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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
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]
Nuakhai is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Western Odisha in India. [1] [5] Nuakhai is observed to welcome the new rice of the season.According to the calendar it is observed on panchami tithi (the fifth day) of the lunar fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada or Bhadraba (August–September), the day after the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
It is harvest festival of Chota Nagpur plateau region of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. People fast, venerate Suraj (Sun) and ancestors by offering new grain. It is celebrated in courtyard. The head of family sacrifice animals ( especially chicken) to Sun and ancestors. Then cooked meat and Tapan (fermentated rice drinks) distributed among ...
The five-day long festival originated in the Indian subcontinent and is likely a fusion of harvest festivals in ancient India. [45] It is mentioned in early Sanskrit texts, such as the Padma Purana and the Skanda Purana, both of which were composed between the 7th and 10th centuries.
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 ...
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.
It is an important harvest festival in India. Kanuma Maagam 15 or 16 January Third day of the four-day Sankranthi festive season.Kanuma festival is a significant event in Andhra Pradesh which celebrates cattle worship.