Names of the days of the week the "first day". This convention is also found in some Austronesian languages whose speakers were converted to Christianity by European missionaries. In Slavic languages, some of the names correspond to numerals after Sunday: compare Russian "vtornik" "Tuesday" and "vtoroj" "the following", "chetverg" "Thursday" and "chetvertyj" "the fourth", "pyatnitsa" "Friday" and "pyatyj" "the fifth"; see also the Notes. In Standard Chinese, the week is referred to as the cycle of the stars (). The modern Chinese names for the days of the week are based on a simple numerical sequence. The word for "week" (which is literally translated to "star day")
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