Culture

How do the Imazighen celebrate the Amazigh New Year?

12 January marks the Amazigh New Year or ‘Yennayer’ and is celebrated by the Imazighen across North Africa and the diaspora. The festival symbolises the Amazigh people’s bond with nature as well as rebirth and abundance.

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