Yemenite cantillation

E591629

Jewish liturgical tradition cantillation system intangible cultural heritage

Yemenite cantillation is the distinctive traditional system of chanting the Hebrew Bible as preserved by the Yemenite Jewish community.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Yemenite cantillation canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish liturgical tradition ⓘ cantillation system ⓘ intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
associatedWith	Yemenite Hebrew pronunciation ⓘ Yemenite Jewish liturgy ⓘ
basedOn	Masoretic cantillation marks ⓘ
continuity	preserved in diaspora communities in Israel ⓘ preserved in diaspora communities in the United Kingdom ⓘ preserved in diaspora communities in the United States ⓘ
culturalSignificance	marker of Yemenite Jewish identity ⓘ preservation of ancient Hebrew reading traditions ⓘ
differsFrom	Ashkenazi cantillation NERFINISHED ⓘ Babylonian cantillation ⓘ Sephardi cantillation NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiberian cantillation tradition ⓘ
hasFeature	clear differentiation between conjunctive and disjunctive accents ⓘ distinct melodic motifs for each trope sign ⓘ microtonal intervals in some traditions ⓘ oral transmission across generations ⓘ regional variants within Yemenite communities ⓘ strict adherence to Masoretic accentuation ⓘ syllable-based melodic movement ⓘ
hasVariant	Baladi Yemenite cantillation NERFINISHED ⓘ Shami Yemenite cantillation ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
performedBy	baal koreh ⓘ trained Torah reader ⓘ
performedIn	Shabbat Torah readings NERFINISHED ⓘ festival Torah readings ⓘ synagogue services ⓘ weekday Torah readings ⓘ
purpose	convey syntactic structure of verses ⓘ enhance liturgical recitation ⓘ preserve correct text accentuation ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Yemenite Torah scroll customs ⓘ Yemenite piyyut tradition ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
timePeriod	medieval period ⓘ
traditionOf	Yemenite Jewish community NERFINISHED ⓘ
transmittedBy	community teachers ⓘ family tradition ⓘ oral teaching ⓘ
usedBy	Yemenite Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	Haftarah reading ⓘ Torah reading NERFINISHED ⓘ chanting the Hebrew Bible ⓘ reading of Megillot ⓘ

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ta'amei ha-mikra → hasVariantTradition → Yemenite cantillation ⓘ

subject surface form: Ta'amei ha-mikra