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The Amazigh Cultural Association in America (ACAA) is a non-profit organization established in New Jersey.This organization's goal is to promote the Amazigh (Berber) languages and culture [1] in the world, based on the fact that, due to the North African emigration, today there are people of Amazigh origin worldwide. [2]
People of Berber origin in United States have created several associations with goal of maintaining and strengthening their language and culture, such as the Amazigh Cultural Association in America (ACAA), [1] The United Amazigh Algerian (UAAA), [2] The Amazigh American Association of Washington, D.C., and the Boston Amazigh Community.
The traditional Berber religion is the sum of ancient and native set of beliefs and deities adhered to by the Berbers.Originally, the Berbers seem to have believed in worship of the sun and moon, animism and in the afterlife, but interactions with the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans influenced religious practice and merged traditional faiths with new ones.
In recent decades, Berber communities and culture have become involved in the tourism industries of some North African countries, such as Morocco and Tunisia. [245] [246] Images and descriptions of Berber culture play a central role in the tourism industry of Morocco, where they are prominently featured in the marketing of products and locations.
The second theory was developed mainly in the first half of the 20th century, as part of the quest of French colonial authorities to discover and emphasize pre-Islamic customs among the Berber-Muslim population since such customs and ways of life were believed to be more amenable and assimilable to French rule, legitimizing the policy that the ...
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This organization's goal is to promote the Amazigh (Berber) language and culture in the United States. [6] The United Amazigh Algerian (UAAA), a nonreligious association based in the San Francisco bay area, also have a like goal of boosting the Berber culture in North America and beyond. [11]