Caucasus - Mother Tongue

Baku

Derbent

Galina Anisimova

Childhood play and occupation and livelihood

Foods and blessings

Holidays

Jewish tradition and the connection to Israel

Jews' occupations and relations with non-Jews

Matchmaking, engagement and wedding

Secret language

Tension within the family concerning religion and communism

Tishʿa BeʾAv and bereavement costumes

Women's customs, women in the arts and culture

Simandov Digilov

Brit mila

Shabbat and holidays

Synagogue and kashrut (dietary laws)

The community in Nalchik and the attitude towards the locals

Wedding and bar mitzva

Mountain Jews (Dagestan)

Mirburi Ḥizgilov

Bar mitzva

Bereavement customs and her mother's death

Birth, naming and children's care

Childhood memories from the village

Childhood songs and secret language

Daday Ul: story of a witch

Education and employment

Engagement and wedding

Family and life story

Gulbohor Davydova

Holidays

Matchmaking and introduction with the spouse

Shabbat

Tree fairy tale

Nalchik

Simandov Digilov

Brit mila

Shabbat and holidays

Synagogue and kashrut (dietary laws)

The community in Nalchik and the attitude towards the locals

Wedding and bar mitzva

Quba

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