Post by precious on Nov 14, 2006 0:22:05 GMT -5
~ Months and Seasons ~
There are twelve twenty-five day Gorean months, in most of the calendars of the various cities. Each month, contains five day weeks, is separated by a five-day period, called the Passage Hand, from every other month, there being one exception, which is the last month of the year is separated from the first month of the year, which begins with the Vernal Equinox, not only by a Passage Hand, but by another five-day period called the Waiting Hand. .
During this time doorways are painted white, little food is eaten or drunk, no singing or public rejoicing is done. In its way it is akin to a period of mourning for the old year gone. Goreans spend much of their time outdoors, on the bridges between the cylinders and in the streets. They have a reverence for nature that is not always as appreciated on earth as it is on Gor.
On the Vernal Equinox, which marks the first day of the New Year there is great rejoicing; the doors are painted green there is song, games, contests, visiting of friends and feasting which lasts for the first ten days of the month, thereby doubling the period taken by the Waiting Hand.
Month names differ from city to city, but among the civilized cities there are four months, associated with the equinoxes and solstices and the great fairs of the Sardar.
En`Kara-Lar-Torvis [first turning] - the first month of the Gorean calendar, that of the vernal equinox, which is the Gorean new year; roughly equivalent to the Earth calendar month of March .
En`-Var-Lar-Torvis [first resting] - the fourth month of the Gorean calendar, that of the summer solstice, roughly equivalent with the Earth calendar month of June.
Fifth Passage Hand (a.k.a. Love Feast ) occurs in late summer. Considered the best time to sell kajira.
Se`Kara-Lar-Torvis [second turning] - the seventh month of the Gorean calendar, that of the autumnal equinox, roughly equivalent to the Earth calendar month of September .
Se`Var-Lar-Torvis [second resting] - the tenth month of the Gorean calendar, that of the winter solstice, roughly equivalent with the Earth calendar month of December .
There are twelve twenty-five day Gorean months, in most of the calendars of the various cities. Each month, contains five day weeks, is separated by a five-day period, called the Passage Hand, from every other month, there being one exception, which is the last month of the year is separated from the first month of the year, which begins with the Vernal Equinox, not only by a Passage Hand, but by another five-day period called the Waiting Hand. .
During this time doorways are painted white, little food is eaten or drunk, no singing or public rejoicing is done. In its way it is akin to a period of mourning for the old year gone. Goreans spend much of their time outdoors, on the bridges between the cylinders and in the streets. They have a reverence for nature that is not always as appreciated on earth as it is on Gor.
On the Vernal Equinox, which marks the first day of the New Year there is great rejoicing; the doors are painted green there is song, games, contests, visiting of friends and feasting which lasts for the first ten days of the month, thereby doubling the period taken by the Waiting Hand.
Month names differ from city to city, but among the civilized cities there are four months, associated with the equinoxes and solstices and the great fairs of the Sardar.
En`Kara-Lar-Torvis [first turning] - the first month of the Gorean calendar, that of the vernal equinox, which is the Gorean new year; roughly equivalent to the Earth calendar month of March .
En`-Var-Lar-Torvis [first resting] - the fourth month of the Gorean calendar, that of the summer solstice, roughly equivalent with the Earth calendar month of June.
Fifth Passage Hand (a.k.a. Love Feast ) occurs in late summer. Considered the best time to sell kajira.
Se`Kara-Lar-Torvis [second turning] - the seventh month of the Gorean calendar, that of the autumnal equinox, roughly equivalent to the Earth calendar month of September .
Se`Var-Lar-Torvis [second resting] - the tenth month of the Gorean calendar, that of the winter solstice, roughly equivalent with the Earth calendar month of December .