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Lwetse (September in Setswana)

Lwetse (September in Setswana)

[ENG] The Setswana name for September is Lwetse. The ninth month of the Gregorian Calendar (September/Lwetse) is in fact the first month of the traditional Tswana lunar calendar, whose year starts with the onset on the agricultural season in August/September (Lwetse). “Ngwaga o mosha!” [“Happy New Year!”] 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…

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