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Yennayer
Three Berber calendars, all of them refer to the Shoshenq era (Gregorian + 950).
Official name
Aseggwas Amaziɣ
Also called
Berber New Year
Observed by
Algeria Morocco Tunisia Libya Egypt (Siwa Oasis)
Type
Cultural
Begins
12 January
Ends
14 January
Date
12 January
Yennayer (Arabic: ينّاير) is the first month of the Berber calendar. The first day of Yennayer corresponds to the first day of January in the Julian Calendar, which is shifted thirteen days compared to the Gregorian calendar, thus falling on 12 January every year. The Berber calendar was created in 1980 by Ammar Negadi [fr], a Paris-based Algerian scholar.[1] He chose 943 BC, the year in which the Meshwesh Shoshenq I ascended to the throne of Egypt, as the first year of the Berber calendar.[1][2]
There is some debate about the traditional date of Yennayer, with some cultural associations advocating for its celebration on the evening of 13 January, which is widespread in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and the Canary Islands.
On 27 December 2017, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika officially recognized Yennayer as a public holiday to be celebrated on 12 January every year.[3] The first official celebration of Yennayer as a public holiday in Algeria took place on 12 January 2018.[4] On 3 May 2023, King Mohammed VI of Morocco declared the Berber New Year as a national public holiday in Morocco.[5][6]
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^"Algeria sets Berber New Year as public holiday". Middle East Monitor. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
^"L'Algérie fête officiellement le Nouvel An berbère pour la première fois". Le Monde.fr (in French). 12 January 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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