Tamharit:
Date: Thursday 26 November 2011 (Gregorian)
Date: 1 Muharram 1,
1433 AH A.H.
(Islamic)
This day is
also known as Yamawl Ashura, this is the Islamic New Year in Gambia. It is celebrated on
the first day of the first month on the Islamic calendar, which varies
against the Gregorian Calendar according to the waxing and waning of
the Moon. Because of this each year it comes about eleven days
earlier.
On this day people
would often visit friends and family and wish for good luck and health
for the coming year. The day is often marked by a Gamo which is a
gathering of people in the evening who sit in front of a stage and
listen to speeches, prayers and Koranic recitals.
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