Regional/Cultural Day
Siku ya Mvua ya Kwanza
When the first real rain falls after the dry season, the whole island breathes. The volcanic soil of Ngazidja drinks it, the vanilla orchids of Ndzuwani open, the children run outside, and the smell of wet earth mixes with clove and ylang-ylang in a way that no perfume house has ever captured. The first rain in Comoros is not weather. It is resurrection.