AUGUST MOONS: DAY 14 WILLIAMSJI MAVELI CO-WRITES WITH SPARROWSONG, SHADOW OF DARKNESS

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• AUGUST MOONS: DAY 14
• WILLIAMSJI MAVELI
• CO-WRITES
• WITH
• SPARROWSONG,
• SHADOW OF DARKNESS

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WILLIAMSJI MAVELI WRITES......

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SYNOPSIS: August is the eighth month of the year and the sixth month of the Roman calendar. The Romans called the month Sextilis, which means sixth. Eight years before Jesus was born the name of the month was changed to Augustus in honor of the Roman Emperor Augustus Casesar, because many of the important events in his life happened around that time of year.

The Anglo-Saxons called it Weod monath, which means Weed month, because it is the month when weeds and other plants grow most rapidly.August is the busiest time for tourism, as it falls in the main school holiday of the year, the summer holidays, which lasts for six weeks for state run schools. August is the seasonal equivalent of month February in the Northern Hemisphere.In many European countries,August is the holiday month for most of the workers.

August is also called the "Thanksgiving time"  (Harvest time) in Britain. The name comes from an Anglo-Saxon word Hlafmaesse which means Loaf Mass. The festival of Lammas marks the beginning of the harvest, when people go to church to give thanks for the first corn to be cut. This celebration predates our Christian harvest festival. On Lammas Day farmers made loaves of bread from the new wheat crop and gave them to their local church. They were then used as the Communion bread during a special mass thanking God for the harvest. Lammas Day used to be a time for foretelling marriages and trying out partners. Two young people would agree to a "trial marriage" lasting the period of the fair, usually 11 days, to see whether they were really suited for wedlock. At the end of the fair, if they didn't get on, the couple could part.- WILLIAMSJI MAVELI

For most of us, even when we are joyful,

there dwells a shadow of darkness, fear,

We are all scared of loosing what we love,

This moment is lovely, but turns dangerous,

None can make you think, the way you need

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SPARROWSONG WRITES.....

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We have to be alert for our own feelings,

There is a long river flowing with in us.

Every feeling is a drop in the deep river,

A feeling is born, it stays for a moment,

Then, later breaks. down like a bubble.

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Co-written by

• WILLIAMSJI MAVELI
• SPARROWSONG

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