Special day
Yennayer — Amazigh New Year
A new year, rooted in older soil.
Today
When is Yennayer — Amazigh New Year?
Every year on January 12.
National
- Algeria
What is Yennayer — Amazigh New Year?
Yennayer opens the Amazigh agrarian year, counted from 950 BCE, and has been a public holiday in Algeria since 2018. Families cook a celebratory couscous with seven vegetables, share dried fruit and nuts, and give children their first haircut of the year.
How to celebrate
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- #Yennayer
- #Amazigh
- #BerberNewYear
- #Algeria
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