Added Khoikhoi and San sky culture (Stellarium#2396)

Co-authored-by: Alexander V. Wolf <[email protected]>
RandMental · Apr 13, 2022 · 6c8284e · 6c8284e
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diff --git a/po/stellarium-skycultures/POTFILES.in b/po/stellarium-skycultures/POTFILES.in
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ skycultures/indian/planet_names.fab
 skycultures/japanese_moon_stations/constellation_names.eng.fab
 skycultures/japanese_moon_stations/star_names.fab
 skycultures/kamilaroi/constellation_names.eng.fab
+skycultures/khoi-san/constellation_names.eng.fab
+skycultures/khoi-san/star_names.fab
 skycultures/korean/constellation_names.eng.fab
 skycultures/korean/star_names.fab
 skycultures/lokono/constellation_names.eng.fab

diff --git a/skycultures/CMakeLists.txt b/skycultures/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( inuit )
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( indian )
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( japanese_moon_stations )
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( kamilaroi )
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( khoi-san )
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( korean )
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( lokono )
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( macedonian )

diff --git a/skycultures/khoi-san/CMakeLists.txt b/skycultures/khoi-san/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+########### install files ###############
+
+# install info.ini
+INSTALL(FILES info.ini  DESTINATION ${SDATALOC}/skycultures/khoi-san )
+
+# install constellations data, artwork and descriptions
+INSTALL(DIRECTORY ./ DESTINATION ${SDATALOC}/skycultures/khoi-san
+	FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.fab" 
+	PATTERN "*.png" 
+	PATTERN "description.*.utf8" 
+	PATTERN "CMakeFiles" EXCLUDE )
diff --git a/skycultures/khoi-san/ant-egg.png b/skycultures/khoi-san/ant-egg.png
diff --git a/skycultures/khoi-san/beast.png b/skycultures/khoi-san/beast.png
diff --git a/skycultures/khoi-san/constellation_names.eng.fab b/skycultures/khoi-san/constellation_names.eng.fab
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+001	"Milky Way"				_("Stars' Road")
+002	"Aldebaran and Pleiades"		_("Hunter and his wives")
+003	"Betelgueuse and Orion's Belt"		_("The Lion stalking Zebra")
+004	"Canopus"	       			_("The Ant-egg Star")
+005	"Vega"					_("Male Steenbok")
+006	"Mura"					_("The Eyes of the Beast")
diff --git a/skycultures/khoi-san/constellationsart.fab b/skycultures/khoi-san/constellationsart.fab
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+001 roots.png 105 143 80569 409 53 63613 433 202 93015
+002 hunter.png 24 277 18246 446 201 21421 236 127 17453
+003 zebras.png 399 70 26427 293 188 26311 314 420 27989
+004 ant-egg.png 76 330 30438 155 174 35158 423 285 39662
+005 steenbok.png 349 144 91262 53 222 85819 417 487 103963
+006 beast.png 47 144 74824 263 375 67664 248 209 70035
diff --git a/skycultures/khoi-san/constellationship.fab b/skycultures/khoi-san/constellationship.fab
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+001 1 85696 85927
+002 1 21421 21029
+003 1 26063 25737
+004 1 30438 31079
+005 1 91262 91373
+006 1 71333 68902
diff --git a/skycultures/khoi-san/description.en.utf8 b/skycultures/khoi-san/description.en.utf8
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<h2>Khoikhoi and San</h2>
+
+<ul>
+<li><b>Stars&#8217; Road &mdash; Milky Way:</b><br/>A strong-willed girl became so angry when her mother would not give her any of a delicious roasted root that she grabbed the roasting roots from the fire.
+The girl threw the roots and ashes into the sky, where the red and white roots now glow as red and white stars, and the ashes are the Milky Way or Stars&#8217; road.
+</li>
+<li><b>Hunting trip &mdash; Pleiades, Aldebaran and Orion:</b><br/>According to the Namaquas, the Pleiades were the daughters of the sky god. Their husband (Aldeberan) shot his arrow (Orion&#8217;s sword) at three zebras (Orion's belt), but missed.
+Now he is stuck. He cannot go home because he had not supplied meat for his family, and he cannot fetch his arrow because of the fierce lion (Betelgueuse), watching the zebras.
+</li>
+<li><b>Other Legends</b><br/>The Xam Bushmen called Canopus the &#8220;ant-egg star&#8221;, while Vega was seen as a male steenbok by the Gwi Bushmen. The Nyae Naye Kung Bushmen refers to the Coalsack Nebula as the &#8220;old bag of the night.&#8221;<br/>
+The bright reddish star Antares was called the &#8220;fire-finishing star&#8221; by the Xu Bushmen. Not only does it have the reddish colour, but at certain times of the year it sets very late at night, after camp fires had died down.<br/>
+Another Khoikhoi legend tells of some &#8220;great celestial beast&#8221; with the pointer stars of the Southern Cross referred to as Mura, &#8220;the eyes&#8221; of the beast.
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3>Authors</h3>
+<p>This sky culture was created by Suki Lock for the South African Astronomical Observatory <a href="http://www.saao.ac.za/">(SAAO)</a>, based on information supplied by Auke Slotegraaf.
+They were modified using inputs and information from Themba Matomela, Thembela Mantungwa and Mdumiseni Nxumalo. The project was initiated by 
+Sivuyile Manxoyi after having discussions with Prof Jarita Holbrook and Prof Kevin Snedegar on African Cultural astronomy.</p>
+
+<h2>Licence</h2> 
+<p>This sky culture is provided under CC BY-ND 4.0 International Public Licence (you can use it for any commercial and noncommercial 
+purpose but credit the authors and do not change it. Thanks!).<br>
+Please credit the <a href="https://cfah.org.za">Centre for Astronomical Heritage (CfAH)</a>.</p>
diff --git a/skycultures/khoi-san/hunter.png b/skycultures/khoi-san/hunter.png
diff --git a/skycultures/khoi-san/info.ini b/skycultures/khoi-san/info.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[info]
+name = Khoikhoi and San
+classification = ethnographic
diff --git a/skycultures/khoi-san/roots.png b/skycultures/khoi-san/roots.png
diff --git a/skycultures/khoi-san/star_names.fab b/skycultures/khoi-san/star_names.fab
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+  7588|_("Achernar")
+ 21421|_("Aldebaran")
+ 24436|_("Rigel")
+ 24608|_("Capella")
+ 27989|_("Betelgeuse")
+ 30438|_("Canopus")
+ 32349|_("Sirius")
+ 60718|_("Acrux")
+ 68702|_("Hadar")
+ 71683|_("Rigil Kent")
+ 80763|_("Antares")
+ 91262|_("Vega")
+
diff --git a/skycultures/khoi-san/steenbok.png b/skycultures/khoi-san/steenbok.png
diff --git a/skycultures/khoi-san/zebras.png b/skycultures/khoi-san/zebras.png
diff --git a/src/translations.h b/src/translations.h
@@ -551,6 +551,8 @@ class Translations
 		// TRANSLATORS: Name of the sky culture
 		N_("Vanuatu (Netwar)");
 		// TRANSLATORS: Name of the sky culture
+		N_("Khoikhoi and San");
+    // TRANSLATORS: Name of the sky culture
 		N_("Xhosa");
     // TRANSLATORS: Name of the sky culture
 		N_("Zulu");

diff --git a/util/skycultures/po4a.config b/util/skycultures/po4a.config
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 [type: xhtml] ../../skycultures/inuit/description.en.utf8
 [type: xhtml] ../../skycultures/japanese_moon_stations/description.en.utf8
 [type: xhtml] ../../skycultures/kamilaroi/description.en.utf8
+[type: xhtml] ../../skycultures/khoi-san/description.en.utf8
 [type: xhtml] ../../skycultures/korean/description.en.utf8
 [type: xhtml] ../../skycultures/lokono/description.en.utf8
 [type: xhtml] ../../skycultures/macedonian/description.en.utf8