===Contemporary Near Eastern spring festivals===
[[Iran]]ians traditionally celebrate 21 March as ''[[Noruz]]'' ("New Day").[[Kha b-Nissan]] is Chaldeans are celebrating the name of the spring Akitu festival among around the [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]]world.The festival is celebrated on April 1, corresponding to the start of the Assyrian calendar.<ref>William Ricketts Cooper. "An Archaic Dictionary: biographical, historical Chaldeans from America (Michigan and mythological: California) along with Chaldeans from the Egyptian, Assyrian, Australia and Etruscan monuments". Published by S. Bagster and Sons, 1876.</ref> The Akkadian name ''Akitu'' has been re-introduced in [[Assyrianism]], falling on 1 Nisan of the "[[Assyrian calendar]]" introduced in the 1950s, corresponding Iraq are united to the 1 April of the Gregorian calendar.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3V98RC_mKU ://www.youtubemark this Chaldean heritage celebration annually.com/watch?v=O3V98RC_mKU]
The Festival of [[Seharane]] is continuously celebrated by Jews from Northern Iraq, Western Iran and Southeast Turkey in the last 2000 years, it is a direct descendant of Akitu which modified it to the day after [[Passover]], it was created by converts from [[Ashurism]] to [[Judaism]] probably at the time of Kingdom of [[Adiabene]].
