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(52,398 posts) Fri Dec 8, 2023, 09:24 PM Dec 2023

U.S. service members perform 'Ocho Kandelikas' for Hanukkah - PBS NewsHour

I did not get the connection to Hanukkah, but the music is catching

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U.S. service members perform 'Ocho Kandelikas' for Hanukkah - PBS NewsHour (Original Post) question everything Dec 2023 OP

For those interested they are hold auditions for the band.. Historic NY Dec 2023 #1

It's Ladino! Behind the Aegis Dec 2023 #2

Thanks. I think that Nawaz said something like that in the introduction but I did not follow question everything Dec 2023 #3

Historic NY

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1. For those interested they are hold auditions for the band..

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Fri Dec 8, 2023, 09:33 PM

Dec 2023

one of the greatest jobs in the military the West Point Band, I know many

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2. It's Ladino!

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Fri Dec 8, 2023, 09:38 PM

Dec 2023

"Ocho Kandelikas" (lit. 'Eight Little Candles') is a Ladino song celebrating the holiday of Hanukkah, written by the Jewish-American composer Flory Jagoda in 1983.[1]

The song is sung in Ladino, an Old Spanish-derived language traditionally associated with the Sephardic Jewish community.[2] The song is often performed in an Argentine tango-rhythm with accompanying accordion and violins. The lyrics of the song describe a child's joy of lighting the candles on the menorah."Ocho Kandelikas" (lit. 'Eight Little Candles') is a Ladino song celebrating the holiday of Hanukkah, written by the Jewish-American composer Flory Jagoda in 1983.[1]

The song is sung in Ladino, an Old Spanish-derived language traditionally associated with the Sephardic Jewish community.[2] The song is often performed in an Argentine tango-rhythm with accompanying accordion and violins. The lyrics of the song describe a child's joy of lighting the candles on the menorah.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocho_Kandelikas

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3. Thanks. I think that Nawaz said something like that in the introduction but I did not follow

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Fri Dec 8, 2023, 10:20 PM

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