BJAA: In a village nestled in the mountains of north-eastern Algeria, locals and visitors gathered under a cold winter sky to celebrate Tamechrit, a centuries-old Berber tradition rooted in sharing.

Algiers Province, Algeria - January 12, 2025 The "Amazigh", an Indigenous population of North Africa, is celebrating the Berber New Year, an ancestral event. Camera: LAURA FERNÁNDEZ PALOMO.

In a village nestled in the mountains of northeastern Algeria, locals and visitors gathered under a cold winter sky to celebrate Tamechrit, a centuries-old Berber tradition rooted in sharing.

In a village nestled in the mountains of northeastern Algeria, locals and visitors gathered under a cold winter sky to celebrate Tamechrit, a centuries-old Berber tradition rooted in sharing.

Béjaïa (Algeria) (AFP ... long fought for recognition for their ancient culture and language in modern states across North Africa. Berbers are descendants of pre-Arab North Africans ...

In a village nestled in the mountains of northeastern Algeria ... recognition for their ancient culture and language in modern states across North Africa. Berbers are descendants of pre-Arab ...

The indigenous people of north Africa, known to others as Berbers and among themselves as Amazigh, were brutally suppressed under Gaddafi, who considered the teaching of their language and culture to ...

Berbers, however, with their languages and customs, still live in small niches of Northern Morocco and Algeria ... Tuaregs have their own culture that probably diverged from the Berber world ...