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07 July 2008

Jamma Lafna effect

French ad about a drink and Jamaa Lafna effect. This is not an exercise in semiotics but i can't look at it without remembering Edward Said and Roland Barthes. How could all that happen in a 19 seconds is hugely beyond my heads and their abilities.

13 January 2008

Happy Amazigh New Year

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Happy Amazigh New Year,
Asseggwas ighudan i imazighen marra wala kul medden yaden,

Amazigh New Year 2958 is today Jan 13

Imazighen known as Berbers have stated their calendar 950 BCE and have used it ever since.
Most farmers in North Africa, having forgotten the origins of this calender, still remember that January (yanayer) 13 is the start of the Year. celebrated as Haguza, yennayer and many other names.