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'''''Kalaniyot''''' (English: "[[Anemone coronaria|anemones]]") is an Israeli song that became popular in the days leading up to the establishment of the [[State of Israel]] and has remained an Israeli classic.
The lyrics, by [[Nathan Alterman]], paint the Anemones as a beauty that remains constant through a woman's life as she moves from girlhood, to maturity, to nostalgic old age.<ref>
{{cite web |url=https://www.hebrewsongs.com/?song=kalaniot |title= KALANIOT: Hebrew Songs|last=Jakubovits |first=George  |date= |website=HebrewSongs.com |access-date=13 September 2024}}</ref>
The music, by Israeli composer [[Moshe Vilensky]], became one of his most famous melodies.
Although written as an ode to beauty, the song collided with the politics of [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine under the British Mandate]] when the [[6th Airborne Division in Palestine|British 6th Airborne Division]] arrived to serve in an internal security role.   The division wore red berets, which led them to acquire the nickname of "Anenomes" among the Jewish population who resented them.   According to the account of a soldier who served there, the children would taunt members of the division by singing the chorus of the song at them.<ref>{{cite book |last=Segev |first=Tom |date=2000 |title=One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs under the British Mandate |publisher=Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company LLC |location=115 West 18th St., New York, NY 10011 |page=481 |isbn=0-8050-4848-0}}</ref>
The song was sung by [[Shoshana Damari]]. It was sung to her by family and friends when she was on her death bed.<ref>{{cite news |author=Assaf Carmel |date=14 February 2006 |title=Shoshana Damari, 'Queen of Israeli song,' dies at 83 |newspaper=Haaretz |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/shoshana-damari-queen-of-israeli-song-dies-at-83-1.180084 |accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Naomi Grossman |date=14 February 2006 |title=Singer Shoshana Damari Passes Away |publisher=Arutz Sheva |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=98497 |accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Music of Israel]]
*[[Culture of Israel]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFtAvjr_O0U Performance of Kalaniyot by Shoshana Damari on Youtube]
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