How Indians celebrate Thanksgiving

Indians don’t celebrate Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving was originally a Puritan holiday, brought to America from the European continent. Native Americans resented calling them Indians, which was a discriminatory and insulting term. The earliest colonists mistakenly thought they had arrived in India, so they called the local indigenous people Indians. Later, out of ignorance, they called all the indigenous people in North and South America Indians. This is just a misnomer used by the colonists. The reality is that Indians do not exist at all, and they do not represent a nation, a culture, or a region.

The natives of South America soon converted to Catholicism and of course they would not celebrate Thanksgiving. The Indians north of Mexico have not converted for more than 400 years and still live in reservations. They do not recognize the U.S. government or pay taxes to the government, let alone celebrate Thanksgiving.

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Thanksgiving customs:

United States and Canada: In terms of customs and habits, the United States and Canada are basically the same. Food customs include: eating roast turkey , pumpkin pie, cranberry jam, etc. Now we have also formed the habit of exempting turkey and Black Friday shopping.

Jews: Build huts and hold banquets under the stars. The Jews also celebrate the harvest. Their festival is called "Jewish Day", which is the Jewish harvest festival. "Jewish Day" begins in the month of Tishri in the Hebrew calendar, which is the 15th day of July in the Jewish calendar and the fifth day after the Jewish Day of Atonement.

The Greeks: Cake and fruit were offered to the goddess of agriculture. The ancient Greeks believed in many gods. Among them was a goddess named Demeter who was in charge of agriculture, marriage, and fertility. The "Thesmosphoria" festival held by the Greeks every autumn was to commemorate this goddess.

European countries such as Britain and France: Insulated from Thanksgiving

France, Britain and other European countries are insulated from Thanksgiving. The British don't celebrate Thanksgiving; for them, the single most important holiday is Christmas. Europeans did not have those experiences on the American continent, and there was no need to thank the Indians on another continent, so they did not have Thanksgiving. Because this holiday has deep roots in American history and involves the religion of the time.

Many people think that Thanksgiving is a holiday popular in Europe and the United States. In fact, this is wrong. Generally speaking, it is very impolite to wish Europeans "Happy Thanksgiving" on Thanksgiving Day and is likely to cause resentment.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Thanksgiving