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🇩🇿 Algeria and 3 moreBerber calendarⵜⴰⵙⵡⴰⵙⵜ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ (taswast tamaziɣt) An agricultural timekeeping system used by the Amazigh people of North Africa to mark seasons and farming cycles.Seasonal · Dinner

🇹🇳 Nabeul, Tunisia and 4 moreHarissaهريسة A spicy chili pepper paste from Tunisia, used as a condiment and ingredient across North Africa.Table custom · Dinner

🇲🇦 Morocco and 4 moreMimounaמִימוּנָה A Maghrebi Jewish celebration marking the end of Passover with sweets and open doorsFestival · Dinner

🇩🇿 Algeria and 4 moreYennayerⵢⵏⵏⴰⵢⵔ The Amazigh New Year celebrated across North Africa with feasts and blessing ritesSeasonal · Dinner

🇩🇿 Tlemcen, AlgeriaAshura in Algeriaيوم عاشوراء A day of fasting, almsgiving, evening feasting and regional folk masquerades.Festival · Fasting and breaking the fast

🇲🇦 Morocco and 1 moreTweezaتويزة A North African tradition of communal voluntary work, mutual aid and shared harvestsCeremony · Dinner

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

Yennayer: Vermondo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Harissa: Ovva olfa, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Mimouna: U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Ashura in Algeria: Jan Janssonius, Public domain, source
Tweeza: Demeester, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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