harvest traditions
Autumn gathering rituals
Harvest traditions are customs and rituals associated with gathering crops at the end of the growing season.
These practices—festivals, feasts, ceremonies of thanksgiving—appear across cultures and throughout history, celebrating agricultural abundance and marking the transition into winter.
The community maintained harvest traditions passed down for generations.
Thanksgiving in the United States descends from such traditions.
- autumn equinoxEqual day and night
- gleaningCollecting leftover grain
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- winnowingSeparating grain from chaff
- Mid-Autumn FestivalChinese harvest moon celebration
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