525. On Easter
Island they preferred to use
Rigel instead of the Pleiades
for marking the beginning of the
year:
... In view of the almost
universal prevalence of the
Pleiades year throughout the
Polynesian area it is surprising
to find that in the South Island
and certain parts of the North
Island of New Zealand and in the
neighboring Chatham Islands, the
year began with the new Moon
after the yearly morning rising,
not of the Pleiades, but of the
star Rigel in Orion ...
We have found the
Pleiades early on side b of the
C tablet:
te ua |
koia ra |
kua tuku
ki to mata -
ki tona
tukuga |
e kiore -
henua - pa
rei |
|
|
|
|
Cb2-4 (420 =
7 * 60) |
Cb2-5 (29) |
Cb2-6 |
Cb2-7 |
CLOSE TO THE
SUN: |
Nov 13
κ
Librae
(237.2),
ι
Serpentis
(237.4),
ψ²
Lupi,
ρ
Oct.
(237.5), γ
Cor.
Borealis, η
Librae
(237.7),
COR
SERPENTIS =
α Serpentis
(237.9)
*196.0 =
*237.4 -
*41.4 |
14
π
Cor.
Borealis,
UNUK ELHAIA
(Necks of
the
Serpents) =
λ
Serpentis
(238.1),
CHOW =
β
Serpentis
(238.6) |
15
κ
Serpentis
(239.3),
δ
Cor.
Borealis,
TIĀNRŪ =
μ
Serpentis
(239.5),
χ
Lupi,
(239.6),
ω
Serpentis
(239.7),
BA (= Pa) =
ε
Serpentis,
χ
Herculis
(239.8).
κ
Cor.
Borealis, ρ
Serpentis
(239.9) |
16 (320)
λ
Librae
(240.0),
β
Tr. Austr.
(240.3),
κ
Tr. Austr.
(240.4),
ρ
Scorpii
(240.8)
*199.0 =
*240.4 -
*41.4 |
'Oct 17 |
18 |
19 (292 = 4
* 73) |
20 |
"Oct 3 |
4 (277) |
5 |
6 |
SEPT 10 |
11 |
12 (255 = 3
* 85) |
13 |
DAY 237 |
238 |
239 |
240 |
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON: |
May 14
δ Persei
(54.7) |
15 (500 =
365 + 135)
Al
Thurayya-27
(Many Little
Ones) /
Krittikā-3
(Nurses of
Kārttikeya)
/
TAU-ONO (Six
Stones)
ATIKS =
ο
Persei,
RANA (Frog)
=
δ
Eridani
(55.1),
CELAENO (16
Tauri),
ELECTRA
(17),
TAYGETA
(19),
ν
Persei
(55.3),
MAIA (20),
ASTEROPE
(21), MEROPE
(23)
(55.6) |
16 (136)
Hairy
Head-18
(Cockerel) /
Temennu-3
(Foundation
Stone)
ALCYONE
(56.1),
PLEIONE (28
Tauri),
ATLAS (27
Tauri)
(56.3) |
17
MENKHIB
(Next to the
Pleiades =
ζ
Persei
(57.6)
PORRIMA (γ
Virginis) |
|
'April 17
(80 + 27) |
18 (108 =
135 - 27) |
19 |
20 |
BISSEXTUM
(54 - 55) |
56 (8 WEEKS) |
57 (= 137 -
64 - 16) |
... The leap
day was
introduced
as part of
the Julian
reform. The
day
following
the
Terminalia
(February
23) was
doubled,
forming the
'bis
sextum -
literally
'double
sixth',
since
February 24
was 'the
sixth day
before the
Kalends of
March' using
Roman
inclusive
counting
(March 1 was
the 'first
day').
Although
exceptions
exist, the
first day of
the bis
sextum
(February
24) was
usually
regarded as
the
intercalated
or
'bissextile'
day since
the third
century.
February 29
came to be
regarded as
the leap day
when the
Roman system
of numbering
days was
replaced by
sequential
numbering in
the late
Middle Ages
... |
"April 3
|
4 |
5 |
6 (96) |
MARCH 11 |
12 (135 - 64
= 71) |
13 |
14 (→ π) |
DAY 54 |
55 |
56 |
57 |
298 |
Kua pu ia |
tagata ariga erua |
14 |
... The ancient names of the month were: Tua haro, Tehetu'upú, Tarahao, Vaitu nui, Vaitu poru [probably: potu], He Maro, He Anakena, Hora iti, Hora nui, Tagaroa uri, Ko Ruti, Ko Koró ... |
|
|
Cb14-1 (722 = 392 + 330) |
Cb14-2 (331) |
CLOSE TO THE
SUN: |
Sept 10 ο¹ Centauri (173.8) |
11 (254) GIAUZAR = λ Draconis (174.0), ξ Hydrae (174.3), ο² Centauri, λ Centauri (174.8) |
'Aug 14 (226 = 253 - 27) |
15 |
DAY 173 (= 240 + 299 - 366) |
174 |
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON: |
March 11 (137 + 299 - 366 = 70) |
12 (71 = 254 - 183) |
no star listed (356 = 57 + 299) |
ι Phoenicis (357.3), ι Piscium (357.4), λ Andromedae (357.9)
*316.0 = *357.4 - *41.4 |
'Febr 12 (43 = 226 - 183) |
13 (44 = 71 - 27) |
43 + 16 = 59 (Tehetu'upú 28) |
Tarahao 1 (60 = 71 - 11) |
"Jan 29 (= 59 - 30) |
30 (= 71 - 41) |
JAN 6 (= 70 - 64) |
7 (372 = 364 + 8) |
DAY 356 (= 11 + 345) |
357 (= 346 + 11 = 316 + 41) |
kokoti hia te henua - tagata hakaitiiti - i te henua |
|
|
|
Cb14-17 (346 = 331 + 15) |
Cb14-18 |
Cb14-19 (392 + 348 = 740) |
CLOSE TO THE
SUN: |
Sept 26 |
27 |
28 (271 = 88 + 183) |
γ Muscae (189.0), AVIS SATYRA (Bird of the Satyrs) = η Corvi (189.3), ASTERION (Starry) = β Canum Ven. (189.5), KRAZ = β Corvi, κ Draconis (189.7) |
α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7)
ALDERAMIN (α Cephei)
|
Al Áwwā'-11 (The Barker) / Shur-mahrū-shirū-18 (Front or West Shur)
Sombrero Galaxy = M104 Virginis (191.1), ρ Virginis (191.4), PORRIMA = γ Virginis, γ Centauri (191.5)*150.0 = *191.4 - *41.4 |
'Aug 30 |
31 |
'Sept 1 (244 = 271 - 27) |
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON: |
March 27 |
28 |
29 (88 = 61 + 27) |
λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4) *148.0 + *183.0 = *331.0 = *6.4 - *41.4 + *366.0 |
ANDROMEDA GALAXY (M31), π Andromedae (7.7) |
ε Andromedae (8.2), DELTA = δ Andromedae (8.4), SCHEDIR (Breast) = α Cassiopeiae (8.6), ζ Andromedae, μ Phoenicis (8.9)
*150.0 + *183.0 = *333.0 = *8.4 - *41.4 + *366.0 |
'Febr 28 |
29 |
'March 1 (61 = 244 - 183) |
Tarahao 16 |
17 |
18 (77 = 88 - 11) |
Rigel (*78)
will be found early on side a.
Counted beyond March 31 (when
the Full Moon was at Achird)
Rigel should come 78 - 10 = 68
glyphs later:
no glyph |
koia |
ki te hoea |
ki te henua |
te rima te hau tea |
haga i te mea ke |
ki te henua - tagata honui |
Hoe. Hoe 1. Paddle. Mgv.: hoe, ohe, id. Mq., Ta.: hoe, id. 2. To wheeze with fatigue (oeoe 2). Arero oeoe, to stammer, to stutter; Mgv. oe, to make a whistling sound in breathing; ohe, a cry from a person out of breath. Mq.: oe, to wheeze with fatigue. 3. Blade, knife; hoe hakaiu, clasp-knife, jack-knife; hoe hakanemu, clasp-knife; hoe pikopiko, pruning knife. 4. Ta.: oheohe, a plant. Ma.: kohekohe, id. Churchill.T. Paddle. E hoe te heiva = 'and to paddle (was their) pleasure'. Henry. Hoea, instrument for tattooing. Barthel. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ca1-1 |
Ca1-2 |
Ca1-3 |
Ca1-4 |
Ca1-5 |
Ca1-6 |
CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
Sept 20 (263) |
21 |
Equinox |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
ALCHITA = α Corvi, MA WEI (Tail of the Horse) = δ Centauri (183.1), MINKAR = ε Corvi (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) |
PÁLIDA (Pale) = δ Crucis (184.6), MEGREZ (Root of the Tail) = δ Ursae Majoris (184.9) |
Hasta-13 (Hand) / Chariot-28 (Worm)
GIENAH (Wing) = γ Corvi (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), ZANIAH (Corner) = η Virginis (185.9)
*144.0 = *185.4 - *41.4 |
CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ Corvi (186.3) |
INTROMETIDA (Inserted) = ε Crucis (187.4), ACRUX = α Crucis (187.5)
*146.0 = *187.4 - *41.4 |
γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), ALGORAB = δ Corvi (188.5), GACRUX = γ Crucis (188.7) |
γ Muscae (189.0), AVIS SATYRA (Bird of the Satyrs) = η Corvi (189.3), ASTERION (Starry) = β Canum Ven. (189.5), KRAZ = β Corvi, κ Draconis (189.7) |
... Raven gazed up and down the beach. It was pretty, but lifeless. There was no one about to upset, or play tricks upon. Raven sighed. He crossed his wings behind him and strutted up and down the sand, his shiny head cocked, his sharp eyes and ears alert for any unusual sight or sound. The mountains and the sea, the sky now ablaze with the sun by day and the moon and stars he had placed there, it was all pretty, but lifeless. Finally Raven cried out to the empty sky with a loud exasperated cry. And before the echoes of his cry faded from the shore, he heard a muffled squeak. He looked up and down the beach for its source and saw nothing. He strutted back and and forth, once, twice, three times and still saw nothing. Then he spied a flash of white in the sand. There, half buried in the sand was a giant clamshell. As his shadow fell upon it, he heard another muffled squeak. Peering down into the opening between the halves of the shell, he saw it was full of tiny creatures, cowering in fear at his shadow ... |
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
March 21 (80)
Al Fargh al Thāni-25 (Rear Spout)
0h (365.25)
CAPH (Hand) = β Cassiopeiae, SIRRAH (Navel of the Horse) = α Andromedae (0.5), ε Phoenicis, γ³ Oct. (0.8) |
22
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 (2nd of the Blessed Feet) / Wall-14 (Porcupine)
ο Oct. (1.3), ALGENIB PEGASI = γ Pegasi (1.8) |
23
χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7) |
24
σ Andromedae (3.0), ι Ceti (3.3), ζ Tucanae (3.5), ρ Andromedae, π Tucanae (3.7) |
Julian equinox
no star listed (4) |
26 (85 = 185 - 100)
ANKAA = α Phoenicis, κ Phoenicis (5.0)
ALPHARD (α Hydrae)
|
27
λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4)
*148.0 + *183.0 = *331.0 = *6.4 - *41.4 + *366.0 |
te ika |
te honu |
|
|
Ca1-7 |
Ca1-8 |
α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7)
ALDERAMIN (α Cephei)
|
Al Áwwā'-11 (The Barker) / Shur-mahrū-shirū-18 (Front or West Shur)
Sombrero Galaxy = M104 Virginis (191.1), ρ Virginis (191.4), PORRIMA = γ Virginis, γ Centauri (191.5)*150.0 = *191.4 - *41.4 |
ANDROMEDA GALAXY (M31), π Andromedae (7.7) |
ε Andromedae (8.2), DELTA = δ Andromedae (8.4), SCHEDIR (Breast) = α Cassiopeiae (8.6), ζ Andromedae, μ Phoenicis (8.9)
*150.0 + *183.0 = *333.0 = *8.4 - *41.4 + *366.0 |
te manu te
henua |
|
te Rei |
kua hakagana |
te henua |
honu |
te henua |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ca1-9 |
Ca1-10 (29 - 19) |
Ca1-11 |
Ca1-12 |
Ca1-13 |
Ca1-14 |
Ca1-15 |
CLOSE TO THE
SUN: |
Sept 29 |
30 (3 * 91 =
273) |
|
Oct 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (277) |
5 |
ι
Crucis (192.2),
β
Muscae (192.5),
MIMOSA =
β
Crucis
(192.9) |
no star listed
(193) |
κ
Crucis (194.4),
ψ
Virginis
(194.5),
μ
Crucis,
λ
Crucis (194.6),
ALIOTH (Fat
Tail) =
ε
Ursae Majoris,
ι
Oct.
(194.8)
*153.0 = *194.4
- *41.4 |
MINELAUVA =
δ
Virginis
(195.1),
COR CAROLI =
α
Canum Ven.
(195.3) |
δ
Muscae (196.5) ,
VINDEMIATRIX
(Grape Gatherer)
=
ε
Virginis
(196.8) |
13h (197.8)
ξ¹ Centauri
(197.1), ξ²
Centauri (197.9) |
APAMI-ATSA
(Child of
Waters) =
θ
Virginis,
ψ
Hydrae (198.5),
DIADEM =
α
Com. Ber.
(198.9) |
... In other
words, the
ancient Druidic
religion based
on the oak-cult
will be swept
away by
Christianity and
the door - the
god Llyr - will
languish
forgotten in the
Castle of
Arianrhod, the
Corona
Borealis.
This helps us to
understand the
relationship at
Rome of Janus
and the White
Goddess Cardea
who is ... the
Goddess of
Hinges who came
to Rome from
Alba Longa. She
was the hinge on
which the year
swung - the
ancient Latin,
not the Etruscan
year - and her
importance as
such is recorded
in the Latin
adjective
cardinalis -
as we say in
English 'of
cardinal
importance -
which was also
applied to the
four main winds;
for winds were
considered as
under the sole
direction of the
Great Goddess
until Classical
times ... |
'Sept 2 |
3 (246 = 2 *
123) |
|
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON: |
March 30 |
31 |
|
April 1 (91) |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
ξ
Phoenicis (9.0),
ρ
Tucanae (9.1),
DENEB KAITOS
(Tail of the Sea
Beast) =
β
Ceti,
η
Phoenicis (9.4),
AL NITHĀM
(String of
Pearls) =
φ¹
Ceti
(9.6)
*334.0 = *375.4
- *41.4 |
ACHIRD (Woman
with Luminous
Rays) =
η
Cassiopeiae
(10.7) |
Legs-15 (Wolf)
ν
Andromedae
(11.0),
φ²
Ceti (11.1),
ρ
Phoenicis
(11.2),
η
Andromedae
(11.4)
*336.0 = *377.4
- *41.4 |
CIH (Whip) = γ
Cassiopeiae, λ Tucanae (12.4), φ³ Ceti (12.6), μ
Andromedae
(12.8)
*337.0 = *378.4
- *41.4 |
φ4 Ceti (13.2) |
no star listed
(14) |
1h (15.2)
β Phoenicis
(15.1), υ
Phoenicis, ι
Tucanae (15.6),
ζ Phoenicis
(15.7) |
'March 3 |
4 (63 = 9 * 7) |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
tagata tuu rima ki ruga |
te maitaki |
te henua |
Rei hata ia |
tagata rogo |
Hata. 1. Table, bureau. P Pau.: afata, a chest, box. Mgv.: avata, a box, case, trunk, coffin. Mq.: fata, hata, a piece of wood with several branches serving as a rack, space, to ramify, to branch; fataá, hataá, stage, step, shelf. Ta.: fata, scaffold, altar. 2. Hakahata, to disjoint; hakahatahata, to loosen, to stretch. P Pau.: vata, an interval, interstice. Mgv.: kohata, the space between two boards, to be badly joined; akakohata, to leave a space between two bodies badly joined; hakahata, to be large, broad, wide, spacious, far off. Mq.: hatahata, fatafata, having chinks, not tightly closed, disjointed. Ta.: fatafata, open. 3. Hatahata, calm, loose, prolix, vast. Mgv.: hatahara, broad, wide, spacious, at one's ease. Ta.: fatafata, free from care. Mq.: hatahata, empty, open. 4. Hatahata, tube, pipe, funnel. Churchill. Sa.: fata, a raised house in which to store yams, a shelf, a handbarrow, a bier, a litter, an altar, to carry on a litter; fatāmanu, a scaffold. To.: fata, a loft, a bier, a handbarrow, to carry on a bier; fataki, a platform. Fu.: fata, a barrow, a loft; fatataki, two sticks or canes attached to each other at each side of a house post to serve as a shelf. Niuē: fata, a cage, a handbarrow, a shelf, a stage, (sometimes) the upper story of a house. Uvea: fata, a barrow, a bier. Fotuna: fata, a stage. Ta.: fata, an altar, a scaffold, a piece of wood put up to hang baskets of food on; afata, a chest, a box, a coop, a raft, a scaffold. Pau.: fata, a heap; afata, a box, a chest. Ma.: whata, a platform or raised storehouse for food, an altar, to elevate, to support. Moriori: whata, a raft. Mq.: fata, hata, hataá, shelves. Rapanui: hata, a table. Ha.: haka, a ladder, an artificial henroost; alahaka, a ladder. Mg.: ata, a shelf; atamoa, a ladder; atarau, an altar. Mgv.: avata, a coffer, a box. Vi.: vata, a loft, a shelf; tāvata, a bier. The Samoan fata is a pair of light timbers pointed at the ends and tied across the center posts of the house, one in front, the other behind the line of posts; rolls of mats and bales of sennit may be laid across these timbers; baskets or reserved victuals may be hung on the ends. The litter and the barrow are two light poles with small slats lashed across at intervals. The Marquesan fata is a stout stem of a sapling with the stumps of several branches, a hat tree in shape, though found among a barehead folk. These illustrations are sufficient to show what is the common element in all these fata identifications, light cross-pieces spaced at intervals. With this for a primal signifaction it is easy to see how a ladder, a raft, a henroost, an altar come under the same stem for designation. Perhaps Samoan fatafata the breast obtains the name by reason of the ribs; it would be convincing were it not that the plumpness of most Samoans leaves the ribs a matter of anatomical inference. Churchill 2. ... Teke said to Oti, 'Go and take the hauhau tree, the paper mulberry tree, rushes, tavari plants, uku koko grass, riku ferns, ngaoho plants, the toromiro tree, hiki kioe plants (Cyperus vegetus), the sandalwood tree, harahara plants, pua nakonako plants, nehenehe ferns, hua taru grass, poporo plants, bottle gourds (ipu ngutu), kohe plants, kavakava atua ferns, fragrant tuere heu grass, tureme grass (Diochelachne sciurea), matie grass, and the two kinds of cockroaches makere and hata.' ... The division into quarters of a 28-series can be applied to the main phases of the moon during the visible period as was as to a (reflex of the old world?) sidereal month. The separate subgroup (29 makere - 30 hata) consists of the names of two types of cockroaches, but in related eastern Polynesian languages these names can also be explained on a different level. MAO. makere, among others, 'to die', and whata, among others, 'to be laid to rest on a platform', deserve special attention. The theme hinted at is one of death and burial. In our scheme they occur at just that time when the moon 'has died'! This lends further support to the lunar thesis. Barthel 2.
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|
|
|
|
Ca3-21 (→ March 21 → Gregorian equinox) |
Ca3-22 (73) |
Ca3-23 |
Ca3-24 |
Ca3-25 (→ March 25→ Julian equinox) |
CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
Dec 1 Ophiuchi (255.3), GRAFIAS (Claws) = ζ Scorpii (255.4)
*214.0 = *255.4
- *41.4 |
2 (336) κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae (256.8), CUJAM (Club) = ε Herculi (256.9) |
3 no star listed (257) |
4 17h (258.7)
ARRAKIS = μ Draconis (258.7) |
5 Mula-19 (The Root)
SABIK (The Preceding One) = η Ophiuchi (259.7), η Scorpii (259.9) |
DAY 255 |
256 |
257 |
258 |
259 |
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
June 1 (152)
π4 Orionis (72.1), ο¹ Orionis (72.4), π5 Orionis (72.8)
*31.0 = *72.4
- *41.4 |
2 π¹ Orionis (73.0), ο² Orionis (73.4), HASSALEH = ι Aurigae (73.6), π6 Orionis (73.9)
*32.0 = *73.4
- *41.4 |
3 ALMAAZ (The Male Goat) = ε Aurigae (74.7), HAEDUS I = ζ Aurigae (74.8) |
4 HAEDUS II = η Aurigae (75.9) |
5 5h (76.1)
ε Leporis (76.0), CURSA = β Eridani (76.4), λ Eridani (76.7)
*35.0 = *76.4
- *41.4 |
|
DAY 72 |
73 |
74 |
75 |
76 |
kua tupu te rakau |
kua tupu - te kihikihi |
te hau tea |
|
|
|
Ca4-1 |
Ca4-2 (10 + 68 = 78) |
Ca4-3 |
CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
Dec 6 (340 = 157 + 183) |
7 (*261 = *78 + *183) |
8 |
NODUS I = ζ Draconis (260.0), π Herculis (260.7), RAS ALGETHI = α Herculis (260.8) |
SARIN = δ Herculis (261.0), ο Ophiuchi (261.4)
*220.0 = *261.4 - *41.4
ALRISHA (α Piscium)
|
ξ Ophiuchi (262.2), θ Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis, ζ, ι Apodis (262.4), ι Arae (262.8), ρ Herculis (262.9)
*221.0 = *262.4 - *41.4 |
DAY 260 |
261 = 9 * 29 |
262 |
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
μ Aurigae, μ Leporis (77.6) |
ĸ Leporis (78.0), RIGEL (Foot) = β Orionis (78.1), Flaming Star = IC405 (78.2), CAPELLA = α Aurigae (78.4), ο Columbae, τ Orionis (78.8)
*37.0 = *78.4 - *41.4
THUBAN (α Draconis)
|
λ Aurigae (79.0), λ Leporis (79.6), ρ Aurigae (79.7)
ARCTURUS (α Bootis)
|
June 6 (157 = 314 / 2) |
7 (*78) |
8 |
'May 10 (*50 = *77 - * 27) |
11 |
12 (132 = 118 + 14) |
"April 26 (*36 = *77 - *41) |
27 |
28 (118) |
APRIL 3 (*13 = *77 - *64) |
4 |
5 (95 = 118 - 23) |
DAY 77 |
78 = 3 * 26 |
79 |
Kua pu ia |
17 |
i te henua |
- |
te honu |
2 |
te Rei |
|
|
|
|
no star listed (356) |
α Cassiopeiae (8.6) |
α Cassiopeiae (8.6) |
η
Andromedae
(11.4) |
Cb14-1 |
Cb14-19 |
Ca1-8 |
Ca1-11 |
March 11 (70) |
March 29 (88) |
March 29 (88) |
April 1 (91) |
Tehetu'upú 28 (59) |
Tarahao 18 (77) |
Tarahao 18 (77) |
Tarahao 21 (80 = 91 - 11) |
'Febr 12 (43 = 70 - 27) |
'March 2 (61) |
'March 2 (61) |
'March 5 (64 = 80 - 16) |
"Jan 29 (59 - 30) |
"Febr 16 (29 + 18) |
"Febr 16 (47) |
"Febr 19 (91 - 41 = 50) |
JAN 6 (= 70 - 64) |
JAN 24 (6 + 18) |
JAN 24 (= 88 - 64) |
JAN 27 |
DAY 356 (= 11 + 345) |
DAY 374 |
DAY 8 (= 374 - 366) |
DAY 11 |
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