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> all the cultures that had celebrations or holidays around this time of the year I expect this not to be true... Cultures with only a moon calendar (ancient A

• adrian_b 2y ago
  That is why I have qualified "cultures" with "that had ...", a condition that can be true only for the cultures with solar calendars or mixed solar-lunar calendars.
• kadoban 2y ago
  You don't need a calendar to have seasonal celebrations. I doubt there was ~ever any society that couldn't tell you approximately where they were in the year anyway. All it takes is making marks on literally anything, one per day, or having a decent memory. What society doesn't have at least one person doing that?
  • cies 2y ago
    > You don't need a calendar to have seasonal celebrations. You need seasons. Some places have very little seasonality. They tend to have a pure moon calendar.
    • kadoban 2y ago
      Are there any where you truly don't care what season it is? I can't think of any where it actually doesn't matter.