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Yennayer

The Amazigh new year, kept with a large shared couscous and a table that must be full.

Some Berber calendars
Photo: Vermondo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What is eaten for Yennayer

Yennayer is the first day of the Amazigh farming year, kept across North Africa between 12 and 14 January. The evening meal is meant to be plentiful, because a full table is a sign of a full year. Many families make couscous with chicken and many vegetables. In parts of Morocco the dish is tagoula, a thick porridge of barley or maize with a date stone hidden in it for luck. Dried fruit and nuts are shared with children and neighbours.

The dishes

CouscousMade with chicken and many vegetables for the new year meal.

Also part of it, and being written: Sfenj (Fried dough rings made in many homes for the day.), Dried fruit (Shared with nuts as a wish for plenty.).

More dishes made for Yennayer

ChakhchoukhaMeatشخشوخة 🇩🇿 AlgeriaAlgerian flatbread pieces in a spiced tomato and meat stew Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Yennayer" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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