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The food calendar

145 days of the year that have food of their own: feasts, fasts, harvests and holidays, with what is eaten on each. Dates are worked out afresh every day.

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October 2026

10 to 18 Oct 2026Nine Emperor Gods FestivalNine days of strict vegetarian eating among Chinese communities of Southeast Asia.

June 2027

24 Jun 2027Inti RaymiThe Andean festival of the sun, with maize beer offered to the sun and the earth before anyone drinks.

August 2027

1 to 31 Aug 2027New Yam FestivalIgbo communities offer the first yams of the harvest before anyone eats them. Each town sets its own day.

1 to 31 Aug 2027HomowoThe Ga people of Accra hoot at hunger and sprinkle steamed maize meal for the ancestors.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Inti Raymi: Cyntia Motta, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
New Yam Festival: Adimora chidinma, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Homowo: Agbleyjill, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Nine Emperor Gods Festival: Kirill Kay, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

The weekly plate

Every Monday: seven dishes you may not know, what the world is cooking this week, and one way of eating.