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{{Infobox holiday
| type          = ethnic, cultural, national, religious, judaism, patriotic
| holiday_name  = Seharane
| official_name = Seharane
| nickname      = Sayeran
| litcolor      = Kurdish colors: green, yellow, red; and blue for Israel and Judaism.
| significance  = The Seharane is a Kurdish Jewish festival, lasting a few days at the close of Pesach, that traditionally marked the end of winter and the coming of spring. Similar to Kurdish Newroz. It is a patriotic holiday reminding kurdish jews of their origin.
| celebrations  = family and other social gatherings, symbolic and feasting
| begins        = Tuesday, October 11
| ends          = Sunday, October 16
| date          = 
| duration      = 1 week
| frequency     = Annual
| relatedto     = [[Newroz]]
}}
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'''Seharane''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: סהרנה; [[Kurdish languages|Kurdish]]: ''Sayeran'') is a Kurdish Jewish festival, lasting a few days at the end of [[Passover|Pesach]], that traditionally marked the end of winter and the coming of spring (but has, in Israel been celebrated during [[Sukkot]]).  

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The Seharane was celebrated after [[Passover|Pesach]] by all the families in all the [[History of the Jews in Kurdistan|Kurdish Jewish]] communities and is thus a springtime festival. Each family would prepare provisions, taking these, their musical instruments, tents, and leave the towns or villages for the countryside, to celebrate by the lakes and rivers in the beauty of the natural surroundings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-07 |title=The Seharane |url=https://archive.jewishagency.org/holidays-and-memorial-days/content/23863 |url-status=live}}</ref> Since the festival lasted for a few days, provisions woul(contracted; show full)ne, and often in a circle, the dancers' feet weaving in and out.<ref name=":0" /> Solo singers and dancers would perform, and this was also a time when the community's poets and story-tellers would play a major part in the proceedings.<ref name=":0" /> Festivities would continue into the night, and possibly throughout the first night, until dawn and morning prayers, and the celebration went on for several days.<ref name=":0" />

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