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Chamar, (also Chamari), is a mourning ritual which is associated with the culture of people in the states of Lorestan, Kermanshah and Ilam. The procedure starts with cleansing the body of the dead and embalming it in a coffin, and later cover it with green leaves of a willow tree and they place it near his or her grave, which is usually situated in a graveyard near a fountain of water. Then they near a black horse with manes currycombed to one side from afar. Women and men then start to grieve for their loss, women may also cut their hair. The mourning usually becomes more intense as they gradually take the horse away. This ritual has its specific poetry. This ritual have been saved as a national heritage of Kermanshah on September 16th, 2018.

There are a few references to this ritual in the Classical Kurdish literature. Mawlawi Tawagozi have referred to it in one of his verses, to reflect the sadness and grief.

In the Kurdish Literature
Here is a translation of the poem: "I be came sad after the arrival of your letter, as if the sound of Chamar was ringing in the air, and it broken my happiness, when mourning and cries started in hundred sounds.