Everything about Thanksgiving totally explained
Thanksgiving, or
Thanksgiving Day, is a traditional
North American holiday, which is a form of
harvest festival. First celebrated in what would become
Canada in the late 1500s, Thanksgiving was later also celebrated in what would become the
United States in the early 1600s. Today, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in
Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the
United States.
United States
Canada
Grenada
In
Grenada there's a national holiday of Thanksgiving Day on October 25. It is unrelated to holidays in the United States and Canada even though it bears the same name. It marks the anniversary of the US led
invasion of the island in 1983 in response to the illegal deposition and execution of Grenadan Prime Minister
Maurice Bishop.
Amerindians
Ohenton Kariwatehkwen (The Thanksgiving Address)
The Thanksgiving Address is a process which has gone on for thousands of years. It is an oral tradition that gets passed down from generation to generation which still goes on to this day. The Thanksgiving Address is called the (
Ohenton Kariwatekhwen)
O-Honn-Doo Ga-Re-Wa-Deh-Gwonh.
In the (
Kanien'Keha:ka)
Ga-Kneeu'-Gay-Haa] language this means the words that come before all else.
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