Shab-e-Barat

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Shab-e-Barat
Mid-Sha'ban/Shab-e-Barat observance in Iran
Official name	Nisfe barat
Observed by	South Asian and South East Asian Muslims
Type	Islamic, Mid-Sha'ban
Celebrations	Mosque
Date	Night between 14 and 15 of Sha'ban

Shab-e-Barat (lit. 'Barat Night'), Cheragh-e-Barat, Berat Kandili, or Nisfu Syaaban (Southeastern Asian Muslims) is a Mid-Sha'ban related cultural celebration celebrated in many South Asian, Central Asian, South East Asian and Middle Eastern Muslim countries, on the 15th night (the night on 15th only) of the month of Sha'ban, the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.^[1]