Thanksgiving Harvest

Thanksgiving Harvest

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada, but also in Brazil, on some Caribbean islands and in many American communities around the world. It started as an opportunity to share and give thanks for the abundant harvest of the previous year.

The celebration of a ceremony to commemorate the collection of the harvest became very popular in the U.S. and today is a world-famous occasion. These types of ceremonies are not exclusive to America but also throughout the world:

The Labor Thanksgiving Day (in Japanese, Kinrō Kansha no Hi) is a Japanese national holiday. It is celebrated in November and has its origin in the ancestral harvest ceremony of the native religion of Japan: Shintoism. The Niinamesai is the most important rite of Shintoism, which is carried out to offer the first harvested fruits of the year in gratitude to the deities for their blessing.

Thai Pongal (in Tamil, தைப்பொங்கல்) or simply Pongal, is a harvest festival held in the state of Tamil Nadu, in India and in Sri Lanka. The Thai Pongal, is celebrated on the date of the winter solstice. Traditionally the Pongal is dedicated to the Sun God Surya. It coincides with the Makara Sankranthi festival that is celebrated throughout India for the winter harvest.

In Germany, the Erntedankfest is a harvest festival that takes place since the pagan era to give thanks to the gods for the food received that guaranteed food for a year. This celebration goes back to the first history records of the region.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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