Inyanga Zonyaka: INYANGA ZONYAKA
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- eyoMqungu-January, named after lemon grass or long grass which is used to thatch roofs. Because it is in this month that it starts showing.
- eyoMdumba-February, this is the month in which the Acacia Karoo tree's seed pods swell.
- eyoKwindla-March, in this month, fresh vegetables from fiels and gardens are sowed and consumed.
- uTshazimpuzi-April, this is the month of the pumpkins and the first signs of an approaching winter as the leaves change colour and plants die out.
- uCanzibe-May, the month where a very bright star Canopus(Argo constellation)can be perceived also announcing the Southern Hemisphere winter.
- eyeSilimela-June, Clusters of stars(pleiades) can be seen in this month, marking the new year in the amaXhosa Calendar, where boys are initiated into manhood at the required age of course.
- eyeKhala-July,yinyanga apho kumila esinye isityalo esaziwa ngekhala .
- eyeThupha-August
- eyoMsintsi-September, a tree called Erythrina lysistemon with very brittle branches that often blossom around this month and is often found in South Africa.
- eyeDwarha-Oct
- eyeNkanga-Nov, Yinyanga apho kudubula inkanga
- eyoMnga-Dec,yinyanga apho kudubula khona umthi obizwa ngokuba nguMnga ekuthi kubaswe ngawo ingakumbi xa kuphekwa utywala besintu.
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