Purim u jevrejskoj mahali

Abstract

Članak opisuje kako se svetkovao Purim na Dorćolu u Beogradu, ali i svakodnevni život i običaje. Tu su se uz daire (panderos) pevale divne španske romanse i balade iz XV veka, koje su još bolje očuvane u Sarajevu i u drugim mestima gde žive Sefardi. Praznik Purim svetkovao se tada u mahali bučno i radosno, imajući sva obeležja jednog spontanog narodnog veselja. Čudna tradicionalna priča o spasenju persijskih Jevreja oduševljavala je i ozarivala lica naših Jevreja u mahali koji su galamom i vikom davali izraza svome raspoloženju i neuzdržanoj radosti.

The article describes how Purim was celebrated at Dorćol in Belgrade, as well as everyday life and customs. With daire (panderos) were singing wonderful Spanish romances and ballads, preserved from the 15th century, which are even better preserved in Sarajevo and other places where the Sephardi live. The Purim was celebrated in a waving, noisy and joyous way, bearing all the hallmarks of spontaneous national joy. The strange traditional story of the salvation of Persian Jews delighted and enchanted the faces of our Jews in the Mahala, who gave loud and shouty expression to their mood and unbridled joy.