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Pongal is one of the most popular harvest festivals of Tamil Nadu. Pongal occurs in mid January each year and marks the beginning of Uttarayana (sun's journey northwards). The Pongal festival lasts for four days. Celebrations include a drawing of Kolam, swinging & the cooking of delicious Pongal. [5] This day coincides with Makara Sankranti.
Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations in Victoria Park, Hong Kong. A harvest festival is an annual celebration which occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region. . Given regional differences in climates and crops, harvest festivals can be found at various times throughout the wo
Pages in category "Harvest festivals in India" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Vaisakhi is a harvest festival for people of Northern India. [129] Chander and Dogra (2003) state that in Punjab, Vaisakhi marks the ripening of the rabi harvest. [125] Vaisakhi, the Hindu Solar new year, also marks the Nepalese, Punjabi and Bengali New year. [185]
Onam (IPA:) is an annual harvest and Hindu cultural festival celebrated mostly by the people of Kerala. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] A major annual event for Keralites , it is the official festival of the state [ 5 ] [ 7 ] and includes a spectrum of cultural events.
Agera (East Indian: आगेरा) is a thanksgiving harvest festival celebrated by the Roman Catholic community of Mumbai primarily the Bombay East Indians. This festival is also celebrated in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Vasai. [1]
Wangala is also called the festival of "The Hundred Drums", a harvest festival celebrated by the Garo tribe, who live in Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Assam in India and Greater Mymensingh in Bangladesh. [1] In this post harvest festival, they give thanks to 'Misi Saljong', the sun god, for blessing the people with a rich harvest. Wangala is ...
The Tamil festival of Pongal coincides with Makar Sankranti, and celebrates Surya. It is a four-day festival in South India: Day 1: Bhogi Pandigai; Day 2: Thai Pongal; Day 3: Maattu Pongal; Day 4: Kaanum Pongal; The festival is celebrated four days from the last day of the Tamil month Margazhi to the third day of the Tamil month Thai (Pausha ...