Seren Taun is the Sundanese harvest festival in West Java associated with storing newly harvested rice in communal barns.
The name refers to the annual ceremony in which agricultural communities give thanks for the harvest and mark the transition into a new farming year. Rice is ceremonially carried and placed in traditional granaries called leuit.
Seren Taun is especially associated with Sundanese communities in places such as Cigugur and Kuningan. Ritual processions, music, offerings, and communal gatherings form part of the celebrations, although practices differ between villages.
The festival is not the same as Sekaten, a Javanese celebration connected with the birthday of Muhammad. Seren Taun’s central theme is agricultural gratitude and the community’s relationship with rice cultivation.