W don't know exactly, but sometime in the summer.
The reaping
The time when they choose the tributes to go into the Hunger Games is called the Reaping.
First off, Prim doesn't go into the Hunger Games. Katniss takes her place in the drawing. So technically Prim does live but she isn't in the Hunger Games.
The first big event in the Hunger Games is when Katniss goes to the District 12 reaping with her sister Primrose and other children from District 12.
I believe it is 2 weeks
This is called the Reaping.
The reaping
The time when they choose the tributes to go into the Hunger Games is called the Reaping.
Reaping Day.
First off, Prim doesn't go into the Hunger Games. Katniss takes her place in the drawing. So technically Prim does live but she isn't in the Hunger Games.
The first big event in the Hunger Games is when Katniss goes to the District 12 reaping with her sister Primrose and other children from District 12.
The first chapter of The Hunger Games just explains what Katniss Everdeen does before the have the Reaping Day "lottery" done. The "lottery" is used to choose who will be tributes at the Hunger Games that year.
The reaping system is, once you are twelve, every year, you get your name entered once. And for the grains and oil, you get your name entered a couple times. Then, they draw from hundreds of names to pick 2 for the Games.
The Capitol (they control the hunger games and are not required to enter the reaping)
The reaping is a special day that happens once a year where every district draws two names, one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 , who will compete in the Hunger Games to fight to the death on live TV.
The reaping is the lottery selection of candidates in which tributes (children who will participate in the games) are chosen.
the reaping