periodic waters
rhythms on the site vary distinctly depending on the scale of the water body, the seasons throughout the year, the activity taking place in the waters, and the type of fish getting cultivated.
Their rhythms are identified further based on the daily, and the yearly which again vary depending on the scale of water bodies which provide the conducive environments for the varied types of fish, requiring their own individual routines.
Our observations of rhythms vary from the fish's sizes to the water's salinity varying with the seasons. Each species of fish has varied conditions in which they grow, resulting in fishing ponds having varying daily rhythms and harvesting seasons. In the daily, entities such as feeding and cleaning come into play, whereas in the monthly, entities such as the sizes of fish are the main factors.
Smaller water bodies have drastic changes in their yearly rhythms with a complete transformation in their usage from fisheries to fields. This has stark implications on how the daily routines vary for the people who work on them.
The large water bodies have mostly the same daily routine, with little to no change between seasons. The daily consists of an 8-hour routine of catching fish during the night, and some small-scale boat fishing activities during the day.
The calendar shows the close relationship between the water bodies, their entities as well as the landscape and its influence on the people who rely on them with their multiple interdependencies, showing that the rhythms are never constant, but are governed by multiple factors.
ponds
closed backwaters
open backwaters
