: In December 2017, the Algerian government decreed Yennayer a national holiday to "strengthen national unity," following decades of advocacy by Amazigh activists.
: Traditional rites in villages like Ath El Kacem included communal meals of couscous and chicken , intended to ward off famine and ensure prosperity for the coming year. djam_zeyel_meyel_imzad_yenayer_2968
Yennayer is the first month of the , which traces its roots back to 950 BCE, the year King Shoshenq I ascended the Egyptian throne. The celebration of 2968 was particularly poignant: : In December 2017, the Algerian government decreed