Harvest Festival
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GregorM5835yc
Last updated 6 years ago
Discipline:
Social Studies Subject:
World Culture
Grade:
11


HarvestFestival
The Festival was mostly celebrated by the Eastern Woodland because of the strong agricultural base in the area. During the height of harvesting and gathering there would be great music celebration of thanks with music, song, dance, gifting and feasting. The general celebrations often last from 4 to 7 days or even longer depending on the area. The rest of the time is used for working hard to prepare for the winter
By: Mark Gregoris, Andy Armanious and Fabio Sacco
The Practice of the Ritual
Items Used
The items used in the harvest festival are foods that they had harvest such as acorns, beans,birch bark, blackberries blueberries, vegetables, seeds, meats and much more. As much food as possible is sun dried and smoked dried and hung in lodges and buried in food stores.
Significance of the Ritual
The signifigance of the harvest festival for the canadian aboriginal is that it is to celebrate to bountiful harvest every season. They give thanks to the gods and to the Earth for there harvest. This is the last big festival before the harsh winter in the north so the food is very sacred to them
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