Harvest festivals of India

Harvest festivals of India

What are harvest festivals ?

Harvest festivals are celebrated when a farmer’s crops are ready to be sold in the markets . These festivals are celebrated with energy and joy . 

Lohri

 Lohri is a popular winter Punjabi folk festival, celebrated primarily by Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims from the Punjab region of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, on 13 January of every year. The significance and legends about the Lohri festival are many and these link the festival to the Punjab region. 

Makar Sankranti

Makar  Sankranti or Maghi, is a festival day in the Hindu calendar, dedicated to the deity Surya. It is observed each year in the lunar month of Magha which corresponds with the month of January as per the Gregorian calendar and is a day the people of India and Nepal celebrate their harvest. 

Gudi Padwa

 Gudi Padwa is a spring-time festival that marks the traditional new year for Marathi and Konkani Hindus. It is celebrated in and near Maharashtra and Goa on the first day of the Chaitra month to mark the beginning of the New year according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar. 

Wangala

Wangala is a harvest festival celebrated by the Garo tribe, who live in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Assam in India and Greater Mymensingh in Bangladesh. In this post harvest festival, they give thanks to Misi Saljong, the sun god, for blessing the people with a rich harvest . 

Nabanna 

Nabanna is a Bengali harvest celebration usually celebrated with food and dance and music in Bangladesh and in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley. It is a festival of food; many local preparations of Bengali cuisine like pithe are cooked.