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Re-order Paragraphs

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Re-order Paragraphs

Arrange the sentences into the correct order.

Put the sentences in the correct order:

  1. Even so, the festivals persist in modern form, now valued mainly as occasions for family gatherings and cultural continuity rather than genuine agricultural necessity.
  2. As fewer people today work directly in agriculture, the practical urgency behind these celebrations has faded considerably.
  3. This shared purpose is visible in traditions ranging from European thanksgiving meals to East Asian moon festivals built around the rice harvest.
  4. Despite arising independently across different continents, these festivals share a common purpose: giving thanks before the harsh months of scarcity that often followed.
  5. Harvest festivals emerged wherever farming communities needed a way to mark the end of the growing season and the safe gathering of crops.