Autumn Holidays around the World!
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- 5. A vibrant and colorful holiday honoring ancestors with altars, food and music.
- 8. This celebration centers around the moon and autumn harvest in China, where families reunite and participate in lantern parades.
- 9. Historical commemoration of Guy Fawkes's failure in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, celebrated by bonfires and fireworks.
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- 1. A holiday honoring Christian saints and loved ones who have passed away.
- 2. Honors St. Martin of Tours, a European holiday where lantern parades and bonfires are held. As well as feasting on goose.
- 3. A South Korean harvest festival where families gather to honor their ancestors, and share foods like songpyeon and jeon.
- 4. Originating in Munich, Germany is the largest beer festival in the world with traditional Bavarian foods and dances.
- 6. A Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites 40 years of walking in the desert, celebrated by special prayers and meals.
- 7. Also called the Festival of Lights, a celebration in Hinduism were families light lamps and share gifts.
- 8. Celebrated on the autumn equinox, a Wiccan holiday centered on the changing on seasons.