Mesoamerica movements of celestial bodies and memorialize public officials. The 260-day cycle was also used for divination, and (like the Catholic calendar of saints) to name newborns. The names given to the days, months, and years in the Mesoamerican calendar came, for the most part, from animals, flowers, heavenly bodies, and cultural concepts that held symbolic significance in Mesoamerican culture. This calendar was used throughout the history of Mesoamerican by nearly every culture. Even today, several Maya groups in Guatemala, including the [[K'iche' people|K'iche']], [[Q'eqchi' people|Q'eqchi']], [[Kaqchikel people|Kaqchikel]], and the [[Mixe]] people of Oaxaca continue using modernized forms of the Mesoamerican
Igbo calendar planting season when the king, the "Eze Nri" in the Nri area, tells the Igbo to go and sow their seed after the next rainfall, and the Harvest festival (') in the eighth month. The Nri-Igbo yearly counting festival known as "" marked 10 March 2012 as the beginning of the 1013th year of the Nri calendar. The festival was delayed due to other events. Imöka is celebrated on the 20th day of the second month. Igbo calendar The Igbo calendar () is the traditional calendar system of the Igbo people from present-day Nigeria. The calendar has 13 months in