List of harvest festivals
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Harvest festivals around the world:
- Pongal: celebrated by Tamil people in Tamil Nadu (India) and other places
- Chuseok: Korea
- Dongmaeng: Korea
- Dożynki Poland
- Erntedank: Germany
- Gawai Dayak: Malaysia
- Harvest festival: United Kingdom
- Kaamatan (May 30-31), Sabah in Malaysia
- Makar Sankranti: Celebrated by Kannadiga and Telugu people, India
- Maras Taun: Belitung in Indonesia
- Mid-Autumn Festival: China
- Mehregan (October 2): Iran, Ancient Persia
- Nabanna: Bengal region which comprises West Bengal (India) and Bangladesh
- Vishu: celebrated by Malayali people in Kerala (India) and other places
- Annual Harvest Festival of Prosser, Washington, celebrated on the 4th full weekend in September
- Solung: falls between June and July for nine days. The Adi (also Abor) is a major collective tribe living in the Himalayan hills of Arunachal Pradesh
- Franklin Grove harvest festival of Franklin Grove, Illinois on the 1st Thursday of August
- Jewish harvest festival: Sukkot
- Harvest Festival (United States): celebrated by American christians on October 31st
- Thanksgiving (United States): the holiday on the fourth Thursday in November.
- Thanksgiving (Canada): the holiday on the second Monday in October.
- Timoleague: Harvest Festival is held every year in August - Tigh Molaige in Irish
- Vaisakhi (or Baisakhi): celebrated by Punjabi people in Punjab (India) and elsewhere. The festival falls on the first day of Vaisakh month (usually mid-April), and marks the Punjabi New Year.
- Ikore: celebrated by the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria
- Khuado Pawi: celebrated by the Chin tribe of India, Burma and recently in the USA and many other parts of the world.
