Harvest Home

Temporal record by Timekeeper Celestine Hourglass

Date: Mid-Harvestfall
Duration: One week
Type: Agricultural, Community

Observance

When the last crops come in, communities gather to celebrate the bounty of the land. Harvest Home is a time of thanksgiving, feasting, and preparation for winter. Every village, town, and city marks it in their own way.

Traditions

Communal feasts featuring the new harvest. Contests of strength and skill. Decorations of wheat, corn, and autumn leaves. Selection of Harvest King and Queen. Dancing until dawn on final night.

Significance

More than celebration of agriculture, Harvest Home honors the eternal cycle of growth, harvest, death, and renewal. It reminds all that what is given must someday be returned.