World AIDS Day

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World AIDS Day

***** Location: Kenya and worldwide
***** Season: Hot dry season (Kenya), Winter
***** Category: Observances

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Explanation

World AIDS Day takes place every year on 1 December.
From small and thoughtful beginnings, which I remember in Kenya over a decade ago, it has become a major event, not only in Africa, living so directly with AIDS, but also in the global North. The main purpose of World AIDS Day is to raise awareness and support, and increasingly to focus on specific issues around HIV and AIDS.

In order to express solidarity with AIDS patients, the red ribbon is worn by many supporters around the world. Here it is, taken from the Daily Nation on 2 December 2005.

In 2005, the focus was on the "3 by 5" programme -- three million AIDS sufferers to be supplied with anti retroviral drugs (ARVs) by the end of 2005.

In Kenya, World AIDS Day is taken very seriously by the government, and the newspapers devote significant column inches to it. There are many events attracting the general public, and the schools perform plays and sketches with AIDS as their subject. It is sadly amazing how great is the awareness of AIDS among young school children, who in another place and time would have been innocent about problems sexual.

Isabelle Prondzynski.

http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgindex.asp

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Students at Bahati Community Centre School in Kayole, Nairobi, present a skit on rape and AIDS


© Isabelle Prondzynski

One of the students from Bahati Community Centre writes :

My name is Alfrine Akoth Okuku. I was born in 1990. I did my K.C.P.E in 2004 and scored 268 out of 500. I joined Bahati Community Centre in 2005 and am in Form One North. We are five children in our family: four girls and one boy. Our parents died of HIV/AIDS and now we are orphans. My father died first then my mother followed. Currently, I am staying with my uncle in Soweto, but life is very hard for me; sometimes I have no place to sleep because we are too many in my uncle's house. Sometimes I go without food for a whole day.

When I look behind, there is no alternative because I don't have anybody to assist me pay school fees; I went to all my relatives but nobody agreed to take me to school. As for now, I do not know what to do because I do not have books to write in; when it reaches time for writing notes, I usually borrow from my friends. I only have one dress which I change everyday.

I would like to become a nurse so I can help the orphans, less fortunate and the neglected. I like assisting my friends whenever they are in need of learning. My hobbies are reading storybooks, making friends and cracking jokes.

http://bahatia.blogspot.com/

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War on Aids losing steam

Publication Date: 1 December 2005
Today, Kenyans and the rest of the world mark the World Aids Day. Unfortunately, only a small number of those infected, and a rapidly growing number of those directly affected, will see any significance in the ceremonies arranged to mark the day.

If it is true that Kenya has shown signs of a decline in HIV prevalence over the past few years, with adult infection rates decreasing from 10 per cent in the 1990s to seven per cent today, this should not be any reason for complacency.

And if it is true, as the National Aids Control Council (Nacc) says, that Kenya has managed to put 50,000 people under anti-retroviral treatment, which prolongs life and generally improves the health of the sufferers, this, too, should not lull us to sleep.

For this must be just a fraction of those infected and those needing medical assistance to cope. Most likely, three times as many die of Aids complications every year, and are quietly buried.

Going by the most recent statistics, more than 1.5 million Kenyans are living with Aids - out of 40.3 million worldwide - a huge number of them Aids orphans. What, then, is there to celebrate about?

If, as has been claimed, about 80,000 Kenyans were last year alone newly infected by HIV, it means that at least 7,000 Kenyans are "catching it" every month, leading to the conclusion that the message is still not quite sinking in.

Although HIV/Aids was declared a national disaster in Kenya before 2002, the campaign to drive the prevention message home has not been as vigorous as would have been expected.

Most of our leaders seem to have more important things to think about than preventing the death of thousands of young Kenyans every month. There should never be room for complacency on this most vexed of epidemics. Right now, the world's attention is riveted on bird flu, a disease that has killed only 68 people worldwide.

The danger is that Aids might be forgotten in the Western fascination with the novelty, which means that a few million more will be consigned to an early grave due to ignorance and neglect if we relent in the fight.

http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=24&newsid=62511

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In Kenya, 29 Anglican dioceses held a national week of prayers for people living with AIDS. Anglican Church of Kenya Provincial Secretary Bishop William Waqo said that in the past, the church had "joined the bandwagon of condemning people infected by AIDS," but now there is growing awareness of the need to preach hope amidst the pain and despair of the disease.

http://www.anglicanjournal.com/130/01/world01.html

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Members of the Administration Police carry a placard along Jomo Kenyatta Avenue during the World Aids day celebrations in Mombasa yesterday.


Photo by Gideon Maundu
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgindex.asp


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Kenya's HIV infection rate declines
Story by MUGO NJERU
Publication Date: 2 December 2005

New cases of HIV infection among Kenyans have fallen by four per cent in the past two years, fresh statistics show. Figures released during the World Aids Day celebrations yesterday show that the figures have dropped from 10 per cent in 2003 to 6.1 per cent this year. The statistics also show that more than 20 per cent of those infected are now aware of their status, having visited the voluntary counselling and testing centres countrywide.

The decrease in infection rate is attributed to behaviour change, including abstention from casual sex and the use of condoms.

Kenyans were urged not to waver in their behaviour change which could reverse the gains realised in the fight against the scourge.

The celebrations were held at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre and was presided over by Health permanent secretary Zachary Ogongo and the director of the National Aids Control Council, Dr Patrick Orege, among others.

The United Nations Development Programme representative, Mr Andre de la Porte, said the infection rate could be reduced further if the campaigns targeted young women aged between 15 and 24, who were the majority of those infected. "There is little evidence of progress in addressing the deep-rooted gender inequalities which fuel the epidemic," said Mr de la Porte, who spoke on behalf UNaids.

He said increased rape incidents, female genital mutilation and other sexual crimes had made women vulnerable. He asked the Government to use Aids funds efficiently.

http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=62598

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Nimechill

NAIROBI, Kenya, July 21, 2005

PSI/Kenya's "Nimechill" youth abstinence campaign, the first of its kind in the country, has became so popular that the phrase "chilling" has been incorporated into the language and culture. Reports also show that almost half of youth surveyed had been exposed to the campaign, and those exposed to the campaign's empowering messages were more likely to believe in their own ability to abstain than those who did not see the campaign.

The campaign seeks to delay teen sexual debut by changing social norms and reducing peer pressure, creating stigma regarding irresponsible, early sex among youth and making abstinence a "cool", smart and responsible choice.

A cartoon logo of a yellow hand giving a "V" or a "peace" sign is used to brand the campaign, and the phrase "Nimechill," (Swahili-English slang meaning "I have chilled" or "I am abstaining")
has become a powerful and instantly recognizable slogan. The logo was recognized by 85% of the target group (10- to 15-year-olds) and nearly two-thirds (64%) understood that "Nimechill" refers to abstinence from premarital sex, according to a national media evaluation survey conducted by PSI.



PSI/Kenya's "Nimechill" campaign seeks to delay teen sexual debut by changing social norms and reducing peer pressure



This poster is from a PSI/Kenya campaign encouraging youth to abstain from sex.
http://www.psi.org/

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VCT

Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centres (VCT) have sprung up all over Kenya and have made it much easier for Kenyans to seek advice about HIV and AIDS. Many sports and youth clubs expect members to have passed a HIV test before joining, and to repeat it at regular intervals, e.g. every six months. This, together with the very successful "Nimechill" campaign, is helping to reduce peer pressure to engage in adolescent sex, and is very welcome among community leaders.

The following web sites list VCT centres and explain how they work.

http://www.straightalk.or.ke/vct_centres.htm
http://www.youthaids.org/action/kenya.html
http://www.fhi.org/en/RH/Pubs/Network/v23_3/nt2333.htm

Isabelle Prondzynski

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Worldwide use

Lesotho

AIDS is an every day reality for the people of Lesotho. With adult prevalence rates at 29%, the Kingdom faces one of the greatest burdens of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

In an effort to urgently address the growing epidemic in the country, on World AIDS Day 2005 His Majesty King Letsie III led his nation in a renewed commitment to halting and reversing the spread of AIDS in the country with the launch of a new plan to have every person in the country know their HIV status.



Photo credit: UNAIDS
http://www.unaids.org/

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United Kingdom

Welcome to World AIDS Day - the international day of action on HIV and AIDS which takes place every year on 1 December.

This year in the UK, World AIDS Day is about wearing the Red Ribbon, as a sign of support for people living with HIV and a symbol of hope for the future. We want you to Wise up and Wear it. If you would like to get hold of your own Red Ribbon you can find your nearest outlet here and you can also download a Virtual Red Ribbon from this site to wear on your website or in your email signature.

World AIDS Day is about people getting the facts about HIV and AIDS. It's a day for people to get involved and there are many ways in which you can do so. We have a listing of events where you can search to find the ones that suit you, or if you are organising an event, you can add details of your event. If you would like to get involved in other ways, we have some great ideas for you!

No matter how you decide to mark the day, you can help create a more AIDS Aware society in which everyone takes action, so please make sure you show off your Red Ribbon on 1 December! http://www.worldaidsday.org/default.asp

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Things found on the way

46664
"AIDS is no longer just a disease it is a human rights issue."
Nelson Mandela

46664 is Nelson Mandela's campaign to help raise Global awareness of AIDS/HIV. 46664 launched last Autumn by Mandela in London aims to highlight the emergency of AIDS/HIV through unique live events and music related initiatives.

46664 was the former President of South Africa's prison number when he was held in captivity for 18 years on Robben Island in Cape Town. Last November a huge Concert was held at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town which featured a galaxy of international music talent including Beyonce, Bono, Dave Stewart, Queen and Anastasia. This show was the first of many planned world wide events.
www.mediazone.com/channel/mandela/jsp/index.jsp

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HAIKU

Rosemary --
your absence still present
every day


AIDS test
even the good outcome
with trepidation

Isabelle Prondzynski, World AIDS Day 2005

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aids report. . .
her tears fall
on her baby in arms

torn between -
sick child, sick husband
aids report and god

Aids is a very big threat in India, but an awareness is definately building up amongst the people.
Still we have a long, long way to go.

Kala Ramesh, India

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Plump healthy strong man
I looked elsewhere for a while
Now frail and thin, AIDS

Galefetolwe Sethapo
http://www.thuto.org/english/courses/eng434/botshaiku.htm

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learning how deep
sexless love can be - holding hands
in the spring meadow

http://www.ahapoetry.com/twchp2.htm

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From my toes on up
I'm learning to survive this
HIV and AIDS

http://www.hivstopswithme.org/contributor_article.aspx?t=EN&l=home&c=stevan&id=110

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HIV / AIDS Awareness event in Kayole
17 May 2008

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happy happy bar--
drunkards take HIV test
when drinking beer


HIV rally--
jack declares his positive
status daytime


HIV virus--
she has lived positively
twenty years

Barrack Elungata
Kenya, June 2011


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Ramadan ends (Idd ul Fitr)

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Idd ul Fitr (Ramadan ends)

***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: varies according to the Muslim calendar
***** Category: Observance

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Explanation

Arabic spelling: Eid-Al-Fitr

Idd ul Fitr is the joyful festival at which Muslims celebrate the breaking of the fast of Ramadhan. In Kenya, where Muslims constitute about 20 % of the population, this is a national public holiday for all, and for the non Muslims it is a welcome day of rest with no particular activities. Offices and banks close, but most of the shops and places of entertainment open, to benefit from the day of leisure enjoyed by their customers.

During the Idd day or days (the public holiday may fall on the day following the actual Idd declared by the Chief Kadhi of Kenya at the first sighting of the crescent moon), the Nairobi cityscape features many Muslim men wearing the white kanzu as well as Muslim women in their finery. More Kenyan Muslim women have recently taken to wearing black, but the majority don bright colours and flowing robes which suit with African styles of clothing. The Idd therefore adds a touch of celebration to the Nairobi streets, as well as a sense of joy and happiness.

For Muslims, the day starts either with an open air celebration in the Sir Ali Muslim Club and similar venues in the other major cities, or within the main mosques, such as the Jamia Mosque of Nairobi. Topical matters may be addressed in the sermons, such as (in 2005) the imminent constitutional referendum.

The Idd-ul-Fitr moves within the calendar year by about half a month each year, so that it follows the previous Idd-ul-Fitr after about eleven and a half months.

Isabelle Prondzynski

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Sisters Hawa and Ayman Ramadan (right) celebrate after attending Idd-ul-Fitr prayers at Loota Mosque in Mombasa to mark the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan yesterday.
Photo : Gideon Maundu
Daily Nation, 4 November 2005

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Muslims to mark Idd next Friday

Story by NATION Correspondent
Publication Date: 27 October 2005

Friday November 4 has been declared a public holiday to celebrate Idd-ul-Fitr.

Civil service head Francis Muthaura made the announcement in the Kenya Gazette.

One of the biggest holidays for Muslims, Idd-ul-Fitr, is marked at the end of Ramadhan -- the 30-day period of fasting and prayer -- which began in the first week of October.

The holiday falls on the first day of Shawwal, the 10th month in the Muslim calendar and is marked all over the world with great joy and festivities.

Idd means "recurring happiness or festivity" and fitr means "to begin". Iftar means "the breaking of the fast" and from these comes the name Idd-ul-Fitr.

http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=60195

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Muslims mark Idd-Ul-Fitr

By Alex Kiprotich, East African Standard
5 November 2005

Muslims yesterday thronged mosques for special prayers to mark the end of Ramadhan.

There was a festive mood in Nairobi as hundreds of Muslims clad in white kanzus and caps hugged one another after prayers led by Sheikh Ishak Ahmed at Jamia mosque.

Due to controversy over the sighting of the moon some of the Muslims marked the day on Thursday.

Women who turned up for the prayers had their hands beautifully decorated with henna designs and put on expensive jewellery.

"This is a very special day in Islamic Calendar and all faithful must look decent in the eyes of Allah," said Mwanaisha Zubedi.

The day, associated with large family gatherings over tasty meals and gifts for children, marks the end of one-month long fasting for Muslims.

Traders at Kiamaiko goat market did booming business.
Prices were increased from Sh 2,500 to Sh 3,500 per goat.

"Business is good today because many people are going to celebrate the end of fast and they do not care about prices," said a businessman.

Delivering the last khutbah of Ramadhan the imam of Nairobi's Jamia Masjid, sheikh Muhammad Swalihu, called for unity among Muslims.

He told them to shun violence during the referendum campaigns.

http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=31699

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Mr Ali Suleiman is all smiles after buying a goat for Idd-Ul-Fitr celebrations at Kiamako market, in Nairobi yesterday.
(East African Standard, 5 November 2005)

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Muslims pack mosques to mark Ramadan end

Reports by Elisha Otieno, Abdulsamad Ali and Mark Agutu
Publication Date: 5 November 2005

Muslims yesterday turned up in large numbers across the country to mark Idd-ul-Fitr, the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

The chief kadhi, Sheikh Hammad Kassim, led them in prayers at mosques and other grounds as part of celebrations to mark the end of the annual fasting period on the Muslim calendar. He and other religious leaders prayed for peace and unity among Muslims in particular and Kenyans in general as the country prepares for the Constitution referendum on November 21.

In Nairobi, thousands in religious garb, were full of joy as they thronged the city centre after prayers at Jamia Mosque and other places of worship.

In Mombasa, the chief kadhi called for unity among Muslims, saying that they had not been spared the division as a result of the referendum debate.

"It is not true that there are black and Arab Muslims, or Muslims of this and that tribe; we are equal because we profess the same faith", he said as he addressed the annual Idd baraza, which was attended also by mayor Taib Ali Taib.

Sheikh Mohammed Idriss, the chairman of the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK), urged the faithful to reject people out to divide them along tribal or racial lines.

In Migori, the faithful congregated at Migori Muslim Primary School for a service and addresses by their leaders.

The leaders called for an end to the referendum campaign violence.

Migori mayor Junet Mohammed and Muslim leader Ebrahim Omar Hussein asked politicians to preach peace and stop making divisive and inflammatory remarks.

He asked the chief kadhi and imams to fix the dates for the beginning and closure of Ramadan, saying that there was confusion as Muslims mark them earlier or later.

(c) Daily Nation
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=60831

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From left, Abdul Wahab (9), Ibrahim Ahmed (10) and Haidar Munawar (9) hug each other during the Id-ul-Fitri celebrations at Afraha Stadium in Nakuru Town yesterday to mark the end of Ramadhan by Muslims.
Photo : Joseph Kiheri
Daily Nation, 4 November 2005



Mohammed Hassani plays "matari", an Islamic religious drum, during Idd-ul-Fitr celebrations at Treasury Square, Mombasa, yesterday.
Photo : Jack Owuor
Saturday Nation, 5 November 2005

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Ramadan in 2012
will start on Friday, the 20th of July and will continue for 30 days until Saturday, the 18th of August.

Based on sightability in North America, in 2012 Ramadan will start in North America a day later - on Saturday, the 21st of July.

Note that in the Muslim calander, a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day, so observing Muslims will celebrate Ramadan on the sunset of Thursday, the 19th of July.
source :　www.when-is.com


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Eid Al Fitr
Muslims have two major celebrations in the year. Both are called Eid (meaning celebration). Eid Al-Fitr, or the Celebration of Breaking the Fast, marks the end of Ramadan. Ramadan is the month of fasting.

Eid Al-Fitr is the celebration that comes at the end of Ramadan. Ramadan is a month of fasting, every day from dawn until sunset. The Islamic Calendar follows the moon and so each year, the dates are shifted forwards by about eleven days in the normal calendar. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year, and is followed by Shawal. The first three days of Shawal are the Eid days.

Zakat-ul-Fitr is a small amount that Muslims are obliged to pay as charity at the end of the month of Ramadan.

Read more here:
http://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/articles/eid.htm


Eid ul-Fitr - from the Wikipedia

Ramadan as a kigo.

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Things found on the way


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HAIKU

a cup of tea
to celebrate the Idd --
two Irish nuns

Isabelle Prondzynski

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Rows of lighted lamps
Flowers lovingly planted
Eid mubarak

Interestingly, the first week in November in 2005 has three religions celebrating a time to remember and contemplate -- All Saints, Ramadan and Diwali.

Anthony Tidswell
http://francevoila.com/archives/118.html


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across the street
a Muslim brushes his shoes --
Idd morning


Idd morning—
her henna design stretches
to her palm

Idd photos—
they enter the studio
in turns

Caleb Mutua
September 2011


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Soweto Mosque-
a large poster at the wall
written Happy Idd Ul Fitr

Idd ul fitr-
a muslim man sharpens
his panga knife

Soweto market-
a muslim man buys
a fat goat

Brian Mulando
August 2012


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From behind the clouds --
the crescent moon prompts
peace on earth


Written on the occasion of Id. August 2013
Kumarendra Mallick



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Seasonal Words and Topics - List

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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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.. .. .. .. .. Seasonal Items

hot and dry season
(roughly November to March, with January being the hottest month)

-- Buying textbooks
-- Buying school uniforms
-- Cassia blossom Golden Shower Tree (Cassia fistula). Drumstick Tree (Moringa oleifera).
-- Caterpillar, Hairy Caterpillar
-- Census
-- Christmas worldwide

-- Dry lips
-- Dust
-- Exam resultsKCPE and KCSE Exam Registration and Results
-- February rainfall
-- First things, New Year
-- Form One entrants and monolisation
-- Frangipani, Plumeria
-- Goat Meat, also Goats in general
ice cream
-- Jamhuri Day (12 December)
-- January
- - - - Njaanuary ( njaa and (Jan)nuary
-- Maasai Cattle (Masai Cattle)
-- Mabati shimmering roofs
-- Maize, Green Maize (for corn/maize see below)
-- Mango (ripe fruit)
-- National Drama Festival
-- New Year
--- New Year's resolution 2012
open shoes
-- Orchid Show, Nairobi
-- Papyrus and other grasses couch grass, napier grass, African star grass
-- Paying school fees
-- peaches, ripe peaches
-- Plums, ripe plums, plum fruit
-- Scorching sun
-- Smell of urine
-- Start of new school year Kenya
... ... see also Start of Schoolyear, worldwide
-- sweating
Valentine’s Day, St Valentine’s Day, Valentine
-- vest
-- Water shortage , drought
-- Weeds
-- World AIDS Day

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long rains (roughly March to May)

-- Amaranth, Amaranthus leaf vegetable
-- Bombax blossom
-- First rainfall, imminent rain
-- bullfrogs Frog (kawazu, kaeru) worldwide
-- Easter
-- flooding
-- flying termites kumbi kumbi
-- Grass, fresh grass, green grass, young grass
-- Guava fruit
-- Gumboots, gum boots
-- heavy raindrops
-- Ibis (Hadada)
-- Labour Day
-- Long Rains Haiku by Bahati Club
-- Long Rains
-- Mabati roofs rusting and harvesting rainwater
Mater Hospital Heart Run
-- Mosquitoes in Kenya

-- Mud (Swahili : matope)
including: Brickmaking, Dry mud, Bukusu Initiation (Circumcision) 　
-- Mudslide, landslide

-- Palm Sunday
-- Plantation activities
-- Pneumonia
-- Power failure, blackout 　　　　
-- Puddle, puddles
-- rain shower
-- Rhinoceros beetle , a scarab beetle
-- Sand harvesting, sand mining
-- Shoe wiper
-- Stepping stones, step-stone bridge 　
-- Thorn tree flowers
-- UEFA league
-- Umbrella
-- Urine smell, smell of urine

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cold, cool and dry season
(roughly from June to September, with July being the coldest month)

-- August moon
-- Avocado pear (Kikuyu : Mûkorobîa)
-- Beanie cap Kenya
-- Budget Day
-- Bukusu Initiation / Circumcision
-- Cold Dew (kanro) worldwide
-- Cold dry season, cool dry season 　　
-- Cold water

Datura suaveolens, Moonflower, Angel's Trumpet, trumpet plant
-- Day of the African Child (16 June)　　
-- Dust
-- Euro Games, UEFA European Football Championship
-- Glove, gloves
-- Frangipani, Plumeria 　　　　　　
-- freezing
-- Hawkers for warm things glove, hot coffee, uji maize porridge, scarf, sweater ...
Irish potatoes (viazi)
-- Jiko (brazier)
-- July
-- Loquat, loquats - fruit
-- Maasai Cattle (Masai Cattle)
-- Mabati roors collect dew
-- Madaraka Day (1 June)
-- Maize, Green Maize
-- Martyrs’ Day Uganda
-- Morning glory, fam. Ipomoea (

-- Nairobi Bomb Day (7 August)
-- Nairobi International Trade Fair (end of September)
-- no meetings (August)
-- Oranges (Swahili : Mchungwa)
Referendum August 2010
-- Sunflower
-- Sesbania Tree (Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.)
-- Shivering, to shiver
-- start of university year
-- Weeds


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short rains (roughly October and November)

-- Aramanthus, vegetable
-- bullfrogs > Frog (kawazu, kaeru) worldwide
-- First rainfall, imminent rain
-- Ocotber rain
-- Flamboyant Tree (Swahili : Mjohoro)
-- Flooding in 2006
-- flying termites kumbi kumbi
-- Graduation Ceremony in Kenya
... ... see also Graduation (sotsugyoo) worldwide
-- sGrevillea tree Grevillea Robusta . Mgrivea (Swahili), Mûkima (Kikuyu)
-- Gumboots, gum boots
-- Jacaranda blossom
-- heavy raindrops
-- Kenyatta Day
-- Messiah for the Hospice

-- Moi Day (10 October) renamed :
. . Mashujaa Day since 2010
-- Mosquitoes in Kenya
-- Mud (Swahili : matope)
-- Mudslide, landslide

-- Nairobi Marathon
-- -- Plantation activities
-- Power failure, blackout
-- Puddle, puddles
-- Shoe wiper

-- School exams KCSE / KCPE
------ Short Rains and more kigo about this season
-- Stepping stones, step-stone bridge
-- Thorn tree - fresh leaves
-- Tipu tree (Tipuana tipu)
-- Umbrella


.. .. .. Glossary of Kenyan Terms and more Haiku Topics

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............. Topics for which the season changes

-- Diwali (Devali, Divali)
-- Ramadan in Kenya
-- Ramadan ends (Idd ul Fitr)

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............. Non-seasonal Topics

Ageing ... Getting old in Kenya. Grandfather, Grandmother
Akala ... Sandals
Aloe vera
Antelope
Arfat, scarf of a muslim woman
Arusha Tanzania
. . . Brick making in Arusha
. . . Namanga-Arusha Highway Road

Banana
Banana ring, to carry things
Bat, bats . . . and the Mukuyu tree
Beggar
Bisquits and cookies
Boda boda, motorbike taxi, motorcycle taxi
Boma Homesteads
Buibui, to cover the head and face of a Muslim woman face veil
Bukusu Culture, Babukusu People
Bull fighting, bullfight
Bunche Road, Nairobi

Cabbage
Calabash, calabashes, gourd
Camel, Dromedary, Kamel, Dromedar
Casuarina Tree
Central Park, Children's Traffic Park
Chameleon
Chapati, flatbread Chokoraa, chokora - "street boy" or "parking boy"
Coconut, coconuts, coconut milk
Coffee plant blossoms, coffee blossoms
Crickets, cricket

Dandora, Municipal Garbage Site Nairobi
Day Moon
Demolitions in Patanisho, Nairobi
Duck, ducks


Elections, general election 2013
Eucalyptus tree Fam. Myrtaceae

Fences and hedges
Firefinch fam. Lagonosticta
First things
Flame tree (Erythrina fam.)
Flies, Fly, Housefly, Fruitfly
Fog
Fountain (in a park)

Garbage, sewers, sewerage
Gilgil, town in the Rift Valley
Githeri
Grevillea tree
Guitar

Hell's Gate National Park
Hornbill


Irio (mûkimû)
Isukuti Dance


Jackfruit, fenesi
Jeevanjee Gardens and Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee
Jua kali artisans

Kabaka of Uganda
Kajiado mission
Kale, kales, a cabbage (sukumawiki)
Kamba People A funeral in Ukambani
Kamukunji constituency, Nairobi
Kanga, kangas, wrapping cloth
Karura forest
Kasarani Constituency

Kenya Railway Museum Kukai August 2010
Kenyatta National Hospital,Nairobi
Khamsin wind Egypt, North Africa
Khat, miraa (Catha edulis)
Kiambu County
Kibanda hut, kiosk, stall
Kibera Slums
Kigali, Rwanda
Kikoi. kikoy - garment, shawl
Kiondo handbag (chondo, pl. vyondo)
Kisii in Nyanza Narok plains, Ogembo Street
Kisongo Market Tanzania
Kitale Town in Western Kenya
kitenge - garment

Koinange mall and street, Nairobi
Komarocks play ground and Embakasi
Korogocho slum
kuku choma - grilled chicken

Lang'ata - Nairobi
Limuru town in Kiambu West Distarict
Longido Hills
Lugari Forest

Machakos town, Masaku
Magadi, Lake Magadi in the Rift Valley
Maize (Swahili : Mahindi, American : Corn, South African : Mealies)
managu vegetable
Masai, Maasai, Massai ... indigenous African ethnic group of semi-nomadic people located in Kenya
Mandazi, a kind of doughnuts ndazi (singular)
Marabou Stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Marikiti Farmers' Market Nairobi
Market, markets
Matatu minibus
Mathare Youth Sports Association, MYSA Mathare Valley slums
Matuu town
Mavoko county
Mitumba (singular : mtumba) second-hand goods
Mkokoteni - hand cart, pushcart pl. mikokoteni
Monkey, monkeys
Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro
Mourning
Mtumba (singular) / mitumba (plural) used items
Mugumo tree
mutura - Kenyans Saussage
Murang'a town
murram mud roads
Mzungu, muzungu ... person of European descent... "white person"

Nairobi City
Haile Selassie Avenue, Soweto Market, Wakulima Market, Thika road, Tom Mboya street, Marikiti market, Kawangare slums, Kibera slum . . .


Ngaramtoni at the flank of Mount Meru
Newspaper vendor, newspaper boy
Nightjar (Fam. Caprimulgus)
Night life
Njiru Market
Njiiru Plains
Nyama choma - roast meat


Passion fruit, Passiflora edulis
Pawpaw tree(Asimina) paw paw, paw-paw, papaw
Peace (Swahili : Amani)
Pelican
Pig, pigs
Pine tree, Pinus Patula
Pineapple, Ananas comosus
Pokot people West Pokot and Baringo Districts of Kenya
Pomelo (Citrus maxima or Citrus grandis) Chinese grapefruit
Posho mill, poshomill -- to grind wheat, maize and other grains

Radio
Rift Valley
Royal Palm Tree Roystonea regia

Scorpion
Sewer, sewage in Soweto
shuka - blanket
shamba - food garden
Sinai slum fire, September 2011
Sisal (Agave sisalana)
..... Sisal and makongeni paths
Slasher to cut grass
Smoke and smog
Snake, Snakes
Sorghum (mtama) and milled porridge (uji)
Sowbug, a brown snail
Sufuria .. cooking pot or saucepan


Tea (Swahili : chai)
-- thermos container
Tilapia fish
Toilet, outhouse
Tomato, tomatoes
Trans-Mara region


Ugali and Uji, maize porridge
Ukwala, Muthurwa, Luthuli Avenue
Umbrella tree / Schefflera actinophylla
Upland rice

Voi, Sagala hill


Warthog
Weaver birds (Ploceidae family)
Webuye Town
Westgate Attack, Mall Attack, September 2013
Wildebeest
migration
Wimbi, bulo ... Millet
Wood, firewood
World Environment Day (5 June)

Zebra

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Haibun . Haiku in Combination

Construction and Development


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.. .. .. .. .. 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 ... : Easter

Varies -- Easter Monday -- Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ
> -- WKD ... : Easter

1 May -- Labour Day -- International Day of the Worker
> -- see also : Labour Day, USA

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Mashujaa Day

10 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.
October 2010:
The new constitution scrapped Moi Day and replaced Kenyatta day with Hero's (Mashujaa) Day in efforts to celebrate the men and women who fought for Kenya's freedom .

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.
October 2010:
The new constitution scrapped Moi Day and replaced Kenyatta day with Hero's (Mashujaa) Day in efforts to celebrate the men and women who fought for Kenya's freedom .
Jomo Kenyatta


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12 Dec -- Uhuru or Jamhuri Day -- This is to commemorate the day on which Kenya achieved its Independence, on 12 December 1963.
> -- Jamhuri Day

25 Dec -- Christmas Day -- Christian holiday celebrating the Birth of Jesus Christ.
> -- Bahati Haiku Club : Christmas
> -- WKD ... : Christmas

26 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.

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.. .. .. .. .. .. Annual events in Kenya

Apart 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.
http://www.kenyaweb.com/

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Introduction to the

Haiku Clubs of Nairobi


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More LINKs in the Kenya Saijiki

Getting to Know Kenya

Poetry and Literature of Kenya

Music of Kenya, by Douglas Paterson

Missionaries in Kenya

Wildlife in Kenya

Plants and Animals of Kenya, LIST by Allen & Nancy Chartier

Kakamega Forest Birds

Nature Kenya Organization


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