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Festivals in ancient Rome were a very important part in Roman religious life during both the Republican and Imperial eras, and one of the primary feat of "holy days"; singular also feriae or dies ferialis) were either public (publicae) or private . State holidays were celebrated by the Roman people and received public funding.
The Bacchanalia were Roman festivals of Bacchus, the Greco-Roman god of wine, freedom, intoxication and ecstasy. They were based on the Greek Dionysia and the Dionysian Mysteries, and probably arrived in Rome c. 200 BC via the Greek colonies in southern Italy, and from Etruria, Rome's northern neighbour.
Lupercalia, also known as Lupercal, was a pastoral festival of Ancient Rome observed annually on February 15 to purify the city, promoting health and fertility. [1] Lupercalia was also known as dies Februatus , after the purification instruments called februa , the basis for the month named Februarius .
Saturnalia is an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December in the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities until 19 December. By the 1st century BC, the celebration had been extended until 23 December, for a total of seven days of festivities. [ 1 ]
Roman festivals of Isis (3 P) L. Lupercalia (1 C, 9 P) M. Festivals of Mars (5 P) P. Processions in ancient Rome (15 P) Pages in category "Ancient Roman festivals"
The day has similarities to the raucous Roman festivals of Saturnalia and Lupercalia. Once Christianity came to Rome, religious leaders tried to blend pagan traditions with Christian traditions ...
The ritual may have been a new year festival representing the expulsion of the old year. [8] [9] In the later Imperial period, the Ides began a "holy week" of festivals celebrating Cybele and Attis, [10] [11] [12] being the day Canna intrat ("The Reed enters"), when Attis was born and found among the reeds of a Phrygian river. [13]
The Roman tradition eventually made its way to medieval France, where it acquired the name we know today. Then, European colonists brought the huge, pre-Lenten festival to the Americas.