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HARVEST MOON 🌕

Originally posted on words and music and stories:
This night’s full moon, the closest to the September equinox, is the Harvest Moon. Our friend Pat (e-Quips) published a lovely poem about it: you can read it here In the Northern Hemisphere the Harvest Moon is astronomically significant because even though the time between one moonrise…

ONAM

Onam is an annual harvest festival celebrated in the Indian state of Kerala. A major annual event for Keralites, it is the official festival of the state and includes a spectrum of cultural events. Drawing from Hindu mythology, Onam commemorates King Mahabali. Within the textual tradition (prim. Mahabharata), Mahabali is noted to be an Asura,Continue reading “ONAM”