List of harvest festivals

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Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations in Victoria Park, Hong Kong Mid-Autumn Festival1.JPG
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 world.

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Africa

Asia

East Asia

Indian subcontinent

A traditional vishu kani setting, for the Vishu agricultural festival Vishu kani.jpg
A traditional vishu kani setting, for the Vishu agricultural festival

Southeast Asia

Pacu jawi (bull race), Tanah Datar, Indonesia PajuJawi3.jpg
Pacu jawi (bull race), Tanah Datar, Indonesia

Middle East

Europe

Decoration for 'thanksgiving' (Erntedank) in a Catholic church in Upper Austria. Erntedankfest in Wernstein am Inn in Oberosterreich.JPG
Decoration for ‘thanksgiving’ (Erntedank) in a Catholic church in Upper Austria.
National Harvest Thanksgiving ceremony in Poland's Jasna Gora Roman Catholic sanctuary in Czestochowa, Poland POL 2007 09 2 dozynki jasnogorskie2 01.jpg
National Harvest Thanksgiving ceremony in Poland's Jasna Góra Roman Catholic sanctuary in Częstochowa, Poland
Presidential Harvest Festival in Spala, Poland POL Spala Dozynki Prezydenckie 2009 (4).jpg
Presidential Harvest Festival in Spala, Poland

The Americas

RegionFestivalOccurrenceDate
Prosser, Washington Annual Harvest Festival4th full weekend in September
New Prague, Minnesota Dozinky, traditional Czech festival
Canada Thanksgiving
(Quebec: Action de grâce)
second Monday in October14 October 2024

13 October 2025
12 October 2026

United States Thanksgiving fourth Thursday in November28 November 2024

27 November 2025
26 November 2026

New England region
of the United States
Old Home Week variable date in the fall season

Caribbean

South America

References

  1. "The LOC.GOV Wise Guide : Homowo". www.loc.gov.
  2. "Khuado: Harvest Festival of the Zo People". Vaphual.net. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  3. "The Programme of the Harvest Festival to include cultural, educational and sport events". Turkmenistan State News Agency. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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