The main purpose of first-fruits ceremonies is to offer the first produce of a harvest to a deity or deities, acknowledging that all good things come from the divine and ensuring continued fertility and regeneration of crops. Closely related to harvest festivals, first-fruits rituals can also operate on the belief that the first fruits of a harvest have sacred significance and belong to or must be sanctified to a God or gods.
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