These were given to the local church as the Communion bread during a special service thanking God for the harvest.īy the sixteenth century, several customs seem to have been firmly established around the gathering of the final harvest. Farmers made loaves of bread from the fresh wheat crop. The Latin prayer to hallow the bread is given in the Durham Ritual. It is reminiscent of the tabernacles Israelite farmers would live in during the harvest, at the end of which they would bring a portion of the harvest to the Temple in Jerusalem.Ĭustoms and traditions in English-Speaking World Īn early harvest festival used to be celebrated at the beginning of the harvest season on 1 August and was called Lammas, meaning 'loaf Mass'. A sukkah has three walls and a semi-open roof, designed to allow the elements to enter. Observant Jews build a temporary hut or shack called a sukkah, and spend the week living, eating, sleeping, and praying inside it.
Jews celebrate the week-long harvest festival of Sukkot in the autumn. In India, Makar Sankranti, Thai Pongal, Uttarayana, Lohri, and Magh Bihu or Bhogali Bihu in January, Holi in February–March, Vaisakhi in April and Onam in August–September are a few important harvest festivals. Visitors from different parts of the Persian Empire brought gifts for the king, all contributing to a lively festival. Not only was it the time for harvest, but it was also the time when the taxes were collected. In Iran Mehrgan was celebrated in an extravagant style at Persepolis. Harvest festivals in Asia include the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節), one of the most widely spread harvest festivals in the world. The food is often distributed among the poor and senior citizens of the local community or used to raise funds for the church, or charity. In British and English-Caribbean churches, chapels and schools, and some Canadian churches, people bring in produce from the garden, the allotment or farm. The modern Harvest Festival celebrations include singing hymns, praying, and decorating churches with baskets of fruit and food in the festival known as Harvest Festival, Harvest Home, Harvest Thanksgiving or Harvest Festival of Thanksgiving. Harvest festivals are held in September or October depending on local tradition. In Britain, thanks have been given for successful harvests since pagan times. Harvest festivals typically feature feasting, both family and public, with foods that are drawn from crops. Given the differences in climate and crops around the world, harvest festivals can be found at various times at different places. Prize corn at Rockton World's Fair, an annual harvest festival in Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaĪ harvest festival is an annual celebration that occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region.
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