The Seuna calendar

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Making up the days to a "century"

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;-

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

A month alternatively can be thought of as having 72 days.

These 72 days are;-

white.sun.day, white.leaf.day, white.river.day, white.sea.day, white.star.day, white.moon.day, white.tree.day, white.cloud.day, white.rainbow.day, green.sun.day, green.leaf.day, green.river.day, green.sea.day, green.star.day, green.moon.day, green.tree.day, green.cloud.day, green.rainbow.day, orange.sun.day, orange.leaf.day, orange.river.day, orange.sea.day, orange.star.day, orange.moon.day, orange.tree.day, orange.cloud.day, orange.rainbow.day, skyblue.sun.day, skyblue.leaf.day, skyblue.river.day, skyblue.sea.day, skyblue.star.day, skyblue.moon.day, skyblue.tree.day, skyblue.cloud.day, skyblue.rainbow.day, yellow.sun.day, yellow.leaf.day, yellow.river.day, yellow.sea.day, yellow.star.day, yellow.moon.day, yellow.tree.day, yellow.cloud.day, yellow.rainbow.day, blue.sun.day, blue.leaf.day, blue.river.day, blue.sea.day, blue.star.day, blue.moon.day, blue.tree.day, blue.cloud.day, blue.rainbow.day, red.sun.day, red.leaf.day, red.river.day, red.sea.day, red.star.day, red.moon.day, red.tree.day, red.cloud.day, red.rainbow.day, black.sun.day, black.leaf.day, black.river.day, black.sea.day, black.star.day, black.moon.day, black.tree.day, black.cloud.day and black.rainbow.day

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.

This "month" is then followed by a "gapday" ??

A year

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

The months share a name with the five visible planets : Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. (@???, m???, y???, j???, f???). Also associated with the five platonic solids.

Mercury ... tetrahedron (4 sides)4

Mars ... hexahedron (6 sides)6

Venus ... octahedron (8 sides)10

Saturn ... dodecahedron (12 sides)14

Jupiter ... icosahedron (20 sides)24

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


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 kyuma 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

[Notice that when we have five "months" we have 365 days or a year("earth.round")]

The first year of a kyuma is called "north.round". This is followed by "south.round", "east.round" and "west.round". Also within a kyuma, individual months may be referred to as "north.venus", "east.saturn" or "west.mercury". The concept of YEAR is a lot less important than it is in our culture.

north, south, east, west ... p??? t??? w??? n??? middle ... h???

You can define a day fully within a kyuma. For example "north.mercury.green.leaf" refers to one day. However rarely will the day need to be defined as such. "mercury.green.leaf", "green.leaf', or just "leaf" are also used. The degree of percision required depends upon the situation.

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.

In the middle of winter (the 22nd of December), Jupiters.time(24) starts. Sometime during this time there is the Jupiter.festival. The Jupiter.festival OFFICIALLY ABOUT the passage of time and religeon. aCTUALLY THIS IS THE BIGGEST FESTIVAL AND MUCH DRINKING GOES ON.(4 DAYS)

Venus.time(10) starts on the 5th of March. The Venus.festival themes are music and poetry.

Mercury.time(4) starts on the 17th of May. oFFICIALLY IT IS ABOUT BOARDGAMES AND POSSIBLY INDOOR SPORTS. The Mercury.festivals is about getting together with old friends again and usually involves much drinking. 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 of course).

Mars.time(6) starts on the 28th of July. The Mars.festival is all about physical (OUTDOOR)competition(maybe a cross between the Olympics games and the highland games).

SSaturn.time(14) starts on the 10th of October. The Saturn.festival's themes are food and getting together with family members. Often journeys are undertaken for family visits and ancestors ashboxes are visited if convenient.THE SECOND BIGGEST.(4 DAYS)

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.

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
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