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 of this edition there were many international musicians, fashion experts and industry leaders, capturing an impressive amount of media attention: from television to newspapers and magazines, from radio to online media. The context was ‘Italian Culture in the Modern Age’. Reaching a significant Queensland audience via television created one of the media coverage highlights, when Italian Week featured on ‘The Great South East’ and airing across Queensland on 11 May. It featured Alessandro Sorbello, executive producer of Italian Week taking presenter Sofie Formica on a tour to discover the Italian side of the city. The interview included a visit to