Where two rainy seasons separated by dry seasons occur, a fuller division of the year presents itself. The Babwende have five seasons:--_ntombo_, from the first rains at the end of September or beginning of October to the ceasing of the great rains at the end of January; _kianza_, the lesser dry season, to the beginning of the great rains in February; _ndolo_, the latter part of the rainy season up to _sivu_, the dry season, which begins in June; and _mbangala_, in August and September, when the grass withers and is burnt up[294]. The Wadschagga count:--the great rainy season, 4 months; the time of dew, 2 months; the season of heat, about 2 months; the so-called lesser rainy season, 1-2 months; the great heat, about 3 months[295]. The seasons of the Banyankole are determined by the rains. The longer period is termed _kyanda_ and usually has six months: the lesser, _akanda_, has four, and there are two months called _itumba_. During the six months very little rain falls, then come a few days of rain followed by four months of dry weather, and after that two other months of rain[296]. A very striking example of the crossing and overlapping of the seasons is afforded by the Bakongo. They have _sivu_, the cold season, at the beginning of the dry season which commences about May 15; _mbangala_, the dry season with little or no dew, July to the middle of October, including also _mpiaza_, the grass-burning season, second half of July, August, and September; _masanza_, early light rains, latter part of October, November, and December; _nkianza_, short dry season, most of January and the early part of February; _kundi_, _nsafu_, fruit season, end of February to May, including _kintombo_, heavy rains, March, April, and _nkiela_, the time when the rains cease, from the beginning to the middle of May[297]. In the inland districts of Madagascar, in the neighbourhood of Antananarivo, there are properly only two seasons, a hot rainy period from the beginning of November to the end of April, and a cold dry period during the other months. However four seasons are distinguished:--_lohataona_, ‘head of the year’, September and October, when the rice is planted and a few showers fall; _fahavaratra_, ‘the thunder-time’, from the early part of November to the end of February or into March; _fararano_, ‘the last rains’, from the beginning of March to the end of April; and _ririnina_, ‘time of bareness’, when the grass becomes dry, June to August. Rice is planted twice, first before the end of October and again in November or December; the first crop is ripe in January or early in February, the second about April; the two crops however are not clearly distinguished and together last about four months[298]. One name for winter is _maintang_, ‘the earth is dry’[299].