قدسية الغذاء في المجتمع الجزائري خلال القرن 19 م : مقاربة تاريخية أنثروبولوجية

Abstract EN

This research addresses one of the most important topics at the heart of history in the modern Algerian society, namely the sanctity of food in a society that has often been threatened by famines and fears of starvation.

These fears that given birth to several rites piercing in history, and still living today after centuries.

This study treats the sanctity of cereals, which represented the essential food, and which the fears of their lost creates an obsession for souls.

This sanctity that also argued their involvement in ritual meals, especially in agricultural celebrations or social events such as birth.

The study also included further rituals around foods from animal origins like meats especially from sacrifices; the sacrament of milk that symbolizes peace, prosperity, and its relation to maternal passion; butter that symbolizes fertility, as well as eggs that are a symbol of fecundity and birth.

The study concluded that the sanctity of food, particularly cereals, has been established in the Algerian society during history, as an agricultural society fearing starvation and famines.

This sanctity and sacredness have spread to other foods related to its existence and prosperity.