List of harvest festivals
Harvest festivals around the world: I believe it is the same as the Hadj(pelegrinage) in Mecka Soudia Arabia and the muslim world during which every head of houshold have to kill a lamb,ask for forgiveness to one another and thanks the parents and there relatives with blessings...
- Chuseok: Korea
- Crop Over: Barbados
- Dongmaeng: Korea
- Niiname-sai, Shinjo-sai: Japan
- Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia Argentina
- Mehregan (October 2): Iran, Ancient Persia
- Mid-Autumn Festival: China, Vietnam
- Pongal: India
- Annual Harvest Festival of Prosser, Washington, celebrated on the 4th full weekend in September
- Solung: falls between June and July for nine days. The Adi (also Abor) is a major collective tribe living in the Himalayan hills of Arunachal Pradesh
- Sukkot: Jewish harvest festival lasting eight days in the fall, in which time is spent in tabernacles or booths
- Hasyl toýy:Turkmenistan - the holiday on the last Sunday in November.
- Ikore: celebrated by the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria
- Khuado Pawi: celebrated by the Chin tribe of India, Burma and recently in the USA and many other parts of the world.
Europe
- Dazhynki: Belarus *Dazhynki in pictures on the official website of Belarus
- Dożynki: Poland
- Erntedank: Germany & Austria (1st Sunday in October)
- Festa e Grurit (Wheat Festival): A festival that used to mark the end of the harvest of wheat in Communist Albania. No longer observed.
- Freyfaxi (Aug. 1st): marks the beginning of the harvest in Norse paganism. Historically from Iceland, the celebration consists of blót, horse races, martial sports, and other events, often dedicated to the god Freyr.
- Guldize : Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Harvest festival: United Kingdom
- Lammas or Lughnasadh (Aug 1): celebration of first harvest/grain harvest in Paganism and Wicca spirituality and by the ancient Celts.
- Mabon (Autumnal Equinox): the second of three recognized harvest sabbats in Paganism and Wicca
- Mhellia: Isle of Man
- Samhain (October 31): the third and final of three recognized harvest sabbats in Paganism and Wicca; celebration of the end of the harvest season and beginning of the Celtic New Year.
- Timoleague: Harvest Festival is held every year in August - Tigh Molaige in Irish
- Bénichon: celebrated (usually by huge 7 course menu) in catholic parts of the French-speaking Switzerland is a combined harvest festival, thanksgiving and Rindya (the day when the animals are brought back from the high altitude pastures in the alps and where all villagers are therefore back). See fr:Bénichon.
North America
- Thanksgiving (United States): the holiday on the fourth Thursday in November.
- Thanksgiving (Canada): the holiday on the second Monday in October.
South Asia
- Vishu is an agricultural festival of the Malayalee Nairs of Palakkad in Kerala, India.
- Kanyarkali is an agricultural festival of the Malayalee Nairs of Chittur and Alathur thaluks of Palakkad in Kerala, India.
- Bhogali Bihu: (or Magh Bihu) is a harvest festival celebrated in Assam which marks the end of harvesting season in mid-January.
- Lohri: celebrated in North India esp. Punjab
- Vasant Panchami: celebrated in West India esp. Gujarat, This festival is celebrated in Nepal, West Bengal (India) and Bangladesh to invoke wisdom and consciousness in human beings.
- Akhatrij (Akshaya Tritiya): celebrated in West India esp. Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Goa and Konkan regions
- holi: celebrated in North-West India especially Rajasthan and Gujarat.
- Nabanna: Bengal region which comprises West Bengal (India) and Bangladesh
- Onam: celebrated by Malayali people in Kerala (India) and other places
- Deepoli Parba: celebrated by the Tuluva people from Karnataka/Kerala (India).
- Pongal: celebrated by the Tamil people in Tamil Nadu (India) and other places
- Ugadi: celebrated by the Telugu people in Andhra pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka (India)
- Sankranthi or Makar Sankranti: Celebrated in several regions of India including Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
- Vaisakhi (or Baisakhi): celebrated by Punjabi people in Punjab (India), other parts of North India and elsewhere. The festival falls on the first day of Vaisakh month (usually mid-April), and marks the Punjabi New Year.
- Traditional New Year celebrations in Sri Lanka coincides with the harvest festival in mid-April.
- Dree Festival is an agricultural festival of the Apatanis of Ziro valley in Lower Subansiri District of Arunachal Pradesh, which is celebrated every year from 4 to 7 July.
Southeast Asia
- Flores de Mayo :Flower festival in the Philippines
- Gawai Dayak: Malaysia
- Kadayawan: Philippines
- Kaamatan (May 30-31), Sabah in Malaysia
- Maras Taun: Belitung in Indonesia
- Pahiyas Rice festival in the Philippines
- "Khuado pawi" Harvest festival of Zomi in Chin state , Myanmar