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A religious festival called the Fontinalia was held on October 13 in his honor. Throughout the city, fountains and wellheads were adorned with garlands. [1] Fontus was the son of Juturna and Janus. [2]
Feriae Latinae (Latin Festival), a major and very old conceptivae in April. Ambarvalia, purification of the fields in May. The Rosalia or "Festival of Roses" also had no fixed date, but was technically not one of the feriae conceptivae with a date announced by public priests based on archaic practice.
The Porta Fontinalis got its name from nearby springs (fontes), [9] such as the spring still in evidence in the lowest level of the Tullianum. [10] It may have had a religious connection to the god of springs and wells known as Fons or Fontus who was celebrated at the Fontinalia. [11] Ancient sources that mention the gate include Livy and ...
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A festival is an event of the ordinarily staged by a community, centering on and celebrating some unique aspect of that community and its traditions, often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival is a special occasion of feasting or celebration, usually with a religious focus.
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This festival was held probably from the 10th to the 16th of the month Elaphebolion [4] (the lunar month straddling the vernal equinox, i.e., Mar.-Apr in the solar calendar), three months after the rural Dionysia, probably to celebrate the end of winter and the harvesting of the year's crops.
The Robigalia was a festival in ancient Roman religion held April 25, named for the god Robigus. Its main ritual was a dog sacrifice to protect grain fields from disease . Games ( ludi ) in the form of "major and minor" races were held. [ 1 ]