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 for Italian Week 2010 running through events spread out on a 10 days programme. La Bella Figura means "the beautiful figure" but is actually a way of life emphasizing beauty, a positive and self-image, aesthetics and graciousness. A series of important collaborations began in 2010. Qantas provided an opportunity to extend marketing and promotions across the state. The Italian Week promotional film was shown on all inbound flights into Brisbane in May 2010, and in 2011 and 2012 all across Australia. Celebrations extended to a wider area, reaching the Granite Belt region with a motor vehicle rally from Brisbane to