Question

An omen about one of these events precedes a dance of a “hundred drums” that was showcased during 2008’s Republic Day celebrations. During this type of event, Meghalaya’s Garo people honor Misi Saljong with the Wangala dance. The emperor worshiped at a “hall of prayer” dedicated to these events at Beijing’s Temple of Heaven. The Mizo hold Chapchar (10[1])Kut between two holidays dedicated to these events, Mim Kut and Pawl Kut, (10[1])in order to exploit jhumming, a system centered on (-5[1])rabi and kharif items in Kerala. On a four-day holiday held during one of these events in the month (-5[1])of Tai, kolam (10[1])patterns decorate thresholds and pots (-5[1])of milky (10[1])porridge are allowed to (-5[1])overflow. (-5[2])These (-5[1])earthly events (-5[1])inspired (10[1])a Tamil festival to Sūrya (10[1])that coincides with (10[1])Makar Sankranti, (10[1])called Pongal. (10[1])For 10 points, an equinox (-5[1])coincides with the end (-5[1])of what annual (10[1])labor (10[1])during China’s Mid-Autumn (10[3])Festival? (10[5])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: harvests [accept harvest festivals; accept obtaining crops or equivalents; accept Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest; prompt on agricultural festivals or farming or rice or similar answers; prompt on seasons or monsoon by asking “what type of event held during such a period?”]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2492%0%42%129.32

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Alan WuRutgers BColumbia B5710
Ryan SunUC Berkeley ANorthwestern A7010
Ricky LiMIT AMinnesota A79-5
Tracy MirkinFlorida AYale A98-5
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BVanderbilt A10110
Arjun NageswaranHarvard AColumbia A106-5
S. A. ShenoyGeorgia Tech BYale B10810
Ani PerumallaPenn State AVirginia A112-5
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AMaryland A113-5
Annabelle YangWUSTL ABrown A113-5
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BRutgers A114-5
Jeya IyaduraiFlorida BJohns Hopkins A116-5
Vittal BhatNorth Carolina AChicago C11710
Natan HoltzmanStanford ACornell A12210
Chris RayOhio State AChicago A12510
Ashish SubramanianDuke AChicago B12710
Conor ThompsonIowa State AClaremont A12910
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto ACornell B134-5
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn AIllinois A138-5
Todd MaslykMichigan AHouston A14110
Kevin FanMcGill ASouth Carolina A14210
Rahim DinaImperial ANYU A14510
Benjamin WeinerMinnesota BPurdue A14510
Justin HawkinsIndiana ATexas A14510
Shardul RaoMinnesota AMIT A14610
Michał GerasimiukYale AFlorida A14610
John John GrogerColumbia AHarvard A14610
Gio MazzeoVirginia APenn State A14610
Aum MundheRutgers AWUSTL B14610
Sarod NoriCornell BToronto A14710
Caleb KendrickMaryland AGeorgia Tech A14710
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins AFlorida B1470
Walter ZhangBrown AWUSTL A14710