Figs star of new Formentera calendars

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The Formentera Island Council (CiF) office of Servei d'Assessorament Lingüístic (linguistic advisory service) together with the local department rural affairs, livestock, fishing and hunting have published a new set of calendars for the 2016 year.

Past editions of the calendars focused on terminology for fishing tackle or traditional tools used to work the land. This year, each of the twelve months showcases one of twelve local varieties of figs.

In this way, the calendar features well-known varieties such as rojal, blanca, coll de dama, martinenca and bordissot. Each page of the calendar includes an image of the fig and notes on its particular qualities.

Furthermore, the calendar comes with other vocabulary related to the darling of local fruit. As every year, calendars are available at different CiF points of information across the island.