Luba calendar
The Luba people 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 - "first rains", the beginning of the rainy season
- Kibitenda - "white ants come out"
- Kaswa Bitenda - "the little insects that can be seen here and there", brown ants come out of their mounds
- Tshiswe Munene - "numerous brown ants"
- Tshiongo Wa Minanga - "month of drought"
- Luishi - "planting season"
- Lumungulu - "planting season"
- Luabanya Nkasu - "hoe distributor", a weeding month
- Tshisanga Nkasu - "hoe assembling", the dry season, no planting goes on
- Kashipu Nkenza - "first cold, dry air, then hot."
- Tshibungu Mulume - "the cloudy month with a strong cloud"
- Tshibungu Mukaji - "the cloudy month with a weak cloud"
