the journey their ancestors took and bring hope and memory to the journey their lives are taking today.
Roman Cereal
Ancient Rome was a cacophony of festivals, rites and rituals stemming from the many gods worshipped in pagan Roman culture. Every October Rome would have the festival of Cerelia. This holiday honored the goddess Ceres, the goddess of corn. Interestingly the name for this goddess is where we get the English word, cereal. The festival was made of parades and lively music where people would bring offerings of grain and fruit to the temple of Ceres and leave them there as a sign of their thankfulness for the good harvest that had been and for the planting season to come. The idea was the more joyously you gave your offering to the temple, the more happy you were with the blessings you had received. In return, the expectation was that Ceres would be so grateful for the good things you had offered she would bless you with an even better harvest the next year.
While “turkey day” may always be an American way of life, the idea of sharing food and giving thanks is something the inhabitants of our world have been doing for a long, long time.
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