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The Flowers Festival (Spanish: Feria de las Flores) is a festival that takes place in Medellín, Colombia.The annual festival is a significant driver of tourism and holds importance to the cultural fabric of the city.
A demonstrator offers a flower to military police at an anti-Vietnam War protest at The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, 21 October 1967. Flower power was a slogan used during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of passive resistance and nonviolence. [1]
Flores de Mayo (Spanish for "flowers of May") is a festival held in the Philippines in the month of May. It is one of the May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary and lasts for the entire month. The Santacruzan (from the Spanish santa cruz , "holy cross") is the ritual pageant held on the last day of the Flores de Mayo .
La vendedora de rosas (The Rose Seller) is a 1998 Colombian film directed by Víctor Gaviria, who also co-wrote the script. The film is loosely based on the 1845 fairy tale " The Little Match Girl " by Hans Christian Andersen ; it was entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival . [ 1 ]
"Rosas" (English: "Roses") is a song performed by the Spanish pop group La Oreja de Van Gogh. It was written by Xabi San Martín and it was published by Sony BMG as the third single from the band's album Lo Que te Conté Mientras te Hacías la Dormida (2003). The song tells the story of the protagonist who sees her first love with another woman ...
Devotees praying to Santa Muerte in Mexico. Santa Muerte can be translated into English as either "Saint Death" or "Holy Death", although R. Andrew Chesnut, Ph.D. in Latin American history and professor of Religious studies, believes that the former is a more accurate translation because it "better reveals" her identity as a folk saint.
Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos (English: Our Lady of Saint John of the Lakes) is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated by Mexican and Texan faithful. The original image is a popular focus for pilgrims and is located in the state of Jalisco , in central Mexico , 122 kilometers (76 mi) northeast of the city of Guadalajara .
On June 8, 1957, the major party newspaper, People's Daily, published an editorial that signaled the conclusion of the Hundred Flowers Campaign. [17] The editorial asserted that "rightists" had exploited the new found freedom to attack the party and undermine the revolution.