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Potluck Feast - Celebrate the Fall Equinox

The Chumash, a Native American tribe from Southern California, celebrate their fall equinox sun ceremony during their month of Hutash (September). It takes place "after the harvest is picked, processed and stored....Kakunupmawa is a ritual name for the Sun. According to traditional Chumash lore, all humans were known as children of the Sun, or 'sons of Kakunupmawa.' " The spiritual thoughts of the tribe would become focused on the importance of unity in the face of winter confinement, death and rebirth.