The Seuna calendar

Building up from days to a century

There are 8 days in a week. They are;-

sun.day, leaf.day, river.day, sea.day, star.day, moon.day, tree.day and cloud.day

There are 8 weeks in a month. They are;-

white.week, green.week, orange.week, skyblue.week, yellow.week, blue.week red.week and black.week

There are 5 months in a year. They are;-

jupiter.month, venus.month, mercury.month, mars.month, and saturn.month

There are 4 years in a calendar. They are;-

happy.year, healthy.years, money.year and wise.year

There are 32 calenders in a century. They are numbered.

The naming of days, weeks, months and years

There is a seperate name for every day within a calendar. For example happy.mercury.green.leaf.day refers to one day within the four year calendar period. However rarely would you come across a day defined with such precision. Normally leaf.day or green.leaf.day would be heard in conversation. Seldom would you hear mercury.green.leaf.day and outside of ceremonies and official documents you would hardly ever hear happy.mercury.green.leaf.day.

As with days, so with weeks. There is a seperate name for every week within a calendar. For example happy.mercury.green.week refers to one week in a calendar. But you would hardly hear anything but green.week in conversation.

And the same with months. There is a seperate name for every month within a calendar. happy.mercury.month refers to one month in a calendar but you would hear mercury.month talked about oftener.

And of course the years are referred to as happy.year, healthy.year, money.year and wise.year.

The span.days

We also have span.days

A month has 8 span.days. Called;-

week.span.day 1 .....upto week.span.day 8

A year has 5 span.days outside of its months. Called;-

month.span.day 1 .....upto month.span.day 5

A calendar has 1 span.day outside of its years. Called calendar.span.day

Every century one span.day is dropped.

The naming of span.days

When talking weekly one would just say span.day

When talking monthly one would just say;-

white.span.day, green.span.day, orange.span.day, skyblue.span.day, yellow.span.day, blue.span.day, red.span.day, and black.span.day

When talking yearly one would just say;-

Jupiter.span.day, Venus.span.day, Mercury.span.day., Mars.span.day, and Saturn.span.day.

(of course you would also have Venus.green.span.day, Mercury.yellow.span.day etc. etc. as well)

When talking in terms of calendars one would just say;- calendar.span.day

Time keeping

Year 2000 had 365.242,192,65 days

Every year is shorter than the last by 0.000,000,061,4 days

By adding one day every calendar we get a 365.25 day year

If we then drop one day every century we get a 365.242,187,5 day year

Before 2084, the actual year will be bigger than the calendar year – after 2084 the actual year will be smaller than the calendar year

So midnight, 22 Dec 2083 is the start of year 1

Month/Planet/Shape association

You will have noticed that the months share their names with the five visible planets. That is Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn (in order of distance from the sun).

In order of occurence in the year ... Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Mars, Saturn

They also share their name (@???, m???, y???, j???, f???)with the five platonic solids.

Mercury ... tetrahedron (4 sides)4₈

Mars ... hexahedron (6 sides)6₈

Venus ... octahedron (8 sides)10₈

Saturn ... dodecahedron (12 sides)14₈

Jupiter ... icosahedron (20 sides)24₈

Festivals

The months each has a different festival associated with them. Which festival falls on which month depends upon which part of the world you live in. The following is the festival calendar for Northern Europe. The festivals occur at the begining of every month : always starting in the first week and sometimes extending into the following week. They all start on different days of the week.

The jupiter.festival

In the middle of winter (the 22nd of December), jupiters.month starts. The jupiter.festival is the most important one of the year. Officially it is about the passage of time and religeon.

Even though eating and drinking are involved in all the five festivals, the jupiter.festival has the most looked-forward-to parties and feasts. It usually lasts for 4 days.

The venus.festival

venus.month starts on the 5th of March. The venus.festival themes are music and poetry. People gather at various regional centres to compete and spectate in various music and poetry competitions.

The mercury.festival

mercury.month starts on the 17th of May. Officially it is about indoor sports and boardgames. This festival often involves getting together with old friends again and can entail quite a bit of partying. Often journeys are undertaken to meet old acquainances. Also there is a big exchange of letters. Everybody that is condidered a friend should be sent a letter with the last years news (only friends that don't live close by of course). People gather at various regional centres to compete and spectate in various events.

The mars.festival

mars.month starts on the 28th of July. The mars.festival is all about outdoor competitions and sporting events. It is a little like a cross between the Olympics games and the highland games. People gather at various regional centres to compete and spectate in various team and individual competitions. However care is taken that no regional centre becomes too popular and people are discouraged from competing at centres other than their local one.

The saturn.festival

saturn.month starts on the 10th of October. The saturn.festival is all about the family and relations. The preparation of good food is especially important during this festival. Often journeys are undertaken for family visits and ancestors ashboxes are visited if convenient. This is the second most important festival of the year. People tend to take a quite some time of work if travelling, three days if receiving guests and two days if not receiving any guests.

Old Stuff

tHE FESTIVAL TIMES ARE SET BY THE CIVIL AUTHORITY. NOT THE RELIGEOUS AUTHORITY. RELIGEON MUST FOLLOW THE CALLENDAR EXACTLY.

Rites are held on the ??? to marks when you attain the ages of 4, 20 and 64. New clothes are common presents given (especially to children).

The same basic scheme is reflected in the clock used. At midnight the ‘hour’ hand stants at the bottom and procedes anti-clockwise (at least in the northern hemishere). The ‘hour’ hand only sweeps out one revolution in 24 hours. Both the red and the black arms do not move incrementally but both move one slot (1/64 th of a revolution) at a time. The black arm moves every 22.5 minutes and the red arm moves every 21 seconds.

Every town has a clocktower and the clocktower will have four faces at the top, each face displaying a clock similar to the one below. The clocktower is surmounted by a green conic roof. Backlighting and lighting from under the roof is provided for each face. There should never be any numbering.

When talking about your age, people do not talk about years but on how many GARDAR ONU that they have passed through.

A "month" has 72 days. The word for day kia also means the Sun.

A week

A week is called towaŋko and has 9 days. These days are;-

and rainbow.day

A month

A month is called saiŋko and has 8 weeks or towaŋko (total 72 days).

These 8 towaŋko are;-

aintowaŋko, geuntowaŋko, sunantowaŋko, nelantowaŋko, kiontowaŋko, nelauntowaŋko, hiantowaŋko, hauntowaŋko

or more usually

aiŋko, geuŋko, sunaŋko, nelaŋko, ki'oŋko, nelauŋko, hiaŋko, hauŋko

The year is also locally broken down into "arcs" or "eartharcs". But the length and names of these depend on local weather, local growing seasons, local activities etc.

A year

A year is called ???? and has 5 months or saiŋko.

These 5 saiŋko are;- @???saiŋko, m???saiŋko, y???saiŋko, j???saiŋko, f???saiŋko

or more usually

@???ko, m???ko, y???ko, j???ko, f???ko

This makes 73 days. This happens 20 times to make a total of 1461 days which is called kyuma (calendar). Between kyuma there is a day thrown in, called ala kyuma kia

32 kyuma make a "century/generation" (128 of our years). When we go between centuries there is no ala kyuma kia.

A kyuma

A kyuma is made up of four years.

These years are called Southyear, Eastyear, Northyear and Westyear.

About the terms

towa = token or totem or icon

sai = colour

ai, geu, suna, nela, kio, nelau, hia, hau = white, green, orange, skyblue, yellow, blue, red and black

ko = a circle or cycle round

towaŋko = token-cycle

saiŋko = colour.round

Index

1. Introduction to Seuna
2. Seuna : Chapter 1
3. Seuna word shape
4. The script of Seuna
5. Seuna sentence structure
6. Seuna pronouns
7. Seuna nouns
8. Seuna verbs (1)
9. Seuna adjectives
10. Seuna demonstratives
11. Seuna verbs (2)
12. Asking a question in Seuna
13. Seuna relative clauses
14. Seuna verbs (3)
15. Methods for deriving words in Seuna
16. List of all Seuna derivational affixes
17. Numbers in Seuna
18. Naming people in Seuna
19. The Seuna calendar
20. Seuna units