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Festivals of thanks around the world at harvest time
« on: November 29, 2013, 04:55:36 PM »
Thanksgiving isn't the only colorful harvest festival...

By Daisy Carrington, for CNN
November 28, 2013

(CNN) -- There are all sorts of ways to celebrate a successful harvest. In U.S. of course, people commemorate the season's bounty by giving thanks, overdosing on roast turkey, and turning on the TV to watch an endless parade of cartoon characters float about the streets of New York.

But today's Thanksgiving is not the only harvest festival on the cultural calendar. No matter the time of year, or place, a bounty of vegetables is often all it takes to get people singing, dancing, cow racing -- even parading around giant phalluses. To get in the spirit, we've reaped some of the world's most vibrant harvest festivals.

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Re: Festivals of thanks around the world at harvest time
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2013, 04:57:37 PM »

Pacu Jawi, Indonesia

At the end of the rice harvest, farmers in the West Sumatra race their cows while surfing behind on a wooden plank. The sport -- called Pacu Jawi -- is meant to demonstrate the strength of the herd before they're sold at auction.

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Re: Festivals of thanks around the world at harvest time
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2013, 04:59:13 PM »

Crop Over, Barbados

In the 18th century, Barbados was the wold's largest sugar producer, and they used to celebrate the end of the harvest with a festival. Though no longer a top exporter, the festivities -- called Crop Over -- have become a staple on the cultural calendar.


In 1780, Barbados was one of the biggest sugar producers in the world. Today, that honor goes to Brazil, but the Caribbean country still celebrates the sugar harvest with a month-long festival in July, known as Crop Over.

Pic-O-De Crop -- a kind of "American Idol" for Calypso music -- is one of the festival's most popular events, where finalists are judged for their savvy lyrics, content, melody and diction. Like Brazil's Carnival, the costumes help make the event (that, and copious amounts of rum), and prizes are given out for the most outrageous concoctions at the festival's end.

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Re: Festivals of thanks around the world at harvest time
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2013, 05:00:54 PM »

Honen Matsuri, Japan

In the Japanese town of Komaki, the Autumn bounty is preceded by Honen Matsuri -- or the fertility festival. Shinto priests bless a massive wooden phallus, which they offer to the gods in exchange for a fruitful season.


To some, a procession led by a 600-pound wooden penis may seem a strange way to welcome the Spring, but in the small town of Komaki, it's only natural. Honen Matsuri, or the fertility festival, is held every year on March 15, and while the plethora of phalluses on display have made the event a popular go-to for tittering tourists, it is actually a Shinto ritual meant to ensure a bountiful harvest in the coming months.

The main phallus is carved from a single cedar tree in the winter and brought to the local Tagata Shrine for purification. During the festival, it is paraded by a troupe of Shinto priests. In the lead-up to the main event, stalls serve up unending cups of saki to the crowd, and vendors hawk penis-shaped candies. The celebration ends with priests throwing out handfuls of mochi, or rice cakes, to anyone gathered in the shrine's courtyard -- a practice meant to bring good luck for the following year.

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Re: Festivals of thanks around the world at harvest time
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2013, 05:02:16 PM »

Thanksgiving, USA

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a time-honored feature of the American holiday. The event started in 1924 and features balloons and floats of popular cartoon characters and pop culture icons.

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Re: Festivals of thanks around the world at harvest time
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2013, 05:03:31 PM »

Moon Festival, China and Vietnam

The Moon Festival is one of the biggest celebrations in China and Vietnam. The festival has many customs, though one of the most popular is the consumption of mooncakes -- pastries stuffed with a variety of sweet pastes.

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Re: Festivals of thanks around the world at harvest time
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2013, 05:05:17 PM »

Costermonger's Harvest Festival, England

Every year, London's Pearly Kings and Queens -- a charitable group recognizable by their dark suits, embroidered with pearl buttons -- gather to celebrate the Costermonger's Harvest Festival.


For 125 years, the London harvest festival has had a troupe of shimmering mascots. The Pearly Kings and Queens -- deemed Britain's "second royal family" -- are renown for their dark suits emblazoned with hundreds of mother-of-pearl buttons, a tradition started by Henry Croft, an orphan-turned-street sweeper. He first got the idea from costermongers, or street hawkers, who used to line the seams of their pants with pearl buttons found on the street. He took it a step further and coated his whole suit -- top hat and all. Naturally, it wasn't long before he was a popular London fixture; he used his notoriety to raise money for various charities.

Each borough of London has its own Pearly Kind and Queen, and as a whole, the group functions mainly as a charitable organization. According to Doreen Golding, the Pearly Queen of Old Kent Road and Bow Bells, charity and harvest go hand-in-hand.

"It doesn't matter what faith you are. At the end of the year, when all the crops are gathered and have been given to people in the community, it's typical to then give them out to all the homeless people who haven't got any food," she says. Like Croft, the "Pearlies" use their fame to fund raise.

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Re: Festivals of thanks around the world at harvest time
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2013, 05:14:29 PM »

Blessing of the Sea, Greece and Cyprus

In some communities in Greece and Cyprus, Epiphany Day is celebrated by the blessing of the nearest body of water. A bishop throws a crucifix into the seas, at which point several volunteers dive in to fetch it. The lucky captor is said to have have good luck for the remainder of the year.


In Greek Orthodox communities, the prelude to the harvest coincides with a staple on the religious calendar -- Epiphany Day (January 6). To celebrate the baptism of Christ, and to curry blessing for the coming season, the local bishop leads a procession to the nearest body of water, where he tosses a crucifix into the sea. Volunteers (mainly young men) leap in after it and compete to be the first to catch it. Whoever rescues the cross from the sea will supposedly be granted good luck in the upcoming year. After the waters are blessed, some folks wash their produce in the harbor in hopes of a bountiful Autumn harvest.

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« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2013, 05:18:27 PM »

Sukkot, Israel

In the Jewish faith, Sukkot is a harvest festival, and also a religious holiday. The celebration lasts for seven days, and involves building a sukkah, or temporary house. Sometimes, it's traditional to decorate with hanging fruit.

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Baisakhi, India and Pakistan

Baisakhi is one of the most sacred holidays in the Sikh religion. Every year, thousands of pilgrims visit the Sikh Shrine of Gurudwara Panja Sahib in Pakistan and Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Sikh faith founder Guru Nanak Dev.

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Chuseok, Korea

Chuseok is one of the most important holidays on the Korean calendar (both North and South). The three-day event coincides with the autumnal equinox, and is a time when many Koreans visit their families. It is also common to revive folk traditions, such as the tradition jumping dance, poongmul (pictured).

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Pongal, India

Pongal is a four-day harvest festival widely celebrated in the South of India. On the third day, celebrants honor their cows, and gift them with garlands of flowers and beads. In preparation, vendors stock up on colorful flora.

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« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2013, 05:26:25 PM »

The Madeira Flower Festival, Portugal

In Madeira, Portugal, the harvest is celebrated every year with the wonderfully aromatic Madeira Island Flower Festival. The streets and parading floats are decorated with thousands of flowers.


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Re: Festivals of thanks around the world at harvest time
« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2013, 07:03:51 PM »
Philippine Firstas (Pahinungod sa Patron) is thanksgiving too

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