Olive Harvest Festival

Autumn in Palestine is a particularly lovely season for everyone. The harvesting of olives provides an opportunity not only to sample traditional national delights fresh from the soil but also to connect the traditional festivals that honor this fruit "Jarou'a." Canaan celebrated the "Jarou'a" (Olive Harvest Festival), a festival full of hospitality and the spirit of the land and farmers, honoring the life, the soil, and the human legacy of the Land of Canaan, which is rooted in the olive tree.

Canaan worked hard to make the 14th "Jarou'a" (Olive Harvest Festival) a success. All of Canaan's farmers, families, friends, and partners from around the world joined us in joy and cheer, dancing "Dabka" to harvest music. Tourists can come to taste the delicious Musakhan dinner produced by local women cooperatives, as well as freshly baked Taboun bread with freshly pressed olive oil and mint tea on bonfires.

The Palestinian ritual of "Jarou'a" was always an event to remember each year for each farmer as they finished their magnificent harvest. The items have traveled all over the world for over 14 years, bringing global awareness to Palestinian farmers, their culture, and their tradition of living with the land.

Date: November

Location: in the Land of Canaan, Palestine