Kurdish calendar throughout Kurdistan follow the same principal structure for the "Kurdish days of the week". The Kurdish name for the first day of the week Sheme (Saturday) is in fact descended from Akkadian word Shabattu (In Sumerian Shabbât, Arabic Sabbath, Pahlavic Shunbat, Persian Shambed; Shamba; Shanbeh, even transferred to Greek as Sabbaton, German Samstag, Italian sabato, Spanish sábado, French Samedi). The Akkadian called the 15th day of the month, the day a full moon appears, Shabbattu. The question still remains why such an adoption was made for Kurdish and Persian days of the week. It has been documented that the Babylonian
Italian Week Sirianni’s, New Farm Park, Elio Moda, Dolci Sapori and an interview with Peter Cupples and his daughter Georgia. Thanks to the collaboration with ANZ Bank, Italian Week was also promoted throughout Brisbane with Italian Week flyers displayed in all the ANZ branches. In 2010 and 2011 thanks to the collaboration with Commonwealth Bank the same initiative was extended to all the Queensland’s Commonwealth Bank branches. At this stage Social Media, in particular Facebook, started to be used to promote events and businesses. This choice allowed capturing the attention of a larger audience, breaking the location barrier and encouraging more interactivity