In the United States and Canada, while in the western world, the day of Thanksgiving is celebrated at the national or local level, which is called Thanksgiving Day. In this particular day, the nature of worship and prayers is different in almost every religion and every society, and the local people celebrate this day by keeping their social traditions in mind. In the case of natural disasters and diseases, or in the case of the best crops, people belonging to every society express their gratitude and organize special concerts and gatherings, so in America and Canada, Thanksgiving Day is also celebrated at the national level as a source of gratitude. It is said that before 1863 America Thanksgiving Day was not celebrated on the same date but different states celebrated Thanksgiving festival on their own appointed days. However, in a speech in 1863, US President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving Day every year on the last Thursday of November. In 1942, when President franklin DE Roosevelt was the government, the congress passed a law according to which the fourth Thursday of November was appointed as a Thanksgiving Day. In Canada, there is a contradiction between the dates of both countries regarding the celebration of this festival, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in Canada, unlike the United States, on October 2. On the occasion of Thanksgiving Day, there is a public holiday in the United States and Canada. On this day, people prefer to spend time with their own honor and relatives and arrange special invitations for each other. Last year, the government did not celebrate Thanksgiving Day with traditional enthusiasm and kept the interaction low. As the appeal was made because the situation was bad due to the Corona epidemic, but despite government warnings and restrictions, people celebrated the festival with traditional enthusiasm.
Historical Background:
Thanksgiving Day is of special historical importance in terms of America. American people consider it part of their traditions and proud of it. According to the information on the history of Thanksgiving Day on wikipedia, in 1620, a ship from Britain to the United States, named “mayflor”, was riding a caravan of 102 immigrants. According to the traditions, this caravan remained in a struggle of life and death for 66 days and after that it did not reach the destination but reached a safe place. The destination of the caravan was Virginia but it anchored on the shores of the Plymouth, a second place instead of Virginia. After settling here, the people in this caravan of immigrants learned farming from the local people, grew the farm, but the drought surrounded them and they were in trouble again. It is said that those who were afraid of happy years made special prayers before god, and kept fasting. So on the same day, it rained heavily and the fields began to wave.
After harvesting crops, they arranged a special invitation, in which according to traditions, 90 people, including the original American red Indian who taught the British people farming, were specially invited. This was the first time people thanked god through special prayers and prayers and arranged the invitation. And from here the Thanksgiving festival began. However, this tradition does not have the status of general acceptance and there is no authentic historical reference in its favour.
According to the history of Thanksgiving Day, one of the most common ideas is that in Britain, expressions of gratitude, fasting and special worship have been part of religious traditions. These worships were used to save them from natural disasters. For example, the drought of 1611, the flood of 1613, the plague of 1604 and 1622, etc., these were the natural disasters and diseases from which British people used to support religious traditions and worship. On the beaches of britishabad karamrica, they were anchored with traditions. Therefore, on the occasion of Thanksgiving festivals in America, the tradition of special invitations and worship was found in these ancient British traditions.
According to wikipedia, the first documentary reference to modern Thanksgiving Day is found in 1621 a.d. The Plymouth was the place containing the town of the current Massachusetts. Thanksgiving is historically a religious and cultural festival, but for the past few years, this festival is also celebrated as a secular festival like Halloween.
Thanksgiving Day activities:
For americans, Thanksgiving festival usually means crossing the limits. Therefore, during this festival, food is consumed at the traditional ‘family dinner’. Since this festival is considered to be the beginning of the holiday season, preparations for Christmas are started soon after that, and then there is a lot of shopping on black Friday, so this day is celebrated very well.
People invite their loved ones to the invitation by making a variety of dishes on Thanksgiving festival. No matter what the situation, every person tries to arrange expensive ‘Thanksgiving dinner’ for at least 10 people.
Thanksgiving Day dinner is considered the most important meal of the year in the United States. On that day the dining table is well prepared with all kinds of food. The invitation of Thanksgiving Day is usually arranged by American people with duck, deer and goose meat, but the poultry Turkey bird is now specially liked after becoming part of the tradition. In this bird like chicken there is more meat than chicken which is roasted.
Pork Turkey is a special Thanksgiving Day dish that women make with special arrangements. In addition, sweet potatoes, corn, pumpkin pie, cranberries, homemade bread and various kinds of vegetables and fruits are also arranged at the dinner table on Thanksgiving Day. On the Thanksgiving Day, a traditional ceremony is also organized in the White House regarding Turkey, in which the American President gives life to Turkey at one ceremony and leaves it free. This tradition has been going on in America for many decades.
American people also play different types of games on Thanksgiving festival, including Turkey tik tok, spin the pie game, pumpkins toss, Thanksgiving family food, hand Turkey race, feed the Turkey, greattodgame, Thanksgiving sex race, Turkey league rap and Thanksgiving dinner version of heads up are noteworthy. Apart from this, car races are also prevalent in villages and towns. People also participate in different activities with their own interests.