Calendar
The Tongan calendar was based on the phases of the moon and had 13 months. The main purpose of the calendar to Tongans was to determine the time for the planting and cultivation of yams which was Tonga's most important staple food.
| Name | Compared to Modern Calendar | |
|---|---|---|
| Lihamu'a | mid-November to early December | |
| Lihamui | mid-December to early January | |
| Vaimu'a | mid-January to early February | |
| Vaimui | mid-February to early March | |
| Fakaafu Mo'ui | mid-March to early April | |
| Fakaaafu Mate | mid-April to early May | |
| Hilingakelekele | mid-May to early June | |
| Hilingamea'a | mid-June to early July | |
| 'Ao'aokimasisiva | mid-July to early August | |
| Fu'ufu'unekinanga | mid-August to early September | |
| 'Uluenga | mid-September to early October | |
| Tanumanga | early October to late October | |
| 'O'oamofanongo | late October to early November. |
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Famous quotes containing the word calendar:
“To divide one’s life by years is of course to tumble into a trap set by our own arithmetic. The calendar consents to carry on its dull wall-existence by the arbitrary timetables we have drawn up in consultation with those permanent commuters, Earth and Sun. But we, unlike trees, need grow no annual rings.”
—Clifton Fadiman (b. 1904)