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Discover the diverse culture of Algeria
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Algeria's culture is strongly influenced by the country's recent history, as well as other aspects such as their literature, music, arts and crafts and religion.
Arabic is Algeria's primary language of around 82% of the populace. The French colonialism left French as the second language of many educated Algerians, and English is very rarely spoken. Many people of Algeria also speak different dialects of Berber.
The culture of most country's is also influenced by their past and this is certainly true in Algeria. There are also many ethnic groups in the country which contribute to a diverse and fascinating culture.
Islam is the official religion of Algeria and the majority of Algerians are Muslims. Since the departure of the French, Christianity is a secondary religion. 1% of Algeria's population are Jewish.
Algerian literature is split between French and Arabic, with famous novelists of the 20th century such as, Mohammed Dib, Kateb Yacine and Assia Djebar. Assia Djebar's works are widely translated.
The musical genre of Algeria that is best known abroad, is rai. Rai is a pop-flavoured, opinionated take on folk music, featuring stars such as Khaled and Cheb Mami. Chaabi style music also remains very popular with popular stars such as El Hadj El Anka and Dahmane El Harrachi, making their mark everyday. For the more classical taste, Andalusi music, brought from Al-Andalus by Morisco refugees, is preserved in many older coastal towns.
Algeria has a thriving handicrafts industry. Part of the charm of the country is the richness of its production. From carpets to ceramics, from leather to lute making, from pottery to glass working to silverwork, the country has a tremendous variety of skills that produce goods which are sold in many other countries as well as to tourists.
From algeria website
Algeria's culture is strongly influenced by the country's recent history, as well as other aspects such as their literature, music, arts and crafts and religion.
Arabic is Algeria's primary language of around 82% of the populace. The French colonialism left French as the second language of many educated Algerians, and English is very rarely spoken. Many people of Algeria also speak different dialects of Berber.
The culture of most country's is also influenced by their past and this is certainly true in Algeria. There are also many ethnic groups in the country which contribute to a diverse and fascinating culture.
Islam is the official religion of Algeria and the majority of Algerians are Muslims. Since the departure of the French, Christianity is a secondary religion. 1% of Algeria's population are Jewish.
Algerian literature is split between French and Arabic, with famous novelists of the 20th century such as, Mohammed Dib, Kateb Yacine and Assia Djebar. Assia Djebar's works are widely translated.
The musical genre of Algeria that is best known abroad, is rai. Rai is a pop-flavoured, opinionated take on folk music, featuring stars such as Khaled and Cheb Mami. Chaabi style music also remains very popular with popular stars such as El Hadj El Anka and Dahmane El Harrachi, making their mark everyday. For the more classical taste, Andalusi music, brought from Al-Andalus by Morisco refugees, is preserved in many older coastal towns.
Algeria has a thriving handicrafts industry. Part of the charm of the country is the richness of its production. From carpets to ceramics, from leather to lute making, from pottery to glass working to silverwork, the country has a tremendous variety of skills that produce goods which are sold in many other countries as well as to tourists.
From algeria website
Algeria culture
Algeria culture from wikipédia
Modern Algerian literature, split between Arabic and French, has been strongly influenced by the country's recent history. Famous novelists of the twentieth century include Mohammed Dib, Albert Camus, and Kateb Yacine, while Assia Djebar is widely translated. Important novelists of the 1980s included Rachid Mimouni, later vice-president of Amnesty International, and Tahar Djaout, murdered by an Islamist group in 1993 for his secularist views. As early as Roman times, Apuleius, born in Mdaourouch, was native to what would become Algeria.
In philosophy and the humanities, Jacques Derrida, the father of deconstruction, was born in El-Biar near Algiers; Malek Bennabi and Frantz Fanon are noted for their thoughts on decolonization; Augustine of Hippo was born in Tagaste (about 60 miles (100 km) from the present day city of Annaba); and Ibn Khaldun, though born in Tunis, wrote the Muqaddima while staying in Algeria. Algerian culture has been strongly influenced by Islam, the main religion. The works of the Sanusi family in pre-colonial times, and of Emir Abdelkader and Sheikh Ben Badis in colonial times, are widely noted.
The Algerian musical genre best known abroad is raï, a pop-flavored, opinionated take on folk music, featuring international stars such as Khaled and Cheb Mami. However, in Algeria itself the older, highly verbal chaabi style remains more popular, with such stars as El Hadj El Anka, Dahmane El Harrachi and El Hachemi Guerouabi, while the tuneful melodies of Kabyle music, exemplified by Idir, Ait Menguellet, or Lounès Matoub, have a wide audience. For more classical tastes, Andalusi music, brought from Al-Andalus by Morisco refugees, is preserved in many older coastal towns.
In painting, Mohammed Khadda and M'Hamed Issiakhem have been notable in recent years.
Modern Algerian literature, split between Arabic and French, has been strongly influenced by the country's recent history. Famous novelists of the twentieth century include Mohammed Dib, Albert Camus, and Kateb Yacine, while Assia Djebar is widely translated. Important novelists of the 1980s included Rachid Mimouni, later vice-president of Amnesty International, and Tahar Djaout, murdered by an Islamist group in 1993 for his secularist views. As early as Roman times, Apuleius, born in Mdaourouch, was native to what would become Algeria.In philosophy and the humanities, Jacques Derrida, the father of deconstruction, was born in El-Biar near Algiers; Malek Bennabi and Frantz Fanon are noted for their thoughts on decolonization; Augustine of Hippo was born in Tagaste (about 60 miles (100 km) from the present day city of Annaba); and Ibn Khaldun, though born in Tunis, wrote the Muqaddima while staying in Algeria. Algerian culture has been strongly influenced by Islam, the main religion. The works of the Sanusi family in pre-colonial times, and of Emir Abdelkader and Sheikh Ben Badis in colonial times, are widely noted.
The Algerian musical genre best known abroad is raï, a pop-flavored, opinionated take on folk music, featuring international stars such as Khaled and Cheb Mami. However, in Algeria itself the older, highly verbal chaabi style remains more popular, with such stars as El Hadj El Anka, Dahmane El Harrachi and El Hachemi Guerouabi, while the tuneful melodies of Kabyle music, exemplified by Idir, Ait Menguellet, or Lounès Matoub, have a wide audience. For more classical tastes, Andalusi music, brought from Al-Andalus by Morisco refugees, is preserved in many older coastal towns.
In painting, Mohammed Khadda and M'Hamed Issiakhem have been notable in recent years.
Etymology "Algeria"
Etymology of "Algeria" from Wikipédia
The name Algeria is derived from the name of the city of Algiers (French Alger), from the Arabic word al-jazā’ir, which translates as the islands, referring to the four islands which lay off the city's coast until becoming part of the mainland in 1525. Al-jazā’ir is itself a truncated form of the city's older name jazā’ir banī mazghannā, "the jazeera of (the tribe) Bani Mazghanna", used by early medieval geographers such as al-Idrisi and Yaqut al-Hamawi.
The name Algeria is derived from the name of the city of Algiers (French Alger), from the Arabic word al-jazā’ir, which translates as the islands, referring to the four islands which lay off the city's coast until becoming part of the mainland in 1525. Al-jazā’ir is itself a truncated form of the city's older name jazā’ir banī mazghannā, "the jazeera of (the tribe) Bani Mazghanna", used by early medieval geographers such as al-Idrisi and Yaqut al-Hamawi.
The streets of Algiers before 1830
Map of Algiers´ medina before 1830The Berber medina mistakenly called Casbah, has been fortified by the Barbarossa brothers to resist English, Spanish and French attempts to invade Algiers. The fortification works which ended in 1542 encircled the ancient city over 70 acres, with a wall of 11 to 13 meters in height. Made of mud bricks, this wall was collected with lime mortar comprising oily soil red and sand career. The wall lied on a bedrock of tuff. A vestige of this monumental achievement can be still admired in front of the entrance of the Serkadji prison .
The fortified Medina, which is built on a hill, then presented 7 Gates (Bab) : Bab-el-Oued (Creek Gate), Bab-triq-essour (Gate of the path of fortification), Bab-azzoun (Gate of Azzoun), Bab-dzira (Gate of the island), Bab l´bhar (Gate of the Sea), Bab-jdid (New Gate) and Bab al-casbah (Gate of the Kasbah): Sole remainaings of these legendary names are the Gate of the Casbah and abstract benchmarks.
The fortified Medina, which is built on a hill, then presented 7 Gates (Bab) : Bab-el-Oued (Creek Gate), Bab-triq-essour (Gate of the path of fortification), Bab-azzoun (Gate of Azzoun), Bab-dzira (Gate of the island), Bab l´bhar (Gate of the Sea), Bab-jdid (New Gate) and Bab al-casbah (Gate of the Kasbah): Sole remainaings of these legendary names are the Gate of the Casbah and abstract benchmarks.
The gate of Azzoun in 1832Many narrow streets along the medina. Many of these streets are former Roman paths or filled ravines which served as open sewer at the time Berber. Streets names are mainly given after the occupation of adjoining shops: zenqat sebbaghines (street tinctoria), zenqat bechmagdjia (shoemakers), zenqat ferraghia (fondry), zenqat ressassia (plumbers) or zenqat Mqaissia (bracelets manufacturer) are few examples of these names.
Beside these names, others were refering to adjoining activities or spots descriptions ex : Mcid eddalia (School of the venyard ), Fern el-djmal(Windmill of the Camels), Hammam Maleh (Baths of salted water), Sabat el hout (Vault of the fish ), Ain Hamara (Red fountain), Souk djama echema°in (Market "mosque of the Candlemakers"), Kahouet (Café ), Homa (Area), Kouchet el khondok (Oven of the gutter), Akba´t Chaouech (Chaouech´s Hill), Zaouia (Spiritual brotherhood ),Derb l´ksir (Small door entrance of a district ), Bir el medbah (Well of the slaughterhouse), Dar Serkadji (Serkadji´s house), Triq el-casbah (Casbah´s way) ....
The city has benefited very early by the Roman with a water supply delivering drinking water. This network was latter enriched by Andalous populations who built new aqueduct made of pottery . In the 17 century the Turks will improve the sewage system by digging evacuations 1m under the irrigation system.
The earthquakes of 1364 and 1716 distroyed a good part of the berber city built by the Beni-Mezrena tribe. The South districts of the medina which sheltered before 1830 many Mosques, Souks, Fondouks (hotels) and Palaces have been soon after occupation destroyed by the french army to ease troops transportation. Several architectural modifications will then be brought over the years to give the city its first european stamps.
Algiers at the origin (TOP)
Old Algiers- The Casbah´s five doors 16th centuryThe city of Algiers was built in 960 by the founder of the Zirid dynasty Bologhine ibn Ziri on the remainings of the antique phenician Ikosim (The island with the gulls)(IV B.C). However, a legend would award twenty (Eikosi) Hercule´s companion the original name of this commercial city.
The name Algiers (Alger) stems from the Catalan "Alguère" which stems itself from the Arabic word Jezaïr (D´zaïr) (جزائر), meaning islands. This name was in fact given in refence to small islands facing the city before being connected to the continent just after 1530 by the Turkish king of Algiers Kheireddin Barbarousse.
Algeria Land
Here's some informations about Algerian land
Land Area 2,381.740 sq km (919,590 sq miles), or over three times larger than the U.S. State of Texas
Landforms Mostly high plateau and the Sahara Desert, including three large sand seas. The Atlas mountains are in the north, and the Ahaggar Massif (Mts.) southeast. There is a hilly and narrow coastal plain along the Mediterranean Sea with a few minor (small) rivers.
Highest Point Mt. Tahat (3,003 meters) (9,850 ft), located in the Ahaggar Mountains
Lowest Point Lk. Chott Melrhir, (-40 meters)
Land Divisions 48 provinces; including Adrar, Ain Defla, Ain Temouchent, Alger, Annaba, Batna, Bechar, Bejaia, Biskra, Blida, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Bouira, Boumerdes, Chlef, Constantine, Djelfa, El Bayadh, El Oued, El Tarf, Ghardaia, Guelma, Illizi, Jijel, Khenchela, Laghouat, Mascara, Medea, Mila, Mostaganem, M'Sila, Naama, Oran, Ouargla, Oum el Bouaghi, Relizane, Saida, Setif, Sidi Bel Abbes, Skikda, Souk Ahras, Tamanghasset, Tebessa, Tiaret, Tindouf, Tipaza, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou and Tlemcen.
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The Ottoman Period (TOP)
Algiers Bay view. by Rottiers Witdoeck 1828Preceeding the famous French Colonisation, the Ottoman presence in Algeria which lasted about 300 years (1525-1830) did surly imprinted its presence in major Algerian cities like Algiers and Bejaia.
Today still Turkish descendants recognized by their family names as well as the wonderful houses of the Casbah (Moorish city) and the Fahs (Suburbs) allow to recall to our memories a recent riche but almost forgotten period.
Today still Turkish descendants recognized by their family names as well as the wonderful houses of the Casbah (Moorish city) and the Fahs (Suburbs) allow to recall to our memories a recent riche but almost forgotten period.
Algeria's description
After enduring centuries of conquerers, military rulers and controlling empires, including the (Ottoman Empire, Turks and Napoléon III), Algeria finally broke free, and gained its long-sought independence from France in 1962.
Algiers, the capital city, was founded in the 10th century by the Romans and remains one of the most exotic destinations on the planet.
Algeria is the second largest country in Africa. Its main population centers are located along the Mediterranean Sea coastline. This huge landmass is dominated by the Atlas Mountains of the north and the vast barren reaches of the Sahara Desert, central and south. In fact the country is over 80% desert, including (3) gigantic sand seas.
Tourism is still somewhat rare in Algeria, as many international travel sources still warn of potential dangers and problems.
Source: worldatlas.com
Algiers, the capital city, was founded in the 10th century by the Romans and remains one of the most exotic destinations on the planet.
Algeria is the second largest country in Africa. Its main population centers are located along the Mediterranean Sea coastline. This huge landmass is dominated by the Atlas Mountains of the north and the vast barren reaches of the Sahara Desert, central and south. In fact the country is over 80% desert, including (3) gigantic sand seas.
Tourism is still somewhat rare in Algeria, as many international travel sources still warn of potential dangers and problems.
Source: worldatlas.com
Algeria's informations
Introduction
Algeria is the second-largest country in Africa (Sudan being the largest) and is situated in northwestern Africa, with the northern coastline running along the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered on the east by Tunisia and Libya, on the southeast and south by Niger, on the south and south west by Mali, on the west by Mauritania and on the west northwest by Morocco.
The northern parallel mountain ranges of the Saharan Tell or Maritime Atlas, comprising coastal massifs and inland ranges, and the Saharan Atlas divide Algeria into three longitudinal zones running generally eastwest: the Mediterranean zone; the high plateaus; and the Sahara which covers some 85% of the entire area. About half of Algeria is 914 m (3,000 ft) or more above sea level, and about 70% of the area is from 762 m (2,500ft) to 1675m (5,500 ft) in elevation. The lowest point is Chott Melrhir -40m and the highest Tahat at 3,003m.
Only the main rivers of the Tell have water all year round, and even then the summer flow is small. None of the rivers are navigable. The mountainous areas of the High Plateaus are poorly watered; most of the rivers and streams flow irregularly, since they depend an erratic rainfall for water. In the High Plateaus lie many salt marshes and dry or shallow lakes. Further south, the land becomes increasingly arid, merging into the completely dry Sahara desert.
Source: africaguide.com
Algeria's Flag pictures
Here's some Algeria's Flag pictures, maybe you find someone intersting;
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those flag are from: fr.fotolia.com
More info about Algeria
Algeria
Formal Name:
Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
Local Name:
Al Jaza’ir
Local Formal Name:
Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza’iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Shabiyah
Location: Africa
Status: UN Country
Capital City: Algiers (Al Jaza’ir)
Main Cities: Oran, Constantine, Annaba, Blida
Population: 27,815,000
Area: 2,381,740 km2
Currency: 1 Algerian dinar = 100 centimes
Languages: Arabic, Berber
Religions: Sunni Muslim
Source: flags.net
Formal Name:
Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
Local Name:
Al Jaza’ir
Local Formal Name:
Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza’iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Shabiyah
Location: Africa
Status: UN Country
Capital City: Algiers (Al Jaza’ir)
Main Cities: Oran, Constantine, Annaba, Blida
Population: 27,815,000
Area: 2,381,740 km2
Currency: 1 Algerian dinar = 100 centimes
Languages: Arabic, Berber
Religions: Sunni Muslim
Source: flags.net
The Flag of Algeria
Algeria (al Djazair) is a country in northern Africa, located by the Mediterranean Sea. Algeria's flag has two equal vertical bands of green and white (green is by the flagpole); in the center of the flag is a red crescent and a smaller, red, five-pointed star located within the crescent. The crescent and star, and the color green are traditional symbols of Islam (which is the official religion of Algeria). The color white symbolizes purity. The Algerian flag has a ratio of 2:3 (height to width).
Algeria's flag was adopted on July 3, 1962, after Algeria became independent from France. Algeria's national holiday is Revolution Day, celebrated on November 1.
Source: enchantedlearning.com
Algeria's informations
Here's a flag of Algeria:
Some info about Algeria:
* The Capital is Algiers
* The population is 32,129,324
* This is the second largest country in Africa
* Many of its people speak French
Map of Algeria:
So that's all for today.
Some info about Algeria:
* The Capital is Algiers
* The population is 32,129,324
* This is the second largest country in Africa
* Many of its people speak French
Map of Algeria:
So that's all for today.
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