of about 2 3 times the size of the seed. Sowing types and patterns For hand sowing, several sowing types exist these include ref http www.jar.com.pk pdf 8 Effect 20of 20Sowing.pdf Types of sowing types ref Flat sowing Ridge sowing Wide bed sowing Several patterns for sowing may be used together ... of Cyrus Types of sowing Hand sowing Hand sowing or planting is the process of casting handfuls of seed .... Practice is required to sow evenly and at the desired rate. A hand seeder can be used for sowing ... . Image Horticulture Tray3.jpg thumb right 150px A tray used in horticulture for sowing and taking plant cuttings Hand sowing may be combined with pre sowing in seed tray s. This allows the plants to come ... of sowing used historically in the agricultural context whereby field agriculture fields ... more successful growth rates and better yields. Pre treatment of seed and soil before sowing Before sowing, certain seeds first require a treatment prior to the sowing process. This treatment may be seed ... ref http earthnotes.tripod.com seeds.htm Pre sowing treatments of seed ref Seed cleaning is done especially ... Advance sowing Plant propagation Planter farm implement Priming agriculture Seed drill a mechanical ... more details
Winter sowing is a method of starting seeds outdoors in winter. This is generally done with seeds that require a period of cold stratification . The method takes advantage of natural temperatures, rather than artificially refrigerating seeds. Winter sowing involves sowing seeds in a miniature greenhouse outside during winter, allowing them to germinate in spring. Users of this method have had success in most hardiness zone s. Sources http www.wintersown.org WinterSown Educational Foundation http forums2.gardenweb.com forums wtrsow agri stub Category Horticulture and gardening ... more details
Infobox Single Name Sowing Season Yeah Cover Artist Brand New from Album The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me Released November 21, 2006 Format CD Recorded 2005 Genre Alternative rock , emo Length 4 31 Label Interscope Records Interscope Writer Vincent Accardi , Jesse Lacey Producer Mike Sapone , Brand New Certification Chart position Last single Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades br 2004 This single Sowing Season br 2006 Next single Jesus Brand New song Jesus br 2007 Sowing Season or, as listed on the single release, Sowing Season Yeah , is a song by alternative rock band Brand New . It is the first single music single from their 2006 album, The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me . Sowing Season Yeah is also a playable track on Guitar Hero 5 . Track listing tracklist all writing headline CD Single title1 Sowing Season Yeah note1 length1 4 32 title2 aloC acoC note2 length2 3 41 Trivia The song title Sowing Season is a reference to the novella Secret Window, Secret Garden by author Stephen King in which the character Mort has written a manuscript entitled Sowing Season . Citation needed date November 2009 Demo versions of Sowing Season and Coca Cola were leaked along with other demos for The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me and were known as Untitled 8 and Untitled 3 , respectively. The second verse of Sowing Season is an allusion to the poem If by Rudyard Kipling , as credited in the small insert in the single containing the liner notes. In the notes for Sowing Season Yeah , it says 2nd verse adapted from If by r. Kipling and how it used to hang from my father s wall. This is written from the perspective of Jesse Lacey. ref http www.youtube.com watch?v 1kEVQCEBJNg YouTube Jesse Lacey Sowing Season Yeah Untitled 08 hybrid Bot generated title ref Coca Cola , is listed on the single ... , is taken from a song in the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Sowing Season is included in Guitar ... percussion Derrick Sherman rhythm guitar References reflist Brand New DEFAULTSORT Sowing Session Category ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Sowing the Seeds Type video Artist Tears for Fears Cover TFFSowingVideo.jpg Cover size Released 1990 Recorded 1989 90 Genre Music Compilation Video Length 21 mins Label Fontana Records br Polygram Music Video Director Jim Blashfield br Andy Morahan br Paul Donnellon Producer Paul Diener br Luc Roeg br Commanding Images Reviews Chronology Last album Scenes from the Big Chair br 1985 This album Sowing the Seeds br 1990 Next album Going to California Tears For Fears video Going to California br 1990 Misc Sowing the Seeds is a music compilation video released by the British pop group Tears For Fears . Released in 1990, it features the three hit singles from their platinum selling third album The Seeds of Love and also an animated promo video for the song Tears Roll Down which was the B side to their 1989 hit single Sowing the Seeds of Love . Track listing Sowing the Seeds of Love directed by Jim Blashfield Woman in Chains featuring Oleta Adams directed by Andy Morahan Tears Roll Down directed by Paul Donnellon Advice for the Young at Heart directed by Andy Morahan additional music Always in the Past Music produced by Tears for Fears and Dave Bascombe. Tears for Fears Category Tears for Fears video albums ... more details
Use dmy dates date August 2011 Use Australian English date August 2011 Advance Sowing also known as no kill cropping ref cite web url http wp.foodconnect.com.au.tmp.anchor.net.au wp content uploads 2008 08 no kill cropping system.pdf title An Overview of the First Twelve Years of the No Kill Cropping System last Maynard first Bruce publisher FoodConnect.com format PDF ref is an agriculture agricultural method developed by Bruce Maynard in 1996 in New South Wales NSW, Australia that allows the production of annual Crop agriculture crops from Perennial plant perennial grasslands. It consists in dry sowing crops directly into existing pastures without using tillage , fertilizer or chemicals. Principles Advance Sowing has 5 major principles Sowing is done when the topsoil is dry. Coulter type sowing equipment must be used. No Herbicides or pesticides are applied at any stage. No Fertilizers are applied at any stage. Grazing management must be good. The rationale behind the method is to produce crops without simplifying the biodiversity . All other commonly used sowing methods of cropping rely on eliminating some or all of the plant and animals present to create an advantage for the growing crop. Advance Sowing relies on complementarity of plant animal interactions to produce biomass that can be utilised directly for human consumption or fed to animals. No Kill Cropping offers opportunities to expand the grain crop production throughout the world as an addition to the grazing resources that people depend upon. By using No Kill in areas that are already grasslands or are arid or highly erodible grain can be produced without risking ecological damage. Other advantages include the low ... Farming. New South Wales Parliament, Legislative Assembly, p. 71. Advance sowing recommended ..., Vic., N.S.W., Qld. and Tas., pp. 14 15. http vimeo.com 4161906 No Kill Cropping Sowing into Grassland by Bruce Maynard , Vimeo video DEFAULTSORT Advance Sowing Category Organic farming Category ... more details
Infobox single Name Sowing the Seeds of Love Cover SowingTheSeedsOfLove.jpg Artist Tears for Fears from Album The Seeds of Love B side Laid So Low Tears Roll Down Tears Roll Down Released 22 August 1989 Format Gramophone record 7 , Vinyl record 12 , CD Single Recorded 1987 1989 Genre Pop music Pop , Rock music Rock , Psychedelic music Psychedelia Length 6 19 album version br 5 45 single edit Label Fontana Records Writer Roland Orzabal br Curt Smith Producer Tears for Fears and Dave Bascombe Last single Everybody Wants to Run the World br 1986 br Mothers Talk br US remix br 1986 This single Sowing the Seeds of Love br 1989 Next single Woman in Chains br 1989 Sowing the Seeds of Love is a 1989 song by the British group Tears for Fears . It was released as the first single from their 1989 album The Seeds of Love , and was a worldwide hit, reaching the top five in the UK, Canada where it was 1 , Ireland, Italy, New Zealand and the Netherlands. In the US, it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, while topping the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The single also reached the Top 20 in numerous other countries. Background The song is a pastiche of The Beatles and was produced in a style reminiscent of their late 1960s output. ref cite news url http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9C0CE4DB113FF932A15751C0A966958260 title Disciples of the Beatles accessdate 2008 07 31 author Stephen Holden date February 21, 1990 work The New York Times ref The song was written in 1987, during the week of the United Kingdom general election, 1987 1987 General Election in the UK, in which Conservative .... England reflected in the lyric Mr England sowing the seeds of love . ref name Seeds book cite book ... ref http australian charts.com showitem.asp?interpret Tears For Fears&titel Sowing The Seeds Of Love&cat ... DEFAULTSORT Sowing The Seeds Of Love Category 1989 singles Category Tears for Fears songs Category ... written by Curt Smith Category Psychedelic rock songs it Sowing the Seeds of Love ... more details
John Innes Compost is a set of four formulae for growing medium, developed at the John Innes Centre in the 1930s and released into the public domain . The formulae contain loam , peat , sand or grit, and fertiliser in varying ratios for specific purposes. The composts are soil based . class wikitable Grade purpose Sowing Sowing of seeds and rooting cuttings No. 1 Sowing of large seeds and pricking out No. 2 Potting up and potting on No. 3 Final potting External links http www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk corporate media and public compost.htm John Innes Centre information on John Innes Compost http www.johninnes.info John Innes Manufacturers Association Category Composting horticulture stub it Composta John Innes ... more details
Insitor was, in Ancient Roman religion , a minor agricultural deity involved with the sowing of crops. Insitor was invoked during the Cerealia . References Sir William Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities . 1890. http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.04.0063 3Aentry 3Dagricultura cn&force y online version Category Agricultural gods Ancient Rome myth stub ... more details
Infobox Mancala ranks Two sowing Multilap region Ghana Ba awa is a mancala from Ghana. Although played in some of the same regions as Oware , it is simpler and in traditional societies is considered a game for women and children . Ba awa is related to games j erin and obridjie played in Nigeria. It is also similar to mancala game anywoli played at the Ethiopian Sudanese border. I really think there should be an article about the place of women and children in traditional societies, if only because of that idiomatic phrase. Rules These are the rules as used by the Twi , an Akan ethnic group Akan people from Ghana . Equipment Image Oware setup.png right Ba awa setup The Ba awa board has six pits in front of each player, and optionally one pit at each end which stores captured seeds. The only pieces are 48 undifferentiated seeds or other small objects. Setup Typically, several games are played in a row. At the beginning of the first game four seeds are placed in each pit except the end pits. Subsequent games also begin with four seeds in each pit, however the ownership of the pits may have changed. Object The nominal object of a match is to gain control of all the pits on the board however, this is so hard the game is usually only played to ten or eleven pits. Sowing div style float right width 211px Image Oware sowing.png 200px Sowing from E Image Oware sowed.png 200px Sowed from E Image Oware captured.png 200px Captured c, d, and e div Players take turns moving the seeds. On a turn ..., and distributes them in each pit counter clockwise from this pit, in a process called sowing . Seeds ... continue until the sowing process ends, either in an empty pit or a capture of four seeds. Capturing If at any time during sowing, a pit has exactly four seeds, all four are immediately captured and removed from play. There can be many such captures during sowing. Also, if the last pit sown into then has four seeds, these four seeds are captured and the sowing process ends. End of the game When ... more details
race To choose which player will move first, an initial sowing race takes place. Both players take ... player who finishes sowing will be the first to play in the remainder of the game. Notice that since .... Depending on where the last seed of the sowing is dropped, the following rules may ... if the last seed is dropped in a non empty pit, the sowing will generally go on in a mancala General gameplay relay sowing style, with some exceptions related to the bulls see below . If the initial sowing causes a relay sowing, the player will not be able to capture see below for the remainder ... also apply if in an individual not relay sowing the player moves across all of the opponent s row ... relay sowing will be done clockwise instead of counterclockwise this privilege only lasts until the player ... or imply any sowing. Bulls Some pits may become bulls . If the last seed of a sowing is dropped ... in a sowing are dropped in two pits that hold 2 and 3 seeds, or 3 and 2 seeds, both pits become bulls of this player. Seeds in a bull can never be removed. Every time a sowing ends up with the last seed being dropped in a bull, the player s turn is over. Every time a sowing ends up in such a way ... more details
Infobox Mancala ranks Two sowing Single lap region Kazakhstan Eson xorgol is a mancala game played by Kazakhs in western Mongolia . Rules Equipment div class floatright Mancala 2x5 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 size 32px Starting position for Eson Xorgol. div Traditionally, the game is played with a field of 2x5 pits and 90 goat droppings. Of course, some prefer to play the game with 10 cups and any 90 undifferentiated objects, such as stones or glass beads the Nomads usually take dried goat feces . Object The goal is to capture more feces than the opponent. Setup At the beginning of the game, nine droppings are placed in each pit. Unlike many other mancala games, pits are not owned by particular players. Movement Players take turn sowing pieces clockwise around the board. This is the opposite direction of most mancalas. Sowing is accomplished by selecting a pit, removing all the pieces from that pit, and dropping them one by one in each subsequent pit, until all have been used. Capturing A capture is made when sowing ends in an occupied pit immediately followed by an unoccupied pit. When this occurs, all pieces in the pit across from the pit in which the sowing ended are captured. Game end The game ends when the players agree that no more droppings can be captured. External links http www.wikimanqala.org wiki Eson korgool WikiManqala.org s rules to Eson khorgol. Category Mongolian games Category Traditional mancala games Mongolia stub ... more details
Daramutu is a traditional mancala game from Sri Lanka . It was first described in 1909 by the British engineer Henry Parker author Henry Parker in his book Ancient Ceylon 1909 . Traditionally, the game is only played by women. Rules The game s board termed olinda puruwa comprises 2 rows of 7 pits each. At game setup, four seeds are places in each pit. Seeds of Abrus precatorius are traditionally used. Each player controls one of the rows. At her turn, the player takes all the seeds in one of her pits and Mancala General gameplay sows them. The first player to play may choose whether sowing occurs clockwise or counterclockwise after that, all sowing will be done accordingly throughout the game. Sowing is called ihinawa . If the last seed is sown in a pit that contains at least 3 seeds, Mancala General gameplay relay sowing applies. If the last seed falls in an empty pit, or in a pit with exactly one seed called puta , son or in a pit with exactly two seeds naga , figlia , any seeds in the opposite pit are captured. Note that the player can either capture seeds from her own or from the opponent s row, depending on whether her sowing ends in the opponent s or her own row. When one of the players cannot move, the game is over. All remaining seeds are captured by the opponent, and the winner is the player who captured most seeds. References http mancala.wikia.com wiki Daramutu Daramutu Category Traditional mancala games Category Sri Lankan folklore game stub it Daramutu zh ... more details
Infobox Mancala title Hus ranks Four sowing Multilap region Africa Hus also spelled Hus or H s , and sometimes called Omwela is a traditional mancala played by Nama , Herero people Herero , Kwangari and other related ethnic groups from Namibia and neighbouring countries. It is related to the Omweso family of mancala games played in Eastern Africa Eastern and Southern Africa . Although this is an abstract strategy game , consequences of individual moves are so hard to predict that it can be considered, to some extent, a game of chance. The or at the beginning of the name is a lateral click , a type of click consonant . ref cite web title Hus entry at Mancala World url http mancala.wikia.com wiki Hus archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 5gAwFpXLw archivedate 2009 04 20 work accessdate 2009 04 08 ref Rules Equipment Image Hus Omwela board for sale in Swakopmund, Namibia.jpg thumb right A 4x6 Hus board in a gift shop in Swakopmund , Namibia div class floatright Mancala 4x8 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 size 24px Starting position for Hus. div Hus requires a board of 32 pits, arranged with eight pits lengthwise towards the players, and four pits deep. Each player s territory is the 16 pits on their side of the board. In addition, 48 undifferentiated seeds are needed. There are variations on this equipment. For example, 4x6 instead of 4x8 boards are quite ... in each of the four rightmost inner pits for each player. Sowing A player moves by selecting a pit with at least two seeds, and sowing them one by one around their side of the board in a counter clockwise ..., and the sowing proceeds around this territory, not directly involving the opponent s side. Relay sowing If the last sowed seed lands in a previously occupied pit, all seeds in that pit, including ... sowing ends in an empty pit. Capturing If the last seed sown lands in one of the player s eight ... in the sowing. References reflist External links http mancala.wikia.com wiki Hus Hus at Mancala World ... more details
Infobox Mancala title Bao ranks Four sowing Multilap region East Africa Image Bao players in stone town ... if he or she can do that. In a mtaji turn, other captures may occur as a consequence of sowing see below in a takata turn, on the other hand, captures are not allowed. Capture and sowing When a capture ... kitchwa, sowing will proceed counterclockwise, while if it is sown in the left kitchwa, sowing ..., with a few exception. If capture has occurred in any kimbi, sowing must start from the closest kitchwa. While the player is relay sowing, if the last seed in any individual sowing is placed in a marker, a new capture occurs. Sowing of the captured seeds will start again from a kitchwa. In this case ... in a kimbi, sowing must start from the closest kitchwa, as above otherwise, the player must preserve the current clockwise or counterclockwise direction of sowing. That is, if a capture occurs at the end of a clockwise sowing, the newly captured seeds will have to be sown starting from the clockwise kitchwa, and vice versa. If the turn is not a mtaji turn, relay sowing, but captures will never ... seed in a sowing is dropped in an empty pit. Mtaji phase When players are left without seeds in their hands ... seed of this first sowing is dropped in a marker, a mtaji turn begins, with the same rules described above. Again, if the marker is a kimbi, sowing will be from the closest kitchwa otherwise, the player will have to preserve the clockwise or counterclockwise orientation of the sowing that caused ... sowing does not lead to a capture, the whole turn is a takata turn , exactly as in the namua phase. In this case, the player must start sowing from a pit in the inner row, if this is possible. As a special rule, if the first sowing is from a pit that has more than 15 seeds, the turn will always be takata ..., if sowing in a takata turn ends up in the nyumba, the turn is over there is no relay sowing of the seeds in the nyumba . Second, likewise, if sowing in a mtaji turn ends up in the nyumba, and the nyumba ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 arlaid was the right sometimes sold by an outgoing to an incoming tenant to enter into possession of the arable land early in Spring season Spring the incomer doing the ploughing , sowing and planting, and subsequently claiming the resulting Crop agriculture crop . It is in vogue only in places where Whitsunday is the removal term for farmer s. References Dwelly arlaid DEFAULTSORT Earlaid Category Agriculture in Scotland Category Scots law Scotland law stub ... more details
Kinnauri Nati is performed and originated from Himachal Pradesh . ref http www.bharatonline.com himachal pradesh culture dance index.html ref The dance is like a mine but languid sequences are also there. Important among the dances of Nati is Losar shona chuksom . The name from Losai, or the New Year. Activities such as sowing the crop and reaping it are included in it. References reflist india dance stub Category Dances of India Category Culture of Himachal Pradesh ... more details
File New sowing in Adventurers Head geograph.org.uk 262041.jpg thumb New sowing in Adventurers Head. Adventurers Land gbmapping TF362019 is a 10.1 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire , SSSI notification notified in 1989. The name derives from the 17th century use of the word adventurers to refer to the investors who financed the draining and development of the fen http www.wisbechstmary.org.uk page76.html . Source http www.english nature.org.uk citation citation photo 1005502.pdf English Nature citation sheet for the site accessed 22 July 2006 External links http www.english nature.org.uk English Nature website SSSI information SSSIs Cambridgeshire geological coord 52.59783 N 0.00947 E region GB source enwiki osgb36 TF362019 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref Category Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire Category Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1989 England SSSI stub Cambridgeshire geo stub ... more details
wiktionary planter Planter may refer to A flower pot or box for plants Jardini re , one such type of pot A person or object engaged in sowing seeds Planter farm implement , implement towed behind a tractor, used for sowing crops through a field A coloniser Plantations of Ireland , 16th and 17th centuries Ancient planter , a colonist receiving one of the first land grants in Virginia A person who owns or manages a plantation , or large farm or ranch In Plantations in the American South , the owner of a plantation with 20 or more slaves Planter antebellum South Planter plantation owner Church planter , a person engaged in creating a new Christian church Planters , American snack food company best known for its processed nuts and the Mr. Peanut mascot USS Planter USS Planter , name of a number of ships SS Planter , a number of ships with this name Igor Planter , fictional eco terrorist in the 2000 2004 manga Black Cat See also Plantar disambig fr Planters ... more details
orphan date December 2007 An electocracy is a political system where citizens are able to vote for their government but cannot participate directly in governmental decision making and where the government does not share any power. In contrast to democracy where citizens are able to participate in the making of decisions that affect them, electocracy sees decision making limited to an elected individual or group who may then govern in an arbitrary and unaccountable manner until the next election. Iraq has been cited as an example of an electocracy ref http www.boston.com news globe editorial opinion oped articles 2006 09 05 hypocrisy in sowing democracy Hypocrisy in sowing democracy The Boston Globe ref as has Thailand before the 2006 Thai coup d tat coup of 2006 ref Kasian Tejapira. Toppling Thaksin. New Left Review . 39 May June 2006 5 37. ref . Notes references See also Elective dictatorship Category Forms of government Category Political systems government stub ... more details
Infobox Mancala ranks Four sowing Multilap region Uganda Image Omweso players in kigali rwanda.jpg thumb right 200px Omweso or Igisoro players in Kigali , Rwanda Omweso sometimes shortened to Mweso is the traditional mancala game of the Ugandan people. The game was supposedly introduced by the Empire of Kitara Bachwezi people of the ancient Bunyoro kitara empire of Uganda. Nowadays the game is dominated by Ugandan villagers. It is a very hard and fast game said to keep one s mind high and ever excited Citation needed date March 2011 , which can make it addictive. The equipment needed for the game is essentially the same as that of the Bao mancala game Bao game found in Tanzania and neighbouring countries . Omweso is strictly related to a wide family of mancalas found in Eastern Africa eastern and southern Africa these include Coro in the Lango sub region Lango region of Uganda, Aweet in Sudan ... player also arranges their seeds. The first player then makes the first sowing move. Sowing ... center size 16px Sowing captures 6 seeds. Mancala 4x8 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 5 5 0 0 10 4 1 4 4 ... with at least two seeds, and sowing them one by one around their side of the board in a counter clockwise ..., and the sowing proceeds around this territory, not directly involving the opponent s side ... is not started the other player may steal it. Relay sowing If the last sowed seed lands in an occupied ... just placed, are immediately sown, before the opponent s turn. This continues until the last sowing ... . Reverse capturing Instead of sowing in a counter clockwise direction, a player may sow clockwise ... a relay sowing move, one lap of which ends at one of the four leftmost pits, a player may also change direction and begin sowing the next leg of the move clockwise, if and only if this play results .... Never ending moves It is possible for a move to lead to a never ending sowing sequence. In tournament ... be used to determine whether a position can lead to a never ending sowing. See also List of mancala ... more details
File Wooden Mancala board.jpg thumb Layli Goobalay is played on a 2x6 mancala board, the same used for Wari and many other mancalas Layli Goobalay or Layli Goobaly is a traditional mancala of Somaliland . The name of the game means to exercise with circles . It is quite similar to the Enkeshui mancala played by the Maasai people Maasai . Also Tampoduo and Ayo J odu , played by children respectively in Ghana and Nigeria , are almost identical to Layli Goobalay. Rules Layli Goobalay is played on a 2x6 mancala board i.e., 2 rows of 6 pits each and 48 seeds. At game setup, 4 seeds are placed in each pit. These are exactly the same equipment and game setup used for other mancalas, most notably Wari . At his or her turn, the player takes all the seeds from a pit and Mancala General gameplay sows them counterclockwise. If the last seed of a sowing falls in a non empty pit that is not a Uur see below , Mancala General gameplay relay sowing applies. Thus, the player s turn ends when the last seed in a sowing is dropped in an empy pit or in a Uur pit. Depending on the pit where this last seed was dropped, the following situations may occur if the pit is a Uur , nothing happens if the pit is in the opponent s row, nothing happens if the pit is the player s row, and the adjacent pit in the opponent s row is empty, nothing happens if the pit is the player s row, and the adjacent pit in the opponent s row is non empty, the seeds in the opponent s pit are captured. This in turn may lead to two consequences if the opponent s pit contains 3 seeds, one of those seeds is captured and placed in the same pit as the capturing seed. The two pits involved in the capture thus will have 2 seeds each. Those are termed Uur meaning pregnant and they now belong to the player who captured if the opponent s pit contains any other number of seeds, all those seeds as well as the capturing seed are removed from the game. A player can never begin a sowing from Uur pits, and relay sowing does not apply ... more details
Infobox Mancala ranks Two sowing Multilap region Ethiopia , Sudan Anywoli is a traditional mancala game played by the Anuak people Anuak people of the Gambela, Ethiopia Gambela province, in Ethiopia , as well as in the Akobo, Sudan Akobo , Pochalla and Jokau regions of Sudan . The name of the game means bringing to life giving birth . Anywoli has similarities to mancalas found in Nigeria and Ghana , such as Ba awa and Obridjie . Rules The board used to play Anywoli has two rows of twelve holes each. Anuak call these holes oto pl. udi , meaning house . At game setup, 4 seeds are placed in each hole. Seeds are called nyibar , meaning children sons of the board game . 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Players take turns each owns one of the rows. At his or her turn, the player takes all the seeds from one of his her holes and Mancala General gameplay relay sows them counterclockwise. The sowing ends when the last seed falls in an empty hole or when a capture occurs. Capture occurs whenever, during play, a hole holds exactly four seeds those seeds are removed from the game, and taken by the player who owns the hole. In the special case where the last seed of a sowing is placed in a hole holding three seeds thus forming a four seed hole , the captured seeds are taken by the player who is moving, independent of who owns the hole. This also ends the player s turn. When only 8 seeds are left on a board, the player who moved first at the beginning of the game captures them and the game ends. The winner is the player who captured most seeds. References R. Pankhurst. Gabata and Related Board Games of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa . In Ethiopia Observer , 14 3 , 1971, p. 203. External links http www.manqala.org wiki index.php MancalaGames Anywoli Anywoli Category Traditional mancala games Category Ethiopian culture Category Sudanese culture it Anywoli ... more details
Kiothi is a traditional mancala game played by the Meru people Meru people in Kenya . The word kiothi simply means to place i.e., placing the seeds in the pits . This mancala is closely related to the Enkeshui and the Giuthi mancalas, respectively played by the Maasai people Maasai and the Kikuyu people Kikuyu . Rules The Kiothi board is 2x10, i.e., 2 rows of 10 pits each. Each player owns a row and 30 seeds. At game setup, seeds are placed in the 5 rightmost pits of each player s row, 6 per pit. Before the game starts, anyway, each player can take the seeds from one of his pits and distribute those seeds freely on the board including in the opponent s pits . At his or her turn, the player takes all the seeds from one of his pits and Mancala General gameplay relay sows them counterclockwise. When the last seed is dropped in an empty pit if the pit is in the opponent s row, the turn is over if the pit is in the player s row, and the sowing has crossed the opponent s row, the seed is captured any seeds in the opponent s opposite pit are also captured. As an exception to the above, seeds in any pit cannot be captured if the player owning the pit has never been sowing or relay sowing from that pit. Another exception is that if the capturing seed was dropped in the leftmost of the player s pits, and the opponent s opposite pit is non empty and it is followed by a sequence of non empty pits, then seeds from all those adjacent non empty pits are captured. When a player cannot move anymore, the opponent captures all the seeds remaining on the board. The player who captured most seeds wins. External links http www.driedger.ca mankala Man 4.html Kiothi Category Traditional mancala games Category Kenyan culture it Kiothi ... more details
Mbothe is a traditional mancala game played by the Pokomo people that live along the Tana River Kenya Tana River , in Kenya . Pokomo do not traditionally build gameboards they dig pits in the ground and use small stones as counters. Rules Mbothe is played on a 2x10 mancala board 2 rows of 10 pits each . At game setup, two stones are placed in each pit. At his or her turn, the player takes all the stones from one of his or her pits and Mancala General gameplay relay sows them counterclockwise. Pits with two stones in them play a special role in the game. When sowing, any opponent s pit with exactly 2 stones in it must be skipped. Also, sowing cannot be started from a pit that contains 2 stones, unless there are no alternatives in this case, the rightmost pit must be chosen. As this rule also applies to the first move, the first move of the first player is fixed i.e., sowing starts from the rightmost pit of the player s row . When the last stone falls in an empty pit in the player s row and the opposite pit in the opponent s row contains exactly two stones, those are captured by the player and removed from the game. In this case, the player also gets another turn. If a player ends up his or her turn with no stone in his or her row, the other player has to choose a move whereby some stone will replenish the opponent s row. The game ends when one of the players cannot move anymore. The opponents captures all the seeds on the board. The player who captured most seeds wins the game. References http www.driedger.ca mankala Man 3.html Mbothe Category Traditional mancala games Category Kenyan culture it Mbothe ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Bringing In the Sheaves is a popular American hymn used almost exclusively by Protestantism Protestant Christianity Christian s though the content is not specifically Protestant in nature . The lyrics were written in 1874 by Knowles Shaw , who was inspired by Psalm 126 6, He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. Shaw also wrote music for these words, but they are now usually set to a tune by George Minor , written in 1880. Lyrics Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness, Sowing in the noontide and the dewy eve Waiting for the harvest, and the time of reaping, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. Refrain Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves, Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. Sowing in the sunshine, sowing in the shadows, Fearing neither clouds nor winter s chilling breeze By and by the harvest, and the labor ended, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. Refrain Going forth with weeping, sowing for the Master, Though the loss sustained our spirit often grieves When our weeping s over, He will bid us welcome, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. Refrain In popular culture The song was sung by Lefty Enright in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 , and has been sung by various characters in various episodes of The Simpsons . Members of the Crickets as portrayed by Gary Busey , Don Stroud and Charles Martin Smith sing a line of the song during a recording session in the film The Buddy Holly Story . The song was also a recurring favorite on Little House on the Prairie TV series Little House on the Prairie when the Ingalls family went to church. It is also featured in an episode of The Oblongs on Cartoon Network. Frank Zappa also used the song s refrain as an introduction music intro to his s ... more details
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