Kalaniyot
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Kalaniyot is an Israel
i 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
, describe a little girl who dreams she is gathering anemones in a basket and brings them to her mother. The music, by Israeli composer Moshe Vilensky, became one of his most famous melodies.
The song was used as a code during the British Mandate
to alert fighters of the Lehi
and Etzel
to the presence of British soldiers (their caps were of the color of the flower).
The song was sung by Shoshana Damari. It was sung to her by family and friends when she was on her death bed.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i 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
Nathan Alterman
Nathan Alterman was an Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator who – though never holding any elected office – was highly influential in Socialist Zionist politics, both before and after the establishment of the State of Israel.-Biography:...
, describe a little girl who dreams she is gathering anemones in a basket and brings them to her mother. The music, by Israeli composer Moshe Vilensky, became one of his most famous melodies.
The song was used as a code during the British Mandate
Mandate Palestine
Mandate Palestine existed while the British Mandate for Palestine, which formally began in September 1923 and terminated in May 1948, was in effect...
to alert fighters of the Lehi
Lehi (group)
Lehi , commonly referred to in English as the Stern Group or Stern Gang, was a militant Zionist group founded by Avraham Stern in the British Mandate of Palestine...
and Etzel
Irgun
The Irgun , or Irgun Zevai Leumi to give it its full title , was a Zionist paramilitary group that operated in Mandate Palestine between 1931 and 1948. It was an offshoot of the earlier and larger Jewish paramilitary organization haHaganah...
to the presence of British soldiers (their caps were of the color of the flower).
The song was sung by Shoshana Damari. It was sung to her by family and friends when she was on her death bed.