It was knowledge that was passed down to her when she was a little girl. My grandmother followed the lunar calendar. Do you or your family members use the lunar calendar? We asked Melba to tell us more about the lunar calendar and share some memories and stories of life on the land. These large scales represent the 13 moons that occur each lunar year.Įxplore the Pimachiowin Aki interactive lunar calendar. You will also see larger scales inside the centre of the shell. These represent the 28 days in a lunar month. If you look at a turtle’s shell, you will see an outer ring of small scales. The turtle shell is a visual match for the days and moons in a lunar year. This gives us 13 lunar months with 28 days each.” Why is the lunar calendar on the turtle’s shell? So in one year, the moon goes around 13 times. “The moon goes around the earth in about 28 days. “The lunar calendar makes sense to people who are one with the land,” says Melba. We ask Pimachiowin Aki Guardian Melba Green of Bloodvein River First Nation to explain. The lunar calendar is based on the movement of the moon. The solar calendar is based on the sun’s movement. Melba Green, Pimachiowin Aki Guardian, Bloodvein River First Nation Why don’t the solar calendar and lunar calendar match up? The schedule, mapped out on a turtle’s shell, is known as the lunar calendar. For example, Anishinaabeg in Pimachiowin Aki track the movement of the moon to determine when to plant wild rice, hunt animals, and harvest medicines. For millennia, Indigenous Peoples have used the moon to plan for life on the land.
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