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	Thanksgiving around the world. Learn about harvest festival in different cultures.
		Harvest festivals and thanksgiving celebrations held by the ancient Greeks, the Romans, the Hebrews, the Chinese, and the Egyptians all reflect the similar spirit.
		The celebration of the spring-time harvest festival by the ancient Egyptians was dedicated to the honor of Min, their god of vegetation and fertility.
		Spring being the harvest season of the Egyptian's the festival was held during this season.
	www.theholidayspot.com /thanksgiving/round_the_world.htm (759 words)

	Harvest festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harvest festivals are traditionally held on or near the Sunday of the Harvest Moon.
		The tradition of celebrating Harvest Festival in churches began in 1843, when the Reverend Robert Hawker invited parishioners to a special thanksgiving service at his church at Morwenstow in Cornwall.
		A corn dolly was made from the last sheaf of corn harvested.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harvest_festival (318 words)

	Harvest Festivals in Ancient Cultures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A similar festival was held in Ancient Greece, in honor of the goddess who taught mankind to tend the soil, during a month known as Pyanopsion (Puanepsion), according to the lunisolar calendar of the Athenians.
		The Roman celebration of Cerelia, a harvest festival, was dedicated to the honor of Ceres (Demeter).
		It was also an autumnal festival held each year on October 4th but some put the date at April 12th and 14th, and hence coinciding with the arrival of spring with the return of Prosphene back to her mother Ceres.
	www.twilightbridge.com /hobbies/festivals/thanksgiving/harvest.htm (1293 words)

	Harvest Festival UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Harvest Festival is one of the oldest known festivals.
		When the harvest was in, a celebratory supper was held to which the whole community was invited.
		A corn dolly was made from the last sheaf of corn harvested - a figure made of plaited straw, which was held aloft and carried with great ceremony to the celebrations - and it often had a place of honour at the banquet table, and was kept until the following spring.
	www.crewsnest.vispa.com /thanksgivingUK.htm (480 words)

	English Festival: Harvest Festivals from Around the World at HarvestFestivals.Net.
		The harvest festival was held as a way of thanking the gods for a good harvest.
		The date for harvest festival is set well in advance instead of waiting for the last of the harvest to be bought in.
		It is associated with the color gold, all the harvest colors, the harvest and bounty of the land, and the sacred king.
	www.harvestfestivals.net /englishfestivals.htm (756 words)

	Harvest Homecoming - Festival Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Harvest Homecoming is a group of volunteers dedicated to providing a family oriented festival.
		Since Harvest Homecoming is a virtual cornucopia of activities, its signature cornucopia logo depicts autumn, the harvest and fruitfulness.
		Featured in Midwest Living Magazine and in publications and broadcasts throughout Indiana and neighboring Kentucky, Harvest Homecoming continues to grow through the efforts of what is now thousands of volunteers who have given their time, effort and dollars to make it one of the premier festivals in the United States.
	www.harvesthomecoming.com /festival_overview.htm (614 words)

	Harvest Festival of Punjab,Harvest Festival Lohri,Cultural Festival of India,Harvest Festival in India
		Harvest Festival of Punjab,Harvest Festival Lohri,Cultural Festival of India,Harvest Festival in India
		Lohri is the harvest festival of Punjab, famously known as the the breadbasket state of India.
		Lohri is a festival of zeal and verve and marks the culmination of the chilly winter.
	www.lohrifestival.org /harvest-festival-of-punjab.html (434 words)

	Harvest Festivals
		For as long as people have been planting and gathering food, I suspect there has been some form of Harvest Festival or, at the very least, a really great dinner when the harvest was done.
		The following is an overview of various Harvest Festivals celebrated in different times in history and/or in different parts of the world.
		The Mid-Autumn Festival or Chinese Moon Festival, is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar.
	www.bry-backmanor.org /holidayfun/harvestinfo.html (717 words)

	Pongal Festival,Pongala Festival India,Pongal Harvest Festival Tamil Nadu,Pongal Festival Celebrations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Pongal Festival, or the thanksgiving harvest festival is undoubtedly the most auspicious festival of Tamil Nadu, a south Indian state.
		The festivities of the day are rounded off with a sumptuous lunch of idli (rice dumpling), dosa (paper-thin pancakes made of lentils) and rice cooked in different styles.
		Resembling the north Indian festival of Raksha Bandhan when the sister ties a rakhi on the wrist of her brother as a token of love and in return for protection, this day celebrates the bond between siblings in the south as well.
	www.indiasite.com /festivals/pongal.html (1613 words)

	CBBC Newsround \| Teachers \| Literacy \| Word \| Food Dictionary - Harvest Festival
		Harvest Festivals are held throughout the world as thanksgiving ceremonies for a successful harvest.
		Harvest Festival can be traced back to Saxon times when farmers offered the fisrt cut sheaf of corn to one of the gods of fertility - in order to safguard a good harvest the following year.
		Many cultures from around the world have their own harvest festival; the Jewish festival is called Sukkot, ancient Egyptians celebrated the god of vegetation and fertility, the ancient Chinesed celebrate on the 15th day of eighth month; the Greeks worshipped their goddess of grains, Demeter.
	news.bbc.co.uk /cbbcnews/hi/newsid_5320000/newsid_5321100/5321134.stm (495 words)

	Pongal Harvest Festival,Harvest Festival of South India,Tamil Harvest Festival Pongal
		Pongal is a harvest festival - the Tamil equivalent of Thanksgiving.
		There is also a belief in the Hindus that the harvest festival will bring great wealth and goodness to their homes.
		This festival is reminiscent of Raksha Bandhan and Bhai Dooj of North India.
	www.pongalfestival.org /the-harvest-festival.html (572 words)

	Harvest Festival
		Although traditional food production (ploughing, sowing and harvesting) is outside the experience of many modern children, the festival can highlight a number of issues of contemporary importance.
		The now widespread practice of celebrating Harvest Festival in churches began in 1843, when the reverend Robert Hawker invited parishioners to a special thanksgiving service at his church at Morwenstow in Cornwall.
		Wall displays can reflect the varied nature of the harvest activities - the harvest of the land; the harvest of the sea; the harvest of the earth; 3-D pictures composed using autumn fruits and seeds, and collections of corn dollies.
	www.longman.co.uk /tt_pri/calendar/nov_00/harvest.htm (477 words)

	Harvest Festival - the facts, customs and traditions
		Harvest Festival used to be celebrated at the beginning of the Harvest season on 1 August and was called Lammas, meaning 'loaf Mass'.
		The harvest festival of the Jewish Church is called Sukkot or 'Feast of Ingathering' or 'the 'Feast of Tabernacles'.
		I will tell my congregation about the history of Harvest Festivals and let them know how it is a time to thank God for his goodness to us which is displayed in all the good things on display.
	www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk /customs/Harvest.html (869 words)

	Berkshire Harvest Festival
		Originally conceived as a harvest-season family, community festival, it is one of the largest and longest-running events of its kind in the country.
		Harvest Festival is first and foremost a celebration of community, showcasing local artisans of the highest quality, supporting local services, and promoting a wide array of Berkshire area products.
		Harvest Festival's focus on the handcrafted showcases nearly a hundred of the most gifted (and reasonably priced) artisans and crafters from five counties.
	www.berkshirebotanical.org /hf/HFhomepage.html (522 words)

	Bawarchi: Indian Festivals: Baisakhi -- Harvest Festival
		The festival always falls on April 14 and marks the beginning of the solar year.
		This festival is in celebration to thank God for good harvest for the year and coming year also.
		The scenes of sowing, harvesting, winnowing and gathering of crops are expressed through zestful movements of the body to the accompaniment of ballads.
	www.bawarchi.com /festivals/baishaki.html (513 words)

	Arroyo Grande Valley Harvest Festival
		Some of the goals of the Arroyo Grande Harvest Festival Committee have been for the festival to grow each year to return it to its former prominence and to return more of the focus of the Festival to celebrating agriculture and the area’s history.
		The Festival is bringing back a hoosgow this year, so make sure you purchase a Harvest Festival button or dress in costume – those will be the only ways to keep you out of jail.
		Another goal of the Festival this year was to increase the activities for kids, from the young children to the older teens.
	www.agharvestfestival.com (937 words)

	SabahTravelGuide.Com, The ultimate travel guide to Sabah, Borneo
		For Borneo’s rural agrarian-based population the rice harvest festival, or Pesta Ka’amatan in Sabah, is intricately connected with rice cultivation, and with the cycle of life.
		The Ka’amatan Festival is particularly significant as it marks not only the occasion to honour Bambaazon and to thank God for the bountiful harvest and his generosity in prolonging life on earth.
		Today, the Magavau ‘dance’ as it is performed in the Ka'amatan Festival depicts that part of the Magavau, where the Chief Bobohizans (both men and women) and their followers actually leave their communal longhouse and begin their arduous journey to the open padi fields during the night of the first full moon after the harvest.
	www.sabahtravelguide.com /travelogue/details.asp?articleid=24 (3244 words)

	NYSHA/TFM Program & Events - Harvest Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Harvest Festival - September 16 and 17, 2006
		In September, the tradition of an old-time agricultural fair is revived at The Farmers' Museum's Harvest Festival.
		Artisans display their wares and demonstrate techniques at Harvest Festival, which features one of New York's premiere traditional-crafts fairs.
	www.nysha.org /programs/harvest.htm (184 words)

	Harvest Festival & Parade in The Village of Arroyo Grande
		Arroyo Grande takes pride in the old-fashioned family fun that abounds at local festivals and the Harvest Festival is a prime example of this time-honored tradition.
		This festival is focuses on the local non-profit organizations that serve the community.
		Although not equal to the magnitude of the Strawberry Festival, the Harvest Festival is popular with local residents and visitors alike.
	www.arroyograndevillage.org /harvest.asp (560 words)

	RT Spring 2002 Shavuot: The Harvest Festival of Torah
		Shavuot is the festival of the giving and the receiving of Torah — of Torah as revelation, as law and as study.
		Harvest festivals are universal, and Israelite farmers probably observed their harvest festival in ways not much different from those of their neighbors.
		With time, the agricultural aspect of Shavuot became secondary and the festival was observed primarily as a celebration of the revelation of the written and oral Torahs (the Pentateuch together with the Talmud and the Mid-rash).
	www.jrf.org /rt/shavuot-festival.html (1691 words)

	Shepherd's Harvest Sheep and Wool Festival
		Shepherd's Harvest Festival is an opportunity for rural and urban people to meet and share information about sheep and sheep products and other fiber-producing animals.
		The Festival was started in order to provide a venue where wool producers, wool consumers and wool artisans could come together and share the excitement of working with sheep and their fantastic product - wool.
		The Festival strives to be a family oriented event that is not only fun but educational.
	www.shepherdsharvestfestival.org (499 words)

	Nigerian Festivals: Harvest Festivals from Around the World at HarvestFestivals.Net.
		Another festival that is a kind of Harvest festival is the Benin Festival which is held at the end of the rainy season after the harvests have already been gathered.
		This festival also serves another purpose as the eligible young men and women of the village are displayed before each other to be able to get acquainted with each other.
		The Onwasato Festival also marks the beginning of the harvest season and is celebrated by thanksgiving and feasting on the new crops, especially yams.
	www.harvestfestivals.net /nigerianfestivals.htm (258 words)

	The Historic Village at Allaire Events - Fall Harvest Festival
		Festivals have been celebrated for centuries and at the Historic Village at Allaire we carry on the tradition with our Fall Harvest Festival.
		No Harvest Festival would be complete without a Harvest Sermon and the Rev. Tanser has prepared a special sermon which he will deliver at the Village Chapel.
		Of course no Fall Harvest Festival in the Historic Village at Allaire would be complete without a visit to the Howell Works Bakery for a cup of hot mulled cider and a slice of apple cake.
	www.allairevillage.org /EventsPages/FallHarvestFestival.htm (579 words)

	Harvest Moon Festival
		Their strongest evidence is a death dip in the week preceding the Harvest Moon Festival and a rise in the week afterward for Chinese women at least 75 years old.
		One explanation might be that the stress associated with the festival is sometimes fatal; another possibility is that this was a fluke—which is supported by the fact that there is no similar spike in the 1985-2000 data.
		Since the main festival activity is the midnight meal in the moonlight, it seems reasonable to count these people as not having been able to postpone their deaths for the festival celebration.
	www.economics.pomona.edu /GarySmith/HarvestMoon/HarvestMoon.html (2146 words)

	GT Herald text (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ashley Vanderlinde, 4, of Kingsley, is pleased with her entry in the pumpkin painting contest Saturday at the Rolling Centuries Farm Harvest Festival.
		Those who attended the festival took advantage of several vintage horse-drawn farm wagons from which they enjoyed the sunshine and fall colors while touring the Grand Traverse Commons.
		While most people found the festival a nice way to enjoy the fall afternoon, farmers participating in the event were there because of their interest in preserving the historical aspects of the Barns.
	www.record-eagle.com /herald/2003/oct/22harves.htm (686 words)

	Harvest Home (pagan festival) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harvest Home is the name of a traditional pagan harvest festival celebrated in England.
		The Harvest Home festival was celebrated at the end of the harvest season, on the occasion of the harvest of the last sheaf of grain.
		In others, it was kept by the farmer who harvested it, and fed to his horses or oxen at the start of the planting season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harvest_Home_(pagan_festival) (316 words)

	Harvest Festival - Red Hill, 20 & 21 January 2007...Alt.Country, Roots Music, Short Films... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Harvest Festival - Red Hill, 20 and 21 January 2007
		Harvest Festival 2007 will be held at Red Hill on
		Our 2007 Harvest Music Festival line-up will be announced on 1 November 2006 and tickets will be on sale from 6 November 2006.
	www.harvestfestival.com.au (61 words)

	The Taste of Asia - Harvest Moon Festival
		The Harvest Moon Festival takes place in the fall during a full moon, and celebrates the end of the harvest, a break in the grueling cycle of farming.The 15th day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar.
		In China, the festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar, which means it tends to fall in mid-August, however, some years it falls in early September.
		As this festival focuses on harvesting and living off the land, it’s no surprise that traditions surrounding it are filled with animal symbolism.
	www.thetasteofasia.com /harvest.asp (207 words)

	Commentary on This Week's News > Feast of Tabernacles: A Harvest Festival for God's People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In the autumn of 1621, bountiful crops of corn, barley, beans and pumpkins were harvested.
		God instituted the Feast of Ingathering as a special fall harvest festival for the ancient nation of Israel (Exodus 23:16; 34:22).
		The Israelites were instructed to bring a tenth of their harvest along with firstborn animals of their herds and flocks to a central location to rejoice with other families by feasting and sharing their harvest bounty with the needy (Deuteronomy 14:22-27).
	www.ucg.org /commentary/harvestfestival.htm (782 words)

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