Seasons | English month | Ideal weather pattern | Activity |
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Ngosho | Mid-Feb to mid-May | Less snowfall and increasingly warmer days | Farming activities like planting and weeding of maize, potatoes, beans and soybeans; arrange community and household rituals |
Ergasho | Mid-May to mid-Aug | Misty rain | Harvesting of winter crops; weeding of spring crops (maize and beans); planting of summer crops |
Sargasho | Mid-Aug to mid-Nov | Clear sky, dewfall, occasional snowfall | Harvesting of spring crops (maize, potatoes, beans), and summer crops like buckwheat; arrange community rituals |
Kuinsho | Mid-Nov to mid-Feb | Snowfall | Collecting of firewood; weaving of woolen blankets; harvesting of summer crops and planting of winter crops; moving livestock to low pasturelands |