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The thanksgiving's day was originally in October and not in November, it lasted 3 days and it wasn't celebrated every year like nowadays.
90 Wampanoag and 52 English's pilgrims celebrated the harvest and they didn't eat things like popcorn or cranberries
An English captain wrote a letter sent to England in which he told about the situation there, they have killed too much animals to eat and they decided to make that harvest, but the food wasn't as plentiful as it was at that time.
What we know about the Wampanoag culture is that the oral tradition was very important and that they helped the pilgrims with a lot of things like how to plant
Every family had a garden in which they grew vegetables and medicinal plants and they had fences to keep farm animals
The Thanksgiving day problaby happened in October, not November. It lasted 3 days and wasn´t celebrated every year.
English and the Wampanoag weren´t really friends. In this event had around 90 Wampanoag men and 52 English colonist. There wasn´t popcorn and cranberry sauce.
An English captain wrote a letter about the harvest between them and the Wampanoag.
The First Thanksgiving day was probably in October, not in November as everyone believes, this celebration didn't take place every year and had a duration of 3 days in wich the pilgrims ate wildfowl, venison, corn and pumpkin but they didn't eat turkey, turkey is a typical food nowadays. This feast was to celebrate them first harvest in the new land and that's why they celebrate a feast and played games, but the pilgrins weren't friends of Native people, and they weren't invited to the feast, they probably send a few in order to see what was going on. Wampanoag people had many traditions, like hunt deer, turkey and many others animals, they were a very religious people, and all their celebrations revolved around the Mother Earth. They didn't get along with the pilgrims as they were stealing their crops and for the natives stealing is a crime. For this reason, Thanksgiving day wasn't as everyone believes.
The Thanksgiving Day probably arose in October, not November as people think. Lasted three days and was not held every year. The Wampanoag and the English were not very good friends. At an event had 90 men Wampanoag and 52 English colonist.There was no popcorn or cranberry sauce on the menu. And do not eat turkey.
The first Thanksgiving was a harvest celebration in 1621.
Now a day it´s celebrated in November but in the past it was celebrated in October.In the celebration english people and Wampanoag take three days to celebrate it. They used to eat venison and birds but now a day people often eat turkey.
The Wampanoag and their leader went to the colonists’ town where all of them celebrated Thanksgiving, probably in October for three days. There were many natives who killed five deer and fewer colonists who had wild fowl. They all shared the food, that wasn't a lot but enough, where were not popcorn, cranberry sauce and probably not turkey.
The Wampanoag celebrate New Year in spring, where they thank The Creator and Mother Earth for their life and gifts, so they give prayers and thanks with songs and dances. Then they share the food and have a little banquet
In autumn and winter they hunt baby animals, because in those months the meat and furs are better. They mostly hunt deer, turkey and beaver.
The English colonists live in the Plymouth Colony, near the sea, so they can fish and travel by boat. At that time there were many forests and animals so the colonists were afraid of that wild place.
Every family has a small garden where they grow vegetables and plants for medicine. They also have farm animals like pigs and goats
The leader of Wampanoag and the rest of indians decided to go to the town of the colonist to celebreate the harvest party,the information says that this celebration probably was in October and the duration of it was about 3 days. After Thanksgiving the colonists masacreated indians natives. The rest of information talk about the posibility of the food wasn`t be the food that now they eat, for example the turkey is now tipycal but in the colonist time dont.
The Wampanoag lived in small villages, used for animal skin clothing they hunted.For this people the nature was too important so they did some rituals to thank.In the cold seasons they hunted baby animals.
The english colonists live in the town of Plymouth Colony and this was situated in the first part of the land that the colonist first time.The round of the town was to dangerus because there were a lot of danger animals.When the natives teach to the colonists how to grow the land the colonists started to grow vegetables to eat.
The Wampanoag people decided to go to the colonist's town to celebreate the harvest party. This celebration probably was in October and it lasted 3 days. After Thanksgiving the colonists annihilated indian natives. Then is important to talk about the food that is not the food that nowadays they eat, for example the turkey is tipycal but in the colonist time they didn't eat it.
The Wampanoag lived in small villages and they used animal skin to make their clothes. For this people the nature was very important because of that they used to do rituals to thank the gods.In the winter they hunted baby animals.
The colonists lived in the town of Plymouth Colony which is located in the part of the country where they first arrived.
Finally, the natives teached the colonists how to grow the land to survive.
The Wampoangs were the aboriginals from the actual north american territory. They lived in little villages and hunted to survive. They used to hunt animals like turkey or beaver. They had many rituals that were used to connect them with the nature which was so important for them, also because they needed to make it favorable to them.
The colonists, who were from England, travelled all through the Atlantic ocean and they arrived to Plymouth. After they arrived there the natives celebrated with them the harvest. There were 90 Wampoang and 52 colonists at the event, which probably lasted 3 days and it happened in October, not November neither it was celebrated in the following years. They didn't eat popcorn or cranberry or maybe not even turkey. Natives and colonists were not friends. Indeed, colonists masacrated native Wampoangs after the celebration.
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