Harvest festivals

around the world

Harvest festivalsIn Britain Christian people celebrate Harvest

festival.

In America people celebrate Thanksgiving.

There are lots of different festivals around the world.

In west Africa there is a festival of Yams – to celebrate the Yam

harvest.

Yams are a bit like sweet potatoes.

In Germany they hold Oktoberfest – which celebrates the end of the grape harvest.

Many of the grapes are made into wine.

In India there are many different harvest festivals, as different areas grow different

foods.These include rice in

the south, and wheat in the north.

Animals are also decorated as part of the celebrations.

In Scotland they have Lammas - which celebrates the wheat

harvest.

A loaf of bread is made from the first harvest of wheat. It is then taken to church to be eaten.