Animated music video is about welcoming new born baby into the world by blessing her, wishing for brigther future, based on old Sephardic traditions -Las Fadas- dates back to medieval Spain, before the expulsion in 1492.  It is a ceremony that was held about two weeks after the baby’s birth. The family would invite family and friends to their home, the rabbi would make a speech and then the guests would each take a turn holding the baby, offering blessings and speaking about their hopes for this new life.

The ritual is rooted in a popular folk tale about bad fairies from the underworld (“Las Fadas”), feeling upset they weren’t invited to celebrate the new child, and attempting to harm her. Passing the baby from person to person was designed to fool the bad fairies into thinking that good fairies were protecting the baby by blessing her.

Animation by Salomeja Marcauskaite
Song written & Composed in Ladino language by Nani Noam Vazana

Song lyric translation:

Fairy of My Heart

Just like the stars in the skies, my beloved
Your shining eyes bring me joy
They dazzle ever so bright
Just as the ones in the heavens

Have patience, my beloved
The future is yet to unfold
I promise it‘ll shine bright
You are the fairy of my heart

Let me tell you one thing, my beloved
The world will change as you grow up
There are many things on my mind
But worry not, I’m here to teach you

The first time I saw you, my beloved
You went straight into my soul
You shone as a ray of light
And I wanted to hold you tight