The origin of the raw material of Algerian rural silver jewelry, Beni Yeni as a model

Abstract

The Algerian cultural heritage is the eternal soul of the nation. It is distinguished by its races, its authenticity, its diversity, its richness, and its creative accumulation through the historical times. The strategy that has made this cultural heritage a destination for tourists is to preserve thistraditional craft that symbolizes the cultural identity of a rural community in its different aspects of life, beliefs, customs and popular habits. The raw material for the manufacture of jewellery in Beni Yeni region varied between different metals (silver, copper, enamel) in addition to organic materials (vegetable, animal). This craft links the common historical background between the members of the society, and its influence on the Jews, to the point of becoming a monopoly on them in the whole Algerian country.