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AHEYM-2013-126 · Kolomyya

Kolomyya (Kolomya in the project's index) 2013-05-22 7 min · 3 stretches Yiddish 100%

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Summary

A short camera-track file from the 2013 Kolomya session, with no interviewee named in the index. It catches the end of a meal-table scene, with a few lines of English in the background. Kerler and a man talk about food and drink on the table, then about a younger Yiddish-speaking man in Kolomyya who holds a booklet. The speakers return to the food at the end.

Stretches

00:09–03:02

Kerler and the man talk over a table of food and drink, including vodka, oil and a salad. They trade remarks about who is eating and who is not, and mention bringing more of something (word unclear) to the table. The talk is casual table chat and not an interview.

Informal life today

03:02–05:24

Kerler asks about a young man holding a booklet who speaks almost Yiddish intonation. The informant says he is nearly eighty (or perhaps seventy-five), knows Yiddish, and lives near Bessarabia (?). He has long been in Kolomyya. Kerler remarks that he himself does not remember him and mentions a Yuzik, the last Jew born here, who died long ago.

life today Local Jewish historyYiddish language and dialect · Kolomyya, Bessarabia (?)

05:24–07:02

Back at the table, they pour water and the informant comments on the salad and on eating borscht, with a remark about health. Kerler notes that things look quiet there, and a final line mentions a small Jew (?). Much of the wording is unclear.

Informal life today Food