Sukkot

[citrakayah]

Had a lovely sukkot. It is just a little bit early for it--the leaves haven't really started to change color, but looking at the fall foliage prediction map they'll start in a week or so--but I had a nice dinner and socialized some. The sukkah itself was quite nice; we managed to find tree branches to spread over the roof. Which is the only proper way to do it.

Interestingly the date of sukkot doesn't move if you're in Australia, despite it being a harvest festival. Really ought to be moved to autumn down there, I would think. Not sure how you'd handle it in the tropics... no autumn there. I'm not even sure there's a consistent harvesting season in large parts of the tropics.

Temperatures are beginning to drop, but only slightly.

Got to visit a state park a few days ago. I saw bats! There were so many of them it seemed like the cave ceiling was furry.

Comments

[moonvoice]

Teah the festivals and celebrations here are weird? (In Australia) Like HUGE winter motifs and winter songs and winter everything in summer is like, I took that for granted and 100% thought it was normal. I wonder if some people maybe do a mid-year celebration when things are more seasonally on track, sort of like 'Christmas in July?'

But there's also something to be said about the feeling of everyone of a particular faith, or belief system or secular practice, doing something at the same time globally. Even in paganism, I can understand the appeal of celebrating Samhain instead of Beltane in October, because it feels like everywhere is doing Autumnal Halloween vibes even when it's Very Spring (TM)

I'm glad your sukkot was lovely <3

[citrakayah]

I knew they celebrated winter holidays in summer Down Under, but I'd never known they put up winter decorations while doing so. That is weird.

And yeah, you're right, I can definitely see how that could help tie the Diaspora together.

[raze]

I'm not in the tropics but I'm in a warm enough climate that fall is severely underwhelming after growing up in the NE United States and seeing the breathtaking fall foliage there. Here in the southeast everything just gets... brown, and wet.