Yennar

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Yennar is the traditional Amazigh (Berber) New Year celebration, marking the start of the agrarian calendar and observed with cultural rituals, feasts, and communal festivities across North Africa.

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Label Occurrences
Yennar canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amazigh cultural event ⓘ
New Year festival ⓘ
agrarian calendar observance ⓘ
traditional celebration ⓘ
associatedWith Amazigh calendar ⓘ
calendarType agrarian calendar ⓘ
celebratedBy Chaoui Amazigh communities ⓘ
linked to: Chaoui people

Kabyle Amazigh communities ⓘ
Riffian Amazigh communities ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berbers

Tuareg and other Amazigh groups ⓘ
culture Amazigh ⓘ
Berber ⓘ
features children’s gift-giving customs ⓘ
communal festivities ⓘ
family gatherings ⓘ
music and dance ⓘ
ritual meals ⓘ
special dishes ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Yennar n Imazighen ⓘ
Yennayer ⓘ
hasRitual agricultural blessings ⓘ
household purification practices ⓘ
preparation of symbolic foods ⓘ
importance expression of Amazigh heritage ⓘ
major Amazigh cultural marker ⓘ
includes folk songs ⓘ
poetic recitations ⓘ
traditional costumes ⓘ
linkedTo farming activities ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
marks start of the Amazigh agrarian year ⓘ
observedIn Algeria ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
parts of the Sahel ⓘ
purpose strengthening community bonds ⓘ
transmission of Amazigh traditions to younger generations ⓘ
region North Africa ⓘ
religiousCharacter mainly cultural and seasonal ⓘ
symbolizes continuity of Amazigh identity ⓘ
renewal of the agricultural cycle ⓘ
timeOfYear around January 12–14 (Gregorian calendar) ⓘ
early January ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amazigh New Year → hasName → Yennar ⓘ
subject linked to: Amazigh New Year (Yennayer)