Qaraqosh (Baghdede): Festivals

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Qaraqosh. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2002	-	London, UK

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0:00	ʾiḏawàṯa,ˈ ʾə́tlan ʾíḏəd bi-yə̀lda,ˈ kə-mʾèdax ʾəb-gáwəḥ,ˈ bə-xámša-w əsrì.ˈ yóm d-árba-w əsrí k-òḏax,ˈ ʾárba-w əsrì,ˈ b-trèsərˈ k-óḏax tàhra,ˈ ʾu-xámša-w ə́sri ʾáhulə ʾíḏəd mawláda m-màran.ˈ ʾu-kə-mʾédax gàwəḥˈ tláṯa yòmə.ˈ yóma qamàyaˈ kə-mʾédax xorawàṯan,ˈ ʾu-xà k-zál eka-xə̀nna,ˈ ʾeka-nəšwàṯa.ˈ yóma də̀-trəˈ ʾək-pálṭax ʾəl-baràyə,ˈ ʾəl-šérəd Már Benhàmˈ ʾaw-šérə m-Már Màtti.ˈ ʾu-k-zálan k-šáqlax ʾixàla mə́nnan,ˈ kubébə ʾu-dòlma.ˈ ʾu-k-ráqḏax ʾu-k-mwúnsax ʾu-k-zàmrax,ˈ liʾánnahu pṣíxiyax b-áwa yóma də-k-áṯə máran ʾəb-gàwəḥ.ˈ ʾu-ʾə́tlan ʾíḏa xə̀nna,ˈ ʾíḏa ràbaˈ ʾáhulə ʾíḏa də-qyámtəd màran.ˈ m-qámə mə́nnəḥ bə-šàbṯaˈ, kə-mʾédaxxə b-ošàʾnaˈ, w-awa-ošáʾna áhule xḏàraˈ ʾəm-màṯa,ˈ xə́ḏran màṯa.ˈ ək-ṭáʿnax kúlləhən, ək-ṭáʿnax sòkəˈ b-idàṯan.ˈ ʾu-kə-mṣàlax.ˈ kúlləhə ʾaxawiyā́t ʾək-pàlṭi,ˈ ʾu-kə-mṣálax dá màran,ˈ wa-ʾáhu d-íwa rkíwa lə-xmə̀rta.ˈ ʾu-xáḏrax əl-Baġdédə m-ʾíta ràbṯa.ˈ ʾu-k-náqšax əb-ʾíta Mar-Zèna,ˈ baʿdén əb-Sárkəs Bàrkəs,ˈ baʿdén əm-Mar-Gòrgəs,ˈ baʿdén əg-máṭax əl-Mar-Ḥàna,ˈ ʾu-g-dáʾrax baʿdén əl-Mar-Yàʿqob,ˈ baʿdén k-áṯax əl-ʾíta ràbṯa,ˈ máṯax xa-ṣlíwa … ʾíta ràbṯa.ˈ ʾə́tlan ʾiḏawáṯa xə̀nnə,ˈ ʾáwa ʾíḏəd Már Benhám k-zálan gàwəḥ,ˈ k-zálan ʾəl-Már Benhàmˈ ʾu-táma ʾək-páṣxi kúlla ġdedàyəˈ ʾu-k-óḏi palóʾə d-əxàla,ˈ k-awúḏḏə ʾAbúna al-Xùri,ˈ k-awúḏḏə ʾəxála b-dèra,ˈ ʾu-k-éwul da-kúlləhə nàšə.ˈ ʾu-kə-mṣále b-ràmša,ˈ k-óḏi qudàša,ˈ ʾu-k-áṯe šamášə m-Baġdèdə,ˈ ʾu-ʾíṯə qə́səm nášə káṯe m-Baġdédə hál Már Benhám bə-rxàša.ˈ ʾu-táma k-áxli k-šáte k-ráqḏi k-mwùnsi.ˈ ʾu-ʾə́ṯwa qaméṯa k-záwalhə ʾəl-bəgùbə,ˈ ʾu-m-bəgúbə k-záwalhə əl-ʿénəd də-kə-masḥéwāla qaddíšta Sàra,ˈ ʾəb-máya ʾəd-iyéwa sə̀ryəˈ də-plə́ṭwāla nḏ̣ə́fta max dəhwà.ˈ ʾu-ʾə́tlan ʾíḏa xə̀nna,ˈ ʾiḏə m-Már Kiryàkos,ˈ ʾáhulə xə́ḏran Baġdèdə,ˈ k-ráḥəq ʿán Baġdèdə,ˈ yáʿni tré kilometrā̀t.ˈ ʾu-táma kə-máṭe ġdedàyə,ˈ bə-rxàša kúlləhə k-zálhə.ˈ ʾu-kə-mṣàle,ˈ k-óḏi qudáša b-šeʾṯa-ʾəssə̀rˈ, ʾu-k-ìtwiˈ, k-áxli u-k-šáte u-k-óḏi palòʾe,ˈ ʾu-kúlləhə ġdedáyə k-áwe xa-jamī̀ʿ-uˈ … kúlləhə k-áwe lwìšəˈ ḥujáṯə ṣuqlə.ˈ ʾiḏawàṯa,ˈ ʾə́tlan ʾíḏəd bi-yə̀lda,ˈ kə-mʾèdax ʾəb-gáwəḥ,ˈ bə-xámša-w əsrì.ˈ yóm d-árba-w əsrí k-òḏax,ˈ ʾárba-w əsrì,ˈ b-trèsərˈ k-óḏax tàhra,ˈ ʾu-xámša-w ə́sri ʾáhulə ʾíḏəd mawláda m-màran.ˈ ʾu-kə-mʾédax gàwəḥˈ tláṯa yòmə.ˈ yóma qamàyaˈ kə-mʾédax xorawàṯan,ˈ ʾu-xà k-zál eka-xə̀nna,ˈ ʾeka-nəšwàṯa.ˈ yóma də̀-trəˈ ʾək-pálṭax ʾəl-baràyə,ˈ ʾəl-šérəd Már Benhàmˈ ʾaw-šérə m-Már Màtti.ˈ ʾu-k-zálan k-šáqlax ʾixàla mə́nnan,ˈ kubébə ʾu-dòlma.ˈ ʾu-k-ráqḏax ʾu-k-mwúnsax ʾu-k-zàmrax,ˈ liʾánnahu pṣíxiyax b-áwa yóma də-k-áṯə máran ʾəb-gàwəḥ.ˈ ʾu-ʾə́tlan ʾíḏa xə̀nna,ˈ ʾíḏa ràbaˈ ʾáhulə ʾíḏa də-qyámtəd màran.ˈ m-qámə mə́nnəḥ bə-šàbṯaˈ, kə-mʾédaxxə b-ošàʾnaˈ, w-awa-ošáʾna áhule xḏàraˈ ʾəm-màṯa,ˈ xə́ḏran màṯa.ˈ ək-ṭáʿnax kúlləhən, ək-ṭáʿnax sòkəˈ b-idàṯan.ˈ ʾu-kə-mṣàlax.ˈ kúlləhə ʾaxawiyā́t ʾək-pàlṭi,ˈ ʾu-kə-mṣálax dá màran,ˈ wa-ʾáhu d-íwa rkíwa lə-xmə̀rta.ˈ ʾu-xáḏrax əl-Baġdédə m-ʾíta ràbṯa.ˈ ʾu-k-náqšax əb-ʾíta Mar-Zèna,ˈ baʿdén əb-Sárkəs Bàrkəs,ˈ baʿdén əm-Mar-Gòrgəs,ˈ baʿdén əg-máṭax əl-Mar-Ḥàna,ˈ ʾu-g-dáʾrax baʿdén əl-Mar-Yàʿqob,ˈ baʿdén k-áṯax əl-ʾíta ràbṯa,ˈ máṯax xa-ṣlíwa … ʾíta ràbṯa.ˈ ʾə́tlan ʾiḏawáṯa xə̀nnə,ˈ ʾáwa ʾíḏəd Már Benhám k-zálan gàwəḥ,ˈ k-zálan ʾəl-Már Benhàmˈ ʾu-táma ʾək-páṣxi kúlla ġdedàyəˈ ʾu-k-óḏi palóʾə d-əxàla,ˈ k-awúḏḏə ʾAbúna al-Xùri,ˈ k-awúḏḏə ʾəxála b-dèra,ˈ ʾu-k-éwul da-kúlləhə nàšə.ˈ ʾu-kə-mṣále b-ràmša,ˈ k-óḏi qudàša,ˈ ʾu-k-áṯe šamášə m-Baġdèdə,ˈ ʾu-ʾíṯə qə́səm nášə káṯe m-Baġdédə hál Már Benhám bə-rxàša.ˈ ʾu-táma k-áxli k-šáte k-ráqḏi k-mwùnsi.ˈ ʾu-ʾə́ṯwa qaméṯa k-záwalhə ʾəl-bəgùbə,ˈ ʾu-m-bəgúbə k-záwalhə əl-ʿénəd də-kə-masḥéwāla qaddíšta Sàra,ˈ ʾəb-máya ʾəd-iyéwa sə̀ryəˈ də-plə́ṭwāla nḏ̣ə́fta max dəhwà.ˈ ʾu-ʾə́tlan ʾíḏa xə̀nna,ˈ ʾiḏə m-Már Kiryàkos,ˈ ʾáhulə xə́ḏran Baġdèdə,ˈ k-ráḥəq ʿán Baġdèdə,ˈ yáʿni tré kilometrā̀t.ˈ ʾu-táma kə-máṭe ġdedàyə,ˈ bə-rxàša kúlləhə k-zálhə.ˈ ʾu-kə-mṣàle,ˈ k-óḏi qudáša b-šeʾṯa-ʾəssə̀rˈ, ʾu-k-ìtwiˈ, k-áxli u-k-šáte u-k-óḏi palòʾe,ˈ ʾu-kúlləhə ġdedáyə k-áwe xa-jamī̀ʿ-uˈ … kúlləhə k-áwe lwìšəˈ ḥujáṯə ṣuqlə.ˈ	As for festivals, we have the festival of the Nativity (Christmas). We celebrate it on the twenty-fifth. On the twenty-fourth day (of the month) we make ..., the twenty-four ..., at twelve, we carry out the burning of wood, and the twenty‑fifth is the festival of the birth of Our Lord. We celebrate it for three days. We celebrate it (with) our friends, one going to visit the other, and with relatives. On the second day we go out to the festival of Mar Benham or the festival of Mar Matti. We go and we take food with us, kebabs and dolma. We dance, have a good time, and sing, since we are joyful on that day, on which Our Lord comes. We have another festival, the ‘great festival’, that is the festival of the resurrection of Our Lord. A week before it, we celebrate Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday involves making a circuit of the town, around the town. We all carry branches in our hands. All the brotherhoods go out, and we pray to Our Lord, who rode the donkey. We go around Baǧdedə (starting) from the Great Church, and then make a stop at the Chruch of Mar Zen, then at Sarkəs Barkəs, then at Mar Gorgəs, then we reach Mar Ḥana, and afterwards we return to Mar Yaʿqob and then come to the Great Church. We bring a cross to the Great Church. We have other festivals. At the festival of Mar Behnam we go, we go to Mar Behnam, and there all the inhabitants of Baǧdedə make merry and share out food. Father al-Khuri makes it. He makes it in the monastery and gives it to all the people. They pray in the evening and hold mass . Deacons come from Baǧdedə. There are some people who come from Baǧdedə to Mar Behnam on foot. They eat there, drink, dance and make merry. In former times there were some who went into tunnels, and by the tunnels they went to the spring where they made Saint Sarah swim, in the water that was clear, which came out pure as gold. We have another festival, the festival of Mar Kəryakos. It is around Baǧdedə, distant from Baǧdedə by three kilometres. The inhabitants of Baǧdedə arrive there, they all go on foot. They pray, they hold mass at ten o’clock and sit down. They eat, drink and share things. All the inhabitants of Baǧdedə are one group. They are all dressed in fine clothes.

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ʾiḏawàṯa,ˈ ʾə́tlan ʾíḏəd bi-yə̀lda,ˈ kə-mʾèdax ʾəb-gáwəḥ,ˈ bə-xámša-w əsrì.ˈ yóm d-árba-w əsrí k-òḏax,ˈ ʾárba-w əsrì,ˈ b-trèsərˈ k-óḏax tàhra,ˈ ʾu-xámša-w ə́sri ʾáhulə ʾíḏəd mawláda m-màran.ˈ ʾu-kə-mʾédax gàwəḥˈ tláṯa yòmə.ˈ yóma qamàyaˈ kə-mʾédax xorawàṯan,ˈ ʾu-xà k-zál eka-xə̀nna,ˈ ʾeka-nəšwàṯa.ˈ yóma də̀-trəˈ ʾək-pálṭax ʾəl-baràyə,ˈ ʾəl-šérəd Már Benhàmˈ ʾaw-šérə m-Már Màtti.ˈ ʾu-k-zálan k-šáqlax ʾixàla mə́nnan,ˈ kubébə ʾu-dòlma.ˈ ʾu-k-ráqḏax ʾu-k-mwúnsax ʾu-k-zàmrax,ˈ liʾánnahu pṣíxiyax b-áwa yóma də-k-áṯə máran ʾəb-gàwəḥ.ˈ

ʾu-ʾə́tlan ʾíḏa xə̀nna,ˈ ʾíḏa ràbaˈ ʾáhulə ʾíḏa də-qyámtəd màran.ˈ m-qámə mə́nnəḥ bə-šàbṯaˈ, kə-mʾédaxxə b-ošàʾnaˈ, w-awa-ošáʾna áhule xḏàraˈ ʾəm-màṯa,ˈ xə́ḏran màṯa.ˈ ək-ṭáʿnax kúlləhən, ək-ṭáʿnax sòkəˈ b-idàṯan.ˈ ʾu-kə-mṣàlax.ˈ kúlləhə ʾaxawiyā́t ʾək-pàlṭi,ˈ ʾu-kə-mṣálax dá màran,ˈ wa-ʾáhu d-íwa rkíwa lə-xmə̀rta.ˈ ʾu-xáḏrax əl-Baġdédə m-ʾíta ràbṯa.ˈ ʾu-k-náqšax əb-ʾíta Mar-Zèna,ˈ baʿdén əb-Sárkəs Bàrkəs,ˈ baʿdén əm-Mar-Gòrgəs,ˈ baʿdén əg-máṭax əl-Mar-Ḥàna,ˈ ʾu-g-dáʾrax baʿdén əl-Mar-Yàʿqob,ˈ baʿdén k-áṯax əl-ʾíta ràbṯa,ˈ máṯax xa-ṣlíwa … ʾíta ràbṯa.ˈ

ʾə́tlan ʾiḏawáṯa xə̀nnə,ˈ ʾáwa ʾíḏəd Már Benhám k-zálan gàwəḥ,ˈ k-zálan ʾəl-Már Benhàmˈ ʾu-táma ʾək-páṣxi kúlla ġdedàyəˈ ʾu-k-óḏi palóʾə d-əxàla,ˈ k-awúḏḏə ʾAbúna al-Xùri,ˈ k-awúḏḏə ʾəxála b-dèra,ˈ ʾu-k-éwul da-kúlləhə nàšə.ˈ ʾu-kə-mṣále b-ràmša,ˈ k-óḏi qudàša,ˈ ʾu-k-áṯe šamášə m-Baġdèdə,ˈ ʾu-ʾíṯə qə́səm nášə káṯe m-Baġdédə hál Már Benhám bə-rxàša.ˈ ʾu-táma k-áxli k-šáte k-ráqḏi k-mwùnsi.ˈ ʾu-ʾə́ṯwa qaméṯa k-záwalhə ʾəl-bəgùbə,ˈ ʾu-m-bəgúbə k-záwalhə əl-ʿénəd də-kə-masḥéwāla qaddíšta Sàra,ˈ ʾəb-máya ʾəd-iyéwa sə̀ryəˈ də-plə́ṭwāla nḏ̣ə́fta max dəhwà.ˈ

ʾu-ʾə́tlan ʾíḏa xə̀nna,ˈ ʾiḏə m-Már Kiryàkos,ˈ ʾáhulə xə́ḏran Baġdèdə,ˈ k-ráḥəq ʿán Baġdèdə,ˈ yáʿni tré kilometrā̀t.ˈ ʾu-táma kə-máṭe ġdedàyə,ˈ bə-rxàša kúlləhə k-zálhə.ˈ ʾu-kə-mṣàle,ˈ k-óḏi qudáša b-šeʾṯa-ʾəssə̀rˈ, ʾu-k-ìtwiˈ, k-áxli u-k-šáte u-k-óḏi palòʾe,ˈ ʾu-kúlləhə ġdedáyə k-áwe xa-jamī̀ʿ-uˈ … kúlləhə k-áwe lwìšəˈ ḥujáṯə ṣuqlə.ˈ

Translation:

As for festivals, we have the festival of the Nativity (Christmas). We celebrate it on the twenty-fifth. On the twenty-fourth day (of the month) we make ..., the twenty-four ..., at twelve, we carry out the burning of wood, and the twenty‑fifth is the festival of the birth of Our Lord. We celebrate it for three days. We celebrate it (with) our friends, one going to visit the other, and with relatives. On the second day we go out to the festival of Mar Benham or the festival of Mar Matti. We go and we take food with us, kebabs and dolma. We dance, have a good time, and sing, since we are joyful on that day, on which Our Lord comes.

We have another festival, the ‘great festival’, that is the festival of the resurrection of Our Lord. A week before it, we celebrate Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday involves making a circuit of the town, around the town. We all carry branches in our hands. All the brotherhoods go out, and we pray to Our Lord, who rode the donkey. We go around Baǧdedə (starting) from the Great Church, and then make a stop at the Chruch of Mar Zen, then at Sarkəs Barkəs, then at Mar Gorgəs, then we reach Mar Ḥana, and afterwards we return to Mar Yaʿqob and then come to the Great Church. We bring a cross to the Great Church.

We have other festivals. At the festival of Mar Behnam we go, we go to Mar Behnam, and there all the inhabitants of Baǧdedə make merry and share out food. Father al-Khuri makes it. He makes it in the monastery and gives it to all the people. They pray in the evening and hold mass . Deacons come from Baǧdedə. There are some people who come from Baǧdedə to Mar Behnam on foot. They eat there, drink, dance and make merry. In former times there were some who went into tunnels, and by the tunnels they went to the spring where they made Saint Sarah swim, in the water that was clear, which came out pure as gold.

We have another festival, the festival of Mar Kəryakos. It is around Baǧdedə, distant from Baǧdedə by three kilometres. The inhabitants of Baǧdedə arrive there, they all go on foot. They pray, they hold mass at ten o’clock and sit down. They eat, drink and share things. All the inhabitants of Baǧdedə are one group. They are all dressed in fine clothes.