Karen Gerson Sarhon – Sephardic Humor and the Ladino Language

Humor is a very special characteristic of cultures and languages and contains in its essence, the specific character of the community to which it belongs. It tells us about their lives, their wishes, their pain, their loves and their laughs. Sephardic humor is very specific because the Sephardim know how to laugh at themselves, which is something that is not easily found in many communities. The typical Sephardi, man or woman, anecdotes, proverbs, idioms, humoristic or absurd songs: all of these will give us a good idea of what Sephardic humor is, especially the humor of the Sephardim of the Ottoman Empire. This cultural heritage shows us how the Jews used to live in the past and what they laughed at. We will have the opportunity to see that humor actually transcends time and that there is a universal kind of humor that is understood by all and that makes all laugh. We are happy when we laugh, so let's laugh a little! Join us at: PolyglotConference.com fb.com/PolyglotConference fb.com/groups/PolyglotConference twitter.com/Polyglot_Confer instagram.com/PolyglotConference The Language Event Join us at: TheLanguageEvent.com fb.com/TheLanguageEvent fb.com/groups/TheLanguaageEventEdinburgh fb.com/groups/TheLanguageEventAuckland fb.com/groups/ThelanguageEventMelbourne twitter.com/PolyglotMeetup instagram.com/TheLanguageEvent Filming & Editing: Simos Batzakis