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Pascua Florida (pronounced [ˈpaskwa floˈɾiða]) is a Spanish term that means "flowery festival" or "feast of flowers" and is an annual celebration of Juan Ponce de León's arrival in what is now the state of Florida.
The Florida SpringFest is traditionally held anywhere from mid-May until early June. The event was founded in 1991, [ 2 ] when Pensacola businessman Bill Dollarhide funded much of the expense out of his own pocket so up-and-coming local acts could reach a wider audience.
By the Autumn of 1967, there were 20 various groups planning the First Annual Tallahassee Spring Festival. The first festival featured the Apalachee Jubilee with a parade and pageant commemorating the selection of Tallahassee as the capital of territorial Florida. Chinese dragon at Springtime Tallahassee 2008
Springfest is a common name for events occurring to celebrate the coming of spring: Spring Fest, popularly known as SF, an annual festival at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India; The Florida SpringFest, a musical event in downtown Pensacola, Florida; SpringFest, an annual festival held in Ballarat, Victoria Australia
According to the Online Etymological Dictionary, "spring" in the sense of the season comes from phrases such as "springing time" (14th century) and "the spring of the year". This use is from an archaic noun meaning "act or time of springing or appearing; the first appearance; the beginning, birth, rise, or origin".
South Florida Indian community celebrated the “Festival of Lights” during the Diwali Miami event at Oasis Wynwood with music, food, dancing, and traditional beverages of the Hindu holiday on ...
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In some governmental contexts Good Friday has been referred to by a generic name such as "spring holiday". [ 157 ] [ 158 ] [ 159 ] In 1999, in the case of Bridenbaugh v. O'Bannon , an Indiana state employee sued the governor for giving state employees Good Friday as a day off.