Luba calendar
# Luba calendar

The Luba people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have a twelve-month calendar which is thought to begin in September. Each month is named for natural occurrences and human activity appropriate to that time.

## Months

* Mvul'a Mbedi (September) - "first rains", the beginning of the rainy season
* Kibitenda (October) - "white ants come out"
* Kaswa Bitenda (November) - "the little insects that can be seen here and there", brown ants come out of their mounds
* Tshiswe Munene (December) - "numerous brown ants"
* Tshiongo Wa Minanga (January) - "month of drought"
* Luishi (February) - "planting season" (corn)
* Lumungulu (March) - "planting season"
* Luabanya Nkasu (April) - "hoe distributor", a weeding month
* Tshisanga Nkasu (May) - "hoe assembling", the dry season, no planting goes on
* Kashipu Nkenza (June) - "first cold, dry air, then hot."
* Tshibungu Mulume (July) - "the cloudy month with a strong cloud"
* Tshibungu Mukaji (August) - "the cloudy month with a weak cloud"
