Ashura in Algeria

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Arabic: يوم عاشوراء), on 10 Muharram, is a public holiday, traditionally marked by celebration, zakat-giving, fasting, and cemetery visits[1][2] depending on the region.[3][4]
In some areas the celebration incorporates dances, music, and masquerades.

Legal status

The day of Ashura is one of twelve[5][6] paid public holidays in Algeria, codified as such by law since 1963[7] (shortly after independence), and still in force today.[8]

Ashura's status as a public holiday in Algeria contrasts with the situation in some other

Muslim countries, such as Saudi Arabia or Indonesia
, reflecting this holiday's traditional importance in Algerian culture.

Date

The festival of Ashura, like other Islamic holidays, is celebrated according to the Islamic calendar, which uses a lunar year eleven days shorter than the solar year. Its date in the Gregorian calendar, which is solar, therefore varies from year to year.

Religious aspects

Among the

religious innovation overreacting against Shia practice.[10]

While Islam does not require zakat to be paid on a particular day, it is customary in Algeria to pay it on Ashura.[11][12][13] This practice is sometimes accompanied by material donations to the poor or by discount sales.[14][15]

Sufi brotherhoods and zawiyas often organize special events for Ashura, including dhikr.[15][16] These may include tomb visits; for instance, in Bouzeguene, women traditionally visit a marabout's mausoleum on Ashura,[17] while near Timimoun, Ashura is the occasion for an annual visit (ziyara) to the tomb of a local saint, Sidi El Cherif.[18]

Celebration

Main article: Culture of Algeria
See also: Tasu'a and Sebiba

At sunset, the Ashura fast is typically broken with a feast. In

ghoriba, refiss, or baghrir.[22] This dinner feast may also be used as the occasion to gather together zakat payments in kind, as at Laghouat.[25]

In Tlemcen, women and children traditionally decorate themselves with henna for the occasion.[26]

In many regions, the celebration also takes on overtly carnivalesque aspects, some of which have been claimed to be relics of pre-Islamic practices such as

Tuareg, Ashura is traditionally marked by the Sebiba festival, featuring dancing and music.[30][31]

Charity

Main article: Zakat

The tradition of giving zakat to the poor and holding collective feasts at Ashura contributes to the holiday's role in Algeria as an occasion for solidarity and social assistance.[32][33][34][35]

In many Algerian cities, such as Tlemcen, Ashura is the occasion for discount sales, starting from the first day of the month of Muharram, and attracting crowds.[36] The urban cities are transformed during this day, in a gigantic market where all kinds of products are exposed, in particular articles that have been in stock too long.[37][38][39][40][41]

The poorest who have received their share of Zakat take advantage of this windfall to do their shopping.[42][43]

Newborns

Main article:
Achour (disambiguation)

An Algerian child born on or around Ashura was traditionally often given the first name Achour in honour of the occasion.[44][45]

Many parents prefer to reserve infants' first haircut for the day of Ashura.[22][14]

See also

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