All are welcome to attend. Lenape Nations of PA Green Corn Festival at the beautiful Rea's Farm in West Cape May, NJ! Drumming, singing, dancing, children's games, food, vendors, and more, plus, purchase farm-fresh produce and products from the farm! Grand entrance at noon. Featuring the Spirit Wind. Free admission and parking. The Green Corn Festival is celebrated by many Native Americans in one form or another. These early people were very grateful for their harvests. Tribes held several festivals each year to say prayers of thanks to their gods. One of the most important was the Green Corn Festival. This festival was held in late summer or early fall, when the corn they had planted had ripened on the stalk. The expression "green corn" refers to ripened sweet corn, corn you could eat. These early people were great farmers. They depended on three staples - corn, beans, and squash. In the woodland areas, these food items were so important that they had a name; they were called the "The Three Sisters". The Three Sisters were mixed together to make a vegetable dish called succotash. However, corn was always special, even after the Green Corn Festival, some corn was left on the stalks to additionally ripen, to help the drying process. Dried corn and dried corn meal were both very important staple items to help these early people eat well through the long winter ahead.
Follow the field of Rea's Green Corn on the corner of Stevens, 4th, and Bayshore Road to celebrate these great farmers, the Lenape.