Yennayer

Also known as Berber New Year, Amazigh New Year

Yennayer is the first month of the Berber (Amazigh) 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, a Paris-based Algerian scholar. He chose 943 BC (rounded off to 950), the year in which the Meshwesh Shoshenq I ascended to the throne of Egypt, as the first year of the Berber calendar.

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It is catalogued under topics including Berber culture, Culture of Algeria and Culture of Morocco.

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Key facts

Holiday.holiday_name: Yennayer
Holiday.image: Berber_Calendars.jpg
Holiday.type: Cultural
Holiday.caption: Three Berber (Amazigh) calendars, all of them refer to the Shoshenq era (Gregorian + 950).
Holiday.observedby: (Siwa Oasis)
Holiday.official_name: Aseggwas Amaziɣ
Holiday.nickname: Berber New Year
Holiday.begins: 12 January
Holiday.ends: 14 January
Holiday.date: 12 January

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: calendar date
Country: Egypt
Image: Berber Calendars.jpg

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day in year for periodic occurrence: January 12

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Origins
Names and etymology
Celebration
Symbolism and rites
Bibliography
See also
Notes
References

There is some debate about the traditional date of Yennayer, with some cultural associations advocating for its celebration on the evening of 12 January, which is widespread in Algeria, Morocco, Libya, and the Canary Islands.

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