Autumn , also known as fall in American and Canadian English, is one of four temperate seasons. The autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March (Southern Hemisphere), when the daylight duration becomes shorter and the temperature becomes very cold. One of its main features is the shedding of leaves from tree leaves.
Some cultures consider the autumnal equinox as "mid-autumn", while others with longer temperatures regard it as the beginning of autumn. Meteorologists (and most temperate climates in the southern hemisphere) use definitions based on the Gregorian calendar month, with the fall being September, October, and November in the northern hemisphere, and March, April, and May in the southern hemisphere.
In North America, autumn is usually thought to begin with the September equinox (21-24 September) and ends with a winter solstice (21 or 22 December). Popular culture in the United States associates Labor Day, the first Monday of September, as late summer and early fall; Certain summer traditions, such as wearing white clothing, are not recommended after that date. When day and night temperatures decrease, trees shed their leaves. In terms of traditional East Asian sun, autumn begins on or around August 8 and ends on or about 7 November. In Ireland, the autumn months according to the national meteorological service, Met ÃÆ'â € ireann, are September, October and November. However, according to the Irish Calendar, based on ancient Gaelic tradition, autumn takes place during the months of August, September, and October, or perhaps a few days later, depending on tradition. In Australia and New Zealand, the fall officially begins on March 1 and ends May 31st. In these countries, Autumn is associated with events such as Easter and Anzac Day.
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Etymology
The word autumn comes from the ancient Etruscan root autu - and has its connotations about the passage of the year. It was borrowed by Romans neighbors, and it became Latin autumnus . After the Roman era, the word continues to be used as an ancient French word autompne ( automne in modern French) or autumpne in Central English, and then normalized to native Latin. In the period of the Middle Ages, there was a rare example of its use at the beginning of the 12th century, but in the 16th century, it was commonly used.
Before the 16th century, harvest was a term usually used to refer to seasons, as is common in other Western Germanic languages ​​to this day (eg Dutch herfst , German Herbst and Scottish > hairstyle ). However, as more and more people are gradually moving from work on land to living in cities, the word harvest loses its reference to the time of year and comes to refer only to the actual activity of the harvest, and the season fall , and fall , start replacing it as a reference to the season.
The alternate word falls for this season traces its origins to the ancient Germanic language. The exact derivation is not clear, with Old English fiÃÆ'Â|ll or feallan and Old Norse fall all possible candidates. However, these words all have the meaning of "falling from a height" and obviously come from either the common roots or from each other. The term came to show the seasons in 16th-century England, the contraction of Central English expressions such as "fall of leaves" and "fall of the year".
During the 17th century, English emigration to the British colonies in North America reached its peak, and new settlers took English with them. While the term fell gradually became obsolete in the UK, it became a more common term in North America.
The name backend , a name that was once common to the season in Northern England, has today largely been replaced by the fall name.
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Association
Harvest
Associations with the transition from warm to cold weather, and their associated status as the primary harvest season, have dominated popular themes and images. In Western culture, the autumn personification is usually beautiful, satiated women decorated with ripe fruits, vegetables and seeds today. Many cultures feature fall harvest festivals, often the most important on their calendars. The remaining echoes of the celebration are found on autumnal Thanksgiving holidays in the United States and Canada, and the Jewish Sukkot holiday with its roots as a full-moon harvest festival "tabernacles" (living in an outdoor cottage around the time of harvest). There are also many North American Indian festivals associated with mature food crops collected in the wild, Mid-Autumn or Month Chinese festivals, and many others. The dominant atmosphere of this autumn celebration is the excitement that the fruits of the earth mix with certain solitude associated with the coming bad weather.
This view is presented in the poetry of English poet John Keats To Autumn , in which he describes this season as an abundance of fecundity, during 'mellow fruitfulness'.
In North America, while most of the food is harvested during the fall, seasonally-linked foods include pumpkins (which are an integral part of Thanksgiving and Halloween) and apples, which are used to make seasonal apple cider drinks.
Melancholia
Autumn, especially in poetry, is often associated with melancholy. The possibility of summer is gone, and the cold of winter is on the horizon. The sky turns to gray, the amount of daylight that can be used goes down quickly, and many people turn inward, both physically and mentally. This has been called an unhealthy season.
A similar example can be found in the poetry of the Irish poet William Butler Yeats The Wild Swans in Coole where the adult season that the poet observes symbolically represents himself aging. Like the natural world he observes, he too has reached its peak and now must wait for eternity of age and inevitable death. The French poet Paul Verlaine, " Chanson d'automne " ("Autumn Song") is also characterized by strong and painful sad feelings. Keats' To Autumn , written in September 1819, echoes this notion of melancholy reflection, but also emphasizes the abundance of a fertile season.
Halloween
Autumn is associated with Halloween (influenced by Samhain, the Celtic autumn festival), and with it a broad marketing campaign that promotes it. Halloween is in autumn in the northern hemisphere. Television, film, books, costume, home decor, and confectionery industries are used throughout the year to promote products closely linked to such vacations, with promotions taking place from early September to 31 October, due to their themes with quickly lose power after the holiday ends. , and ads began to concentrate on Christmas.
Other associations
Autumn also has a strong relationship with the end of summer vacations and the beginning of a new school year, especially for children in primary and secondary education. Advertising and preparation "Back to School" usually takes place in the weeks leading up to the beginning of autumn.
Easter in autumn in the southern hemisphere.
Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated in Canada, in the United States, in some Caribbean islands and in Liberia. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on Thursday the fourth of November in the United States, and about the same part of the year elsewhere. Similarly the holiday festivals are named happening in Germany and Japan.
Television stations and networks, especially in North America, have traditionally started their regular season in the fall, with new series and new episodes of the existing series debuting mostly during late September or early October (a series that debuts outside the autumn usually known as mid-season replacement). The sweep period was conducted in November to measure Nielsen Ratings.
American football is played almost exclusively in the fall; at the high school level, the season runs through September and October, with some playoff matches and holiday competition contests being played until the end of Thanksgiving. The regular soccer college season runs from September to November, while the main professional circuit, National Football League, plays from September to December. Summer sports, such as auto racing and Major League Baseball, end their season in early fall; The MLB World Series Championship is popularly known as "Fall Classic". (Baseball amateurs usually finish in August.) Similarly, professional winter sports, such as professional ice hockey, soccer basketball and most league football in Europe, are in their early stages of the season during the fall; American college basketball and college ice hockey teams play outside their athletic conferences during the late fall before their conference schedule begins in winter.
Christian religious feast Day All Saints and All Soul Days observed in autumn in the Northern Hemisphere.
Since 1997, Autumn has become one of the top 100 names for girls in the United States.
In Indian mythology, autumn is considered the preferred season for the goddess of learning Saraswati, also known as the "goddess of autumn" (Sharada).
In Asian mysticism, Autumn is associated with metal elements, and then in white, the White Tiger in the West, and death and mourning.
In the United States, Labor Day is a public holiday that is celebrated on the first Monday of September.
In Australia and New Zealand, Anzac Day, anniversaries in both countries of those serving and killed in the wars of those countries were involved, falling in the fall month of April. This is a public holiday in both countries. Traditionally, people attend dawn service, wearing paper poppy flowers sold by the Refunded Service Association, and baking Anzac biscuits. The graves of the dead are decorated in places like Te Awamatu, and Ansie clash Aussie Rules in Australia are played between Collingwood and Essendon, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
Tourism
Although leaf color changes occur wherever deciduous trees are found, autumn foliage is noted in many regions of the world: mostly North America, East Asia (including China, Korea and Japan), Europe, Patagonia forest, eastern Australia and South Island of Zealand New.
Eastern Canada and New England are famous for their autumn foliage, and this attracts major (billions of dollars) of tourism to the regions.
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See also
- Autumn in New England
- Diwali
References
- This article incorporates text from publications now in the public domain: Ã, Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). " article name required ". CyclopÃÆ'Â|dia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences Universal (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. < span>
External links
- Media related to Autumn on Wikimedia Commons
- Quotes related to Fall at Wikiquote
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