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Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 2)
Subject
Artists
Storytellers
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Ketubah
Arts, Jewish
Oral performance
Oral narratives
Weddings
Legal contract
Marriage contracts
Jewish Americans
Description
One compact disc. Bucuvalis served as emcee. Jewish marriage contract art is also known as katubut/katabbah/katubah. Jewish law requires men to give women a marriage contract on their wedding day. A ketubah, usually written in Yiddish, guarantees the wife financial rights upon her husband's death. The contracts are designed with art and motifs of the local Jewish community.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S2034
Date
2003-05-25
Contributor
Florida Park Service
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
compact discs
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s2034_04_cd03-110
Series
S2034
Item ID
CD03-110
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 2003)