Aye, they sound interesting.

Also, thanks for the confirmation :)

On 15 February 2012 11:58, Brian Woodward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> David, could you point me in the direction of some of those specific
> African cultures you mentioned? Just an example or two maybe?
>
> Thanks
> Brian Woodward
>
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>
> On Feb 14, 2012, at 18:31, David Peterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > On Feb 14, 2012, at 3:32 PM, Alex Fink wrote:
> >
> >> AIUI the
> >> modern tradition of the week has basically spread from a single origin
> in
> >> the Near East, thanks in no small part to its religious loading (and
> then
> >> more recently globalisation to a Western European standard).
> >
> > Indeed. Back in college I took a class on Caribbean cultures, and one of
> the points brought up had to do with Africans coming to the new world
> having to adjust to the seven day week. Many African cultures, at the time,
> had weeks that were, for example, three days on, two days off, or even two
> days on, two days off. Furthermore, the concept of having a "day of rest"
> (Sunday) was likewise foreign. The traditions and cultures they were coming
> from had fewer days on in a row, but also had no concept of a day where you
> do nothing (i.e. the "days off" were much more active than Western days
> off).
> >
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