Ngwanatsele (November in Setswana)
[ENG] The Setswana name for November is Ngwanatsele. Although it is the eleventh month of the Gregorian Calendar (November/Ngwanatsele) is in fact the third month of the traditional Tswana lunar calendar, whose year starts with the onset on the agricultural season in August/September (Lwetse). However, this is not as clear-cut as my introduction above makes it seem. Traditional Southern African calendars were based on the moon cycle, as well as annual seasonal rotations. This tended to create complications as a 12-month lunar cycle…
