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.................... List of Seasonal Words from Kenya and other tropical areas
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In Kenya, we have the following
haiku seasons:
.. .. .. hot dry season
.. .. .. long rains
.. .. .. cool dry season
.. .. .. short rains
Some of the rainy season kigo appear twice in the course of the year.
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hot and dry season (roughly November to March, with January being the hottest month)-- Buying textbooks -- Buying school uniforms -- Cassia blossom --
Caterpillar, Hairy Caterpillar--
Christmas worldwide--
Dust --
Exam results--
Form One entrants and monolisation--
Frangipani, Plumeria --
Goat Meat, also Goats in general
--
Jamhuri Day (12 December)
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January--
Maasai Cattle (Masai Cattle)--
Maize, Green Maize --
Mango (ripe fruit)--
New Year worldwide --
Paying school fees -- peaches, ripe peaches
--
Plums, ripe plums, plum fruit--
Start of new school year ... ... see also
Start of Schoolyear, worldwide -- sweating
--
Water shortage , drought
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World AIDS Day:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
long rains (roughly March to May)--
Bombax blossom --
First rainfall, imminent rain -- bullfrogs
Frog (kawazu, kaeru) worldwide --
Easter -- flooding
-- flying ants
Ant (ari) worldwide--
Gumboots-- heavy raindrops
--
Ibis (Hadada)--
Labour Day--
Long Rains Haiku by Bahati Club--
Long Rains --
Mosquitoes in Kenya--
Mud (Swahili : matope) including: Brickmaking, Dry mud, Bukusu Initiation (Circumcision)
--
Palm Sunday --
Power failure, blackout --
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cool and dry season (roughly from June to September, with July being the coldest month)--
Avocado pear (Kikuyu : Mûkorobîa)--
Bukusu Initiation / Circumcision --
Cold Dew (kanro) worldwide--
Cold dry season, cool dry season --
Day of the African Child (16 June) --
Dust --
Frangipani, Plumeria -- freezing
--
Jiko (brazier) --
Maasai Cattle (Masai Cattle)-- Madaraka Day (1 June) --
Maize, Green Maize --
Martyrs’ Day Uganda
--
Nairobi Bomb Day (7 August)
--
Nairobi International Trade Fair (end of September)
-- no meetings (August)
--
Oranges (Swahili : Mchungwa) -- start of university year
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short rains (roughly October and November)-- bullfrogs >
Frog (kawazu, kaeru) worldwide--
First rainfall, imminent rain --
Flamboyant Tree (Swahili : Mjohoro)--
Flooding in 2006 -- flying ants
--
Graduation Ceremony in Kenya ... ... see also
Graduation (sotsugyoo) worldwide--
Gumboots--
Jacaranda blossom -- heavy raindrops
-- Kenyatta Day
-- Messiah for the Hospice
-- Moi Day (10 October)
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Mosquitoes in Kenya--
Mud (Swahili : matope)--
Nairobi Marathon --
Power failure, blackout --
School exams KCSE / KCPE ------
Short Rains and more kigo about this season--
Tipu tree (Tipuana tipu) --
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............. Topics for which the season changes--
Diwali (Devali, Divali)--
Ramadan in Kenya --
Ramadan ends (Idd ul Fitr) :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
............. Non-seasonal Topics Ageing ... Getting old in Kenya
Arusha Tanzania
Banana Boma HomesteadsBukusu Culture, Babukusu PeopleDemolitions in Patanisho, NairobiFlies, Fly, Housefly, Fruitfly Hell's Gate National Park Kale, a cabbage (sukumawiki) Kamba People A funeral in Ukambani
Magadi, Lake Magadi in the Rift Valley Maize (Swahili : Mahindi, American : Corn, South African : Mealies)
Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro Mourning Night life Peace (Swahili : Amani) Rift Valley .....
Rift Valley Fever Soweto Stage Market, NairobiTea (Swahili : chai)Tilapia fishWebuye Town :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
...................................... Other Tropical KigoWKD: Trinidad and Tobago Saijiki xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.. .. .. .. .. National Holidays in Kenya
l Jan --
New Year's Day -- International New Year's Day Holiday
> --
WKD ... : New Year (shin-nen)Varies --
Good Friday -- Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ
> --
WKD ... : EasterVaries --
Easter Monday -- Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ
> --
WKD ... : Easter1 May --
Labour Day -- International Day of the Worker
> --
see also : Labour Day, USA10 Oct -- Moi Day -- Established on the 10th day of the 10th month 10 years after the inauguration of President Daniel arap Moi as the second President of Kenya.
20 Oct -- Kenyatta Day -- This is to commemorate the arrest of Jomo Kenyatta and the declaration of the State of Emergency on 20 October 1952.
12 Dec -- Uhuru or Jamhuri Day -- This is to commemorate the day on which Kenya achieved its Independence, on 12 December 1963.
> --
Jamhuri Day25 Dec -- Christmas Day -- Christian holiday celebrating the Birth of Jesus Christ.
> --
Bahati Haiku Club : Christmas> --
WKD ... : Christmas26 Dec -- Boxing Day -- celebrating St Stephen's Day and the second
day of the Christmas season.
> --
WKD ... St Stephen's Day Varies -- Idd ul Fitr The Muslim festival of Idd-ul-Fitr is also a public holiday and takes place on the sighting of the new moon at the
end of Ramadhan. The exact date varies according to the position of the New Moon.
------------------------------------------------ .. .. .. .. .. .. Annual events in KenyaApart from big celebrations that are held on Madaraka, Kenyatta and Independence Days, Nairobi is also the venue for a number of large international and national sports matches. Nairobi further enhances its cosmopolitan image by hosting a number of annual shows and
festivals.
The Kenya Schools Music Festival is held in Nairobi in May/June and
The Agricultural Society of Kenya (A.S.K.) Show takes place at Jamhuri Park at the end of September or beginning of October. See
Nairobi International Trade Fair The long established and international
Safari Rally begins and ends in Nairobi - drawing ever larger crowds.
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