Re: Rakija i Klezperanto

[Francesco Spagnolo <yuval...>]

If only to bring the thread back to Jewish music:

I recall a Ladino song "La vida do por el raki" [I give my life for raki].
It appears in Alhambra's CD "The Joys of Judeo Spanish Song" 
(graciously offered to our Sound Archive by list member Isabelle 
Ganz), as coming from Istanbul -- a tainted Sefardi drinking song...

Francesco



>--On Tuesday, January 16, 2001 3:15 PM -0500 Ari Davidow 
><ari (at) ivritype(dot)com> wrote:
>
>>>Arak is the spirit produced in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Goa
>>>mainly from the rice.
>>
>>I've no clue as to what is produced in Indonesia, but I can assure you,
>>Jerzy, that I have drunk much good Arak in Israel, which is, as
>>described, an anise-flavored brandy (well, anise-flavored paint thinnner,
>>at least), the same drink which is known in Greece as Ouzo.
>
>And known as Raki in Turkey.
>
>Penny
>


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