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Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by jfk13 on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @05:31PM (#31173459)
Apparently the Sami (Lapps) have/had 8 seasons.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/People-Eight-Seasons-story-Lapps/dp...

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Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by e12e on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @07:51PM (#31174620)
Indeed: https://www.samisiida.no/en/b/the-eight-sami-seasons
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Re:3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet records excuses for why pe... by zarzavat on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @03:14AM (#31177180)
Do they have months as well? Once you get to 8 it seems like you could just as well call them long months than short seasons.
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