harvest festival
Crop celebration event
A harvest festival is a celebration marking the gathering of crops, typically held in autumn.
These festivals appear across cultures worldwide, giving thanks for successful harvests through feasts, decorations of produce, and community gatherings.
The church held its annual harvest festival with donations of canned goods.
In British usage, harvest festival specifically refers to a church thanksgiving service. (Capitalized Harvest Festival may refer to a specific named event.)
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
- thanksgivingExpression of grateful praise
- give thanksExpress appreciation verbally
cornucopia · gathering · abundance · corn · corn maze · apples · apple picking · celebration · gratitude · pie · hayride · hay bale · county fair · grain · scarecrow · orchard · farm stand · blessing
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- cultural celebrationscultural fair, fiesta, Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, Kwanzaa
- farm traditionsbarn raising, barn dances, county fairs, farmers markets, wool shearing
- Food FestivalsOktoberfest, lobster fest, crab fest, rib fest, pizza fest
- Rural Americafarm, barns, heartland, countryside, Midwest
- Village Heritagefolk traditions, local crafts, village square, town well, old church
harvest festivalfamine
Severe food shortage
lean times · dearth · fast · crop failure · Lent
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