Ḥavivian (Levi)
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kindergarten aide and teacher
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
80
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bukan
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

The transit stations on the journey to Israel, settling in a moshav (village), and hard work in agriculture

Name of speaker: 
ʾEfraim ʾAvraham-Zada
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Farmer
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1950
Speaker's country of origin: 
Iran
Speaker's community of origin: 
Bukan
Language: 
Judeo-Aramaic
Conversation topics: 
Aliya, Occupations and livelihoods, Settlement and absorption
Documentation: 
Yisca Yizchak
Year of recording: 
2021

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