AP 61 to 70

Aramaic Project - I

Interviews and Performances - Video List

No. 70 to 61

AP 70 - Fr. George Plathottam. Solemn sung Qurbana in Syriac.

Recorded at Old Cathedral Church, Pala. 7 August 2006.

Also Available Video Segment (s) - AP 70A to 70Z and 70AA to 70AS

AP 69 - Rev. Dr. George Kurukkoor in conversation with Dr. Joseph J. Palackal.

Recorded at P.O.C, Palarivattom, Kerala. 19 July 2016

AP 69a - Dr. George Kurukkoor speaks on the unique tradition of the Passover ceremony in Kerala .

The preservation of the East-Syriac form of the Aramaic language among the St. Thomas Christians in Kerala may not be seen as an isolated historical coincidence. Rather, it is embedded in an overall historical pattern of continuing several Jewish religious practices among the Syriac Christians .

AP 69b - Dr. George Kurukkoor speaks on Palackal Thoma Malpan .

It was heart-warming to hear Dr. Kurukoor mentioning the name of my collateral ancestor, the saintly Palackal Thoma Malpan (1780-1841), in connection with the preservation of the Syriac heritage in Kerala. The Malpan was one of the zealous priests in the community, who stood up to the Portuguese missionaries in their attempts to replace Syriac with Latin.

AP 68 - Dr. Antony Narikulam in conversation with Dr. Joseph J. Palackal.

This interview with a scholar and a prolific author of several books on the Syro Malabar liturgy provides us with a different view point on the reintroduction of the Syriac language in the liturgy.

AP 67 - Dr. Joseph J. Palackal sings Syriac chants at the SEM Annual meeting 2016.

Dr. Joseph J. Palackal sings three Syriac chants at the opening ceremony of the Annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, 2016. Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D. C. 10 November 2016. Dr. Jonathan Dueck introduces Joseph Palackal

AP 67a - Prescreening lecture by Dr. Joseph J. Palackal on the Aramaic Project at SEM 2016.

Dr. Joseph J. Palackal introduces the video on the Aramaic Project at the Annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, 2016. Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D. C. 10 November 2016.

AP 66 - Dr. Joseph J. Palackal leads Qandisa Alaha, Trisagion in Syriac at the Basilica of National Shrine, Washington, D. C.

The Trisagion in East Syriac during the solemn celebration of the Syro-Malabar Qurbana in English, composed by Joseph J. Palackal and George Thaila, at the Basilica of the ( National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D. C. ).

AP 66a - Qandisa Alaha. Practice session in New Jersey for Qurbana at the Basilica of National Shrine, Washington, D. C.

Qaddisa Alaaha (Kandisa alaha). Trisagion in East Syriac. Music practice for the solemn celebration of the Syro-Malabar Qurbana at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception ( http://nationalshrine.com ), Washington, D. C., on 7 September 2013..

AP 65 - Major Archbishop George Cardinal Alencherry sings Puqdankon at the Basilica of National Shrine, Washington, D. C.

Major Archbishop George Cardinal Alencherry begins the solemn celebration of the Syro-Malabar Qurbana in English, composed by Joseph J. Palackal and George Thaila, by singing the traditional "Puqdaanakon" ("Your mandate") in Syriac, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D. C. Sixteenth Annual Pilgrimage to our Lady of Good Health, Annai Velankanni, organized by the Indian American Catholic Association (IACA), on 7 September 2013.

AP 65A - Puqdankon.Music practice for Qurbana.

Recorded at Basilica of National Shrine, Washington, D. C. on 07 Sept 2013.