Supyire Calendar-gctid105820

[Mani Kongo]

Supyire Calendar

"The Supyire people, over 350,000 strong (Lewis 2009), live in south-eastern Mali. Their language, which also bears the name Supyire, is one of approximately twenty Senufo languages spoken in West Kmt. The region of Sikasso - called the breadbasket of Mali – which they inhabit is savannah, hosting series of plains and gently undulating hills (Coulibaly, Daouda et al [n.d.]: 4). Since the soil is fairly fertile, much of the forest surrounding the villages has been cleared for growing crops. The dry season from November till March is dominated by the warm Harmattan wind blowing off the Sahara. Then the humidity builds from the south before the rain is released in tropical downpours. A good rainy season lasts until October. The Supyire year has 12 lunar months, outlined in the table below, each month commencing at a
new moon."
                            Attached files  SIL-Mali-spp-2009-Supyire Calendar-Michael Jemphrey.pdf (73 KB)