Fall Festivals Around the World

Harvest festivals are a time for the whole community to celebrate:

• the crops are ready to eat

• family time

• the weather is cooling off

• making pumpkin pie

Harvest festivals take place during what time of year?

• fall

• summer

• spring

• different seasons depending on the location

Harvest festivals celebrate the harvest of which crop?

• rice

• corn

• wheat

• all kinds of crops

What is traditionally burned during China’s Hungry Ghost Festival?

• Clothing

• Gingko branches

• Fish Bones

• Paper money

What event is said to have led to the celebration of Halloween in the United States?

• American Revolution

• Salem witch trials

• Irish potato famine

• Mexican-American War

What flower is prominent during Mexico’s Day of the Dead?

• Marigold

• Calla lily

• Oleander

• Deadly nightshade

Koreans celebrating the autumn Chuseok holiday traditionally do what?

• Spend the night in a church

• Release captured doves

• Clean ancestral graves

• Wear costumes

Sukkot celebrates Israel’s bountiful harvests. Which of the following is NOT something families do to celebrate Sukkot?

• Carve pumpkins

• Eat and sleep in makeshift huts

• Eat delicious food

• Shake wands of willow, myrtle, and palm every day

Vendimia in Argentina celebrates the first grapes of the harvest. Argentinians celebrate by:

• Making raisins

• Choosing a Harvest Queen

• Wearing grape necklaces

• Drinking apple juice

Olivagando, in Italy, is a two-day festival in November that celebrates the harvest of which crop?

• Parmesan cheese

• Pasta

• Olives

• Corn