Algeria - Algerian Couscous 2018

The Couscous

Algerian Couscous: Couscous is a traditional food dish that dates back thousands of years and occupies a prominent position in Algerian cuisine. Today, it is resistant to contemporary cuisine. It is a dish based on a grain of wheat flour. Therefore, the history of this dish is inseparable from the history of the most cultivated grain. The world, namely wheat and this seven thousand years ago .

Experts confirm that the date of the cesacean dish dates back to the period 148-202 BC. Remains of pottery vessels similar to those used in the preparation of couscous were found in tombs dating back to the period of the Amazigh king Massinissa. The entry of Islam in North Africa, adopted by the Arab conquerors, where the process of exploration in the Tiaret area in Algeria, found some of the pots, including the amount used in the preparation of couscous dating back to the ninth century .

The word Saxo, which has become Xxx and Cixi in the Arabic language of North Africa, is found in the dialects of all of Algeria and North Africa. It is a word that refers to wheat that is good in stereotypical and present tense in everyday life. It is applied to all occasions such as weddings, The dish is from one region to another like Xuxu and Saxo in the Kabylie region to Algiers, known in the east of the country as Couscous, Grace, Barboche and is called in the Mezab region of Ocho while in the west of the country is named Food .

So Falcxi is a real national dish and is prepared in various ways and cooked in combination with meat of all types and salted dried meat or even with the fish and offers Almrk is a mixture of vegetables and beans and spices and called "Alarqa" Arabic and "watering" Amazighs in red, yellow or white colors, as well as other types of mascara, called "Al-Safa" and other mascara and salted, known as "mashed ". 

This ancient and cross-cultural dish has remained authentic despite the passage of time as it is the staple food in North Africa and the national dish in the Maghreb countries (Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco), which is strongly calling for it as a cradle. The couscous is the specialty of Maghreb cuisine and North Africa as a universal intangible heritage of humanity for UNESCO. This classification will be a means of promoting strong ties between the peoples of the Maghreb.

Drawing: Zeinab Bahri

Value: 25 دج

Stamp size: X29 43

Printing Press: Algerian Bank Press

Method of printing: Ovens

Circular document: a photographer envelope at 7,00 dj and using a photo stamp for the first day.

Pre-sale: On Tuesday, 12 and Wednesday, 13 June 2018, in all major post offices in 48 states .

General sale: Thursday, June 14, 2018 at all post offices