The Berber New Year marks the start of the agrarian calendar across North Africa

Yennayer marks the first day of the agrarian year for the Amazigh, or Berber, people of North Africa. Though its origins are tied to the seasons and the land, the calendar's starting point commemorates the year 950 BCE, when the Berber Chachnaq became a Pharaoh of Egypt. This makes the Berber calendar approximately 950 years older than the Gregorian one.