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Sun
calendar Square
This is :the Sun Calendar Square, in the center is the totem
pole i :also ~ealled the sun pol. This Sun Calendar Square
isin faeta sundial. These a-fimals are the 12 animals denoting
the' yearin which a person is:bom, and used to show ,what
time it is on a day. The :Sun' Calendar of the Yi people divided
a year into 5 seasons, each of which is once again divided
into 2 months: one is called male month and the other
female month In a year there are only 10 months, 360 days,because
there are 36 days in a month. The Yi people use the left 5
- 6 days to have all kinds of celebrations. They call the
5- 6 days the New Year Celel~mtion Dais.
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