YENNAYER 2973, a look at this Amazigh event
Once again Yennayer, 1st day of the Amazigh year, which symbolizes the deep, indestructible and unitary root of all Amazighs, announces the agricultural season which begins from January 12 to 14 of each Catholic year, with the arrival of Anzar ( the rain), it is the year of the earth (akal) which marks the attachment of the Amazigh to his land.
This word Yennayer is specifically Amazigh, they do not share it with anyone else in the world, neither the Arabs nor the Yemenis nor the horn of East Africa, which proves that they are a unique people in North Africa, and that it was there well before the agricultural era more than 12,000 years ago with a language having the same roots despite a great dispersion over an immense territory and various and varied invasions.
Colonialism ruled out their land to leave it in the end to the Arab-Muslims who settled in its bed, applying a totalitarian ideology and a political system that excluded the Amazighs on the pretext that their submission to Islam and their contribution in the fight against Christians gives them the right to be good obedient citizens. These rulers have succeeded in practically tearing their identity from them, but not in removing Yennayer from them, in spite of the mullahs who consider him to be ''haram''.
This large-scale tradition does not exist anywhere else, except among the Amerindians of Colombia who have a veneration for their land by the slogan '' Patcha Mama '' on a smaller geographical area.
So this year we see festivities all over Tamazgha and among expatriates all over the world. The golden palm as usual goes to Kabylie, the party is everywhere in this region, with remarkable novelties: after Shashnaq, here is the statue of Yughurten (the tallest of all: Jugurtha).
The mixed-blood primo-Amazighs of the Canary Islands are missing, perhaps their flame is starting to die out. We would like to see great celebrations among the Lebous (Libyans) as in the time of tagrawla, it is the least we can ask of the children of Shashnaq, the father of the Amazigh world. ''who does'not go ahead move back''.
PM Akhannouch has put his city of Tafraout under extinguisher, the red flag is the only one authorized, We should not expect much from this man, the proof still not of paid unemployed Yennyaer. The whole world knows that it is in Morocco that we find the largest Amazigh -speaking population, however it is Arabic in all its forms that occupies all levels of society. Darija is Arabic, just count to ten in Amazigh and Darija to realize it. This country which is past master in: ''we must make them believe'' serves it to the Amazighs, who do not dare to openly and vigorously denounce a lack of political will in their favor at all levels. The repeated protests outside parliament fall on deaf ears.
A special mention for the Amazighs of Israel with women guardians of culture and traditions, They understood that their ancestors are neither Arab nor from the Near East, if they are in this land. it is by obligation. The real return for them is North Africa without borders as in the time of the Amazigh ancestors.
We must pay tribute to ''Berber TV'', the only real free TV to carry the voice of the Amazighs in the first place that of the Kabyles, without leaving aside the other communities and Tamourts. The management of the chain is to be congratulated as well as all its staff for this modernist, progressive and visionary orientation, wish them success and success.
The CMA must rejoice as well as Kamira where she finds herself in an unjust way, to see this anthology of festivities which testify to a people who have not lost the flame despite the powers that use all means to prevent it to raise your head. Thus we see an ostracized Kabylie, in Morocco you have to make allegiance before saying a word. Despite a cultural level that is mostly quite low, we feel a people who have perhaps realized a little bit that awakening is possible, if everyone gets involved and all hope is not lost.
This internal and external participation for the year 2973 testifies in any case in spite of weak means as in Tamezret, from father to son and from mother to daughter that the Amazighs will never disappear, mainly thanks to Yennayer who comes to remind them each year that their earth does not forget them and that they must do everything to preserve it.
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