Re: dance of death

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

On Khevrisa's self-titled album, there is a cut which is exactly as 
Sylvia mentions.  The klezmorim play at the graves of the dead parents 
to invite them to the khasene.
Lorele

Sylvia Schildt wrote:

>
>
> Nokhamol sholem aleykhem ale,
>
> I haven't seen Dybbuk for a couple of years -- but wasn't the dance 
> performed at a wedding because the dead ancestors were invited to 
> share in the joy -- in Leah's case, her mother Khannele, who died in 
> childbirth and was hence invited to the wedding. In the Moscow Art 
> Theatre expressionistic interpretation the dance merges into the 
> mystical possession of Leah by Khonon. Am I right on that???
>
>
> Sylvia Schildt
>
>
> 7/2/02 4:08 PM, SamWeiss (at) bellatlantic(dot)net at SamWeiss (at) 
> bellatlantic(dot)net 
> wrote:
>
>     In the last couple of centuries it was more commonly called The
>     Dance of Resurrection (T'khiyes-Hameysim Tants),  a Chassidic
>     variant of the Broygez Tants.
>
>     At 08:37 AM 7/2/02, Michel Borzykowski wrote:
>
>         shalom khevre!
>
>         Has anybody heard about a "dance of death" played by klezmorim
>         at Jewish weddings?
>         Michal
>
>     _____________________________________________________________
>     Cantor Sam Weiss === Jewish Community Center of Paramus, NJ
>
>

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