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Knanaya wedding, mid-20th century The culture of the Knanaya community is an admixture of Syriac Christian, Jewish, and Indian tradition. [ 96 ] Several comparative studies by Jewish scholars have noted that the Knanaya maintain distinct customs strikingly similar to those of the Cochin Jews of Kerala.
Bar Mariam is a distinct East Syriac chant of the East Syriac Church. [1] The Knanaya Catholics use this chant during their wedding ceremonies. [2] [3] [4] The Knanaya are an ethnic-group found within the Saint Thomas Christians of Kerala and are said to be the descendants of Judeo-Christians who migrated to India in the 4th century. [4]
Thomas of Cana (Malayalam: K'nāi Thoma or Tomman Kinān, Syriac: K'nānāya Thoma) was a Syriac Christian merchant magnate who arrived to the Chera Dynasties capital city of Kodungallur between 345 A.D. and 811 A.D. Thoma brought with him Jewish-Christian families (early East Syriac Christian merchants) and clergymen from Persian Mesopotamia.
Margamkali performed during an arts & cultural fest. Margamkali performed during a Syro-Malabar Nasrani wedding at Arakuzha.. Margamkali is an ancient Indian round dance of the St. Thomas Christians community- based in Kerala state, mainly practiced by the endogamous sub-sect known as the Knanaya or Southist Christians.
Fascinating photos from a traditional Orthodox Jewish wedding showcase the religion's unique and ultra-Orthodox traditions. The wedding was a huge spectacle with the groom being a grandson of a ...
The Thomas of Cana copper plates feature heavily in the history and traditions of the Knanaya community in Kerala. According to the community's traditional origins, Thomas of Cana, a Syrian merchant led a group of 72 Jewish-Christian immigrant families, a bishop named Uraha Mar Yausef, and clergymen from the Middle East to settle in Cranganore, India in the 4th century (some sources place ...
The Archeparchy of Kottayam is a Syro-Malabar Church metropolitan archeparchy of the Catholic Church in India. [1] The archeparchy is exclusively for Knanaya faithful who claim to be the descendants of Syriac Judeo-Christians (early East Syriac Christians) who migrated from South Mesopotamia to Kodungallur in South India in 4th century A.D. [2]
Saint Mary's Knanaya Valiyapalli Persian Cross Dated Between the 7-8th Century (Left Altar) - Kottayam Knanaya Valiyapally Believed to have originally been exhibited at the churches built by the merchant Knai Thoma in Kodungallur.