Old New Year, and its related observance: Yennayer (Berbers)

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Old New Year, and its related observance: Yennayer (Berbers)

Yennayer 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, a Paris-based Algerian scholar. 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.

Source: Wikipedia Yennayer

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