The Oshogatsu Family Festival ... at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. A variety of cultural performances for the new year included a traditional Japanese rice-pounding ...

Puthari, which means “new rice” in Kodava language, is a thanksgiving festival that celebrates the rice harvest, symbolising abundance and prosperity. The festival involves elaborate rituals ...

This summer’s extreme heat has devastated the quality of rice, with the harvest of top-quality rice in Japan dropping to a record low, data showed. The drought and a record heat wave that ...

In India, harvest festivals which mark the end of the harvest season and the beginning of a new cycle, are celebrated with ...