Wolof Calendar
Senegal / Gambia · Wolof / French · Islamic + Seasonal calendar · 7-day market week
7-Day Market Week
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Altine
Work
🔥
Talaata
Fire
💧
Allarba
Water
🌍
Alxames
Earth
🕌
Àjjuma
Prayer
⭐
Gaawu
Rest
👨👩👧
Dibéer
Family
Suwe
Jun
Hivernage begins
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Traditional Rulers
Festival
Wrestling Season
Who presides
Buur (chief) awards wrestling champions
Events
Laamb wrestling tournaments, Champion wrestlers honored, Community celebrations
🌱
Farming
Guide
Hivernage begins. Plant millet and sorghum. Groundnut planting starts.
Crops
Millet, Groundnut, Sorghum
🌊
Fishing
Conditions
Moderate
Guide
Hivernage rains. Seas rougher. Experienced fishers only. River fish migrating.
Target fish
River fish, Mixed
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Trading
Market guide
Hivernage begins. Trading slows. Local markets only. River transport active.
Key goods
Local food, River goods
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Herding
Conditions
Good
Guide
Hivernage rains. Good Ferlo grazing. Cattle thrive. Milk peaks. Calving season.
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Healing
Guide
Hivernage herbs abundant. Collect and dry quickly. Anti-malaria season begins.
Herbs
Anti-malaria, Kinkeliba
Ritual
Community healing
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Weather
Season
Hivernage
Rainfall
60-100mm
Wind
SW monsoon
Advisory
Hivernage (rainy season) begins. Good farming rains.
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