The first night of the new year (ennayr), each family participates in Kabyle Talkimt n djiwnegh (literally dumpling “I’m not hungry anymore”). You eat “the seven vegetables” with couscous (including artichokes, wild asparagus, watercress, honeysuckle, leeks). After the meal, one of the women presented a couscous ball to each guest who must refuse, after which she has on the doorpost of the house, depending on how the wind has scattered the pellet overnight and will there be filed (feather, hair, strand of wool, etc.), we will determine the auspicious of starts yEAR. The next night, everyone must eat a whole poultry and eggs, being careful not to throw the shells until the next day, so as not to run out of money. Finally, the hostess changes the hearth stones and gets rid of old.
The Arabic spoken in Algeria introduced many REGIONAL DIFFERENCES. For example it is softer on the Tunisian side and more guttural approach to the Moroccan border. Language of Berber origin as the Tuareg (tamachek) and the Kabyle (Tamazight) are also spoken in the country. Tamazight SUMMER has officially recognized as a second national language in Algeria in March 2002.
The Arabic pronunciation is difficult. It is characterized not including the use of diphthongs aw ( “aug”), have ( “ai”) and ay ei (as in “earthenware”). Three consonants are particularly difficult to pronounce for the beginner. This is the voiceless stop ( ‘) and ayn sounds (sound fricative) and rayn ( “gh”). These last two are obtained fairly low in the throat and is vocalized by guttural contraction accompanied by a kind of lisp.
The transcript of the Arabic alphabet into Latin alphabet does not obey strict rules. Here are some useful words and phrases:
hello: as-salam ‘alay koum
goodbye: ma’as -salam
thank you: choukran
yes / agree: only am
no: the
excuse me smeh liya
How are you ?: kayf Halek?
do you speak ?: franÇais tatkellem faranciya?
I understand: fhemt
I do not understand: my fhemtch
my name is …: ismi …
? Where / the … located: fyn …?
Bus: Tobis
bus (long distance): kar
Bus Station: al-Mahatta Tobis
Railway Station: al-Mahatta tren
Left: Liser
Right: limen
Police: al-Bolis
Hotel: al-Otel
Restaurant: al-mat’am
On Amazing testimonies of rock art were discovered in THE REGION Saharan Tassili n’Ajjer in the southeast end of the country. Revealed for the first time in 1934, these works from the Neolithic testify animals representing many of the past wealth of the Saharan ecosystem. They are classified on the list of the HUMANITY’s Heritage by Unesco.
Closer to home, the artistic traditions are illustrated by a rich and varied crafts. The art of weaving, reflecting in particular the contribution in the Algerian Berber culture, comes in multiple varieties. Each region is characterized by a specific production, recognizable by its motives and its colors. Another piece of the artistic and artisanal Algerian production, ceramic benefited from Roman and Andalusian contributions. Like pottery – whose use is primarily domestic – she is Also enriched with Turkish influences.
If the craft is primarily RESERVED women, music is a man’s game. While subtle variations lute of Arab-Andalusian music anchor the musical repertoire in the Algerian tradition, modern rai symbolizes its renewal. Appeared in the 1970s around Oran, it combines traditional instruments with synthesizers and guitars Electric. Its leading figures are Boutella Safi, Cheb Mami and Cheb Khaled, now world famous. The Chaabi music is a popular version of the classic Arab-Andalusian music. The fame of the Kabyle song finally surpassed the borders of the country in recent decades thanks to artists like Ait Idir and Menguelet.
The cinema shows including through often engaged works of several filmmakers Kabyle. Include first Azzedine Meddour (The Mountain of Baya, 1997) and Abderrahmane Bouguermouh, author of The Hill FORGOTTEN (1997), first film shot in Tamazight.
The main figures of contemporary Algerian literature are Rachid Boudjedra (repudiation), Rachid Mimouni (The River diverted), Mohammed Moulessehoul (What dream wolves under the pseudonym Commissioner Llob and Fall of chimeras, as the Yasmina Khadra) and, more recently, Salim Bachi (The Hound of Ulysses).
Algerian cuisine is close to his cousins Tunisian and Moroccan but has some differences.
A classic hot starter is choukchouka, composed of tomatoes, peppers and spices together and reduced-RELATED using some beaten eggs, added after cooking. Salads Eggplant and preserved lemons, or peppers and tomatoes, are also among the appetizers most prevalent.
Chorba is a Thick, velvety soup with mutton, vegetables, chickpeas, vermicelli and Spice. It is traditionally served during the breaking the fast of Ramadan, at the fall of the sun. The hrira (or harira) is a soup of vegetables, spices and coriander.
No introduction couscous dish of vegetables, meat and rolled semolina and sifted by hand. Originally festive dish, he met many varieties of tagines and stews on restaurant menus.
Horned gazelles, makroute, amandines and other pastries made with almonds, dates and honey usually end up eating.
The most popular drink is green tea with mint. Since franÇaise colonization, REGIONS Algiers and Oran produce wine. The most famous wines are the Coteaux de Mascara (red and pink) and Coteaux de Tlemcen (red, pink and white) IN THE REGION products Oran. Sodas and mineral waters are Also available in the country.
The food offered in the Sahara is, of course, more summary. It consists of flat bread cooked in the sand (traditional tagella), dates, tea and provisions that you or the organizer of your circuit will have washed away to the bivouac (preserves, pasta, rice, etc.). Meat and couscous are generally prepared: nearby oases.
state religion in Algeria, Islam draws from the same roots as the other monotheistic religions born in the Middle East: Judaism and Christianity. The holy book of Islam, the Koran, and frequently referred to also present characters in the Bible or the Torah.
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