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  2. Nuakhai - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Come, Ye Thankful People, Come - Wikipedia

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    It was first published in Hymns and Psalms in 1844 with seven verses under the title "After Harvest". [1] "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come" was set to George J. Elvey's hymn tune St. George's, Windsor in 1858. [3] In 1865, Alford revised the hymn, and it was republished in his Poetical Works with only four verses.

  4. Tillage - Wikipedia

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    Tillage after corn harvest (Click for video) Tillage is the agricultural preparation of soil by mechanical agitation of various types, such as digging, stirring, and overturning. Examples of human-powered tilling methods using hand tools include shoveling, picking, mattock work, hoeing, and raking.

  5. List of harvest festivals - Wikipedia

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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

  6. Porag - Wikipedia

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    Porag [1] (pronounced Po:rag) is a five-day long post-harvest festival observed by the Misings of Assam. [2] [1] Drummers and dancers belonging to a village are invited to perform in the neighboring village. [citation needed] It is a festival of songs and dances.

  7. Nawakhani - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Harvest festival - Wikipedia

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    Prize corn at Rockton World's Fair, an annual harvest festival in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. A harvest festival is an annual celebration that occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region. Given the differences in climate and crops around the world, harvest festivals can be found at various times at different places.

  9. Pawl Kut - Wikipedia

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    The Pawl Kut is a festival of Mizoram held in December in India. [1] Pawl means "Straw" hence pawl kut means a straw harvest festival. It is typically celebrated in December for two days after harvest and an important festival.