File spoon-archives/avant-garde.archive/avant-garde_2000/avant-garde.0009, message 32


Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:45:21 -0700
From: ann klefstad <klefkal-AT-cpinternet.com>
Subject: Re: higan


Didn't realize that Luther Blissets are actually little Dunsany clones. Hm.

AK

grhdaknt wrote:

> > ...The Japanese have traditionally called the period around the
> > autumnal and vernal (springtime) equinoxes higan. There's a saying
> > that goes, "both the heat and cold end with higan." Higan lasts for
> > seven days--beginning three days prior to the equinox and ending
> > three days after it. It occurs twice a year, once when the blustery
> > winter temperatures give way to spring and again when the heat
> > subsides and the cool, crisp air of autumn arrives.
>
>      The Satritain call the autumnal equinox "jelpagweha" and it marks the
> beginning of their new year. Festivities last around 3 days and include
> hunting, large fires, dances, feasts and the national sport of aldrinat. Any
> noteworthy event occuring during the days of the festival is often
> considered a prelude for fortunes in the year to come.
>
>     Luther Blissett
>
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