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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 .
Cattleya trianae (Lind. & Rchb. fil), also known as Flor de Mayo ("May flower") or "Christmas orchid", [1] is a plant of the family Orchidaceae.It grows as an epiphytic orchid, with succulent leaves, endemic to Colombia where it was nominated as the national flower in November 1936.
Alfonso in the thirteenth century wrote in his Cantigas de Santa Maria about the special honoring of Mary during specific dates in May. Eventually, the entire month was filled with special observances and devotions to Mary. The origin of the conventional May devotion is still relatively unknown.
In its origin, it is a patronymic of the Visigothic given name Fruela or Froila. In Italy, the surname's roots can be traced back to the Kingdom of Naples around the early 14th century where records show a Flores family receiving land grants in the feudal territories of Persano and Sandionisio. [2]
Flor de Mayo (Cattleya mossiae), the Venezuelan national flower.The national symbols of Venezuela are the flag, the coat of arms, and the national anthem. [1] Since Venezuela's diversity of flora and fauna is remarkable, the government also officially declared these national symbols: [2]
The county submitted a Presidential Permit application for the proposed Flor de Mayo International Bridge in September 2021. Following a review of the application and "determination of ...
First meaning comes from French and Russian revolutionaries and symbolises revolution and workers. Red carnations also symbolise love and courtship. In folksongs and folk traditions, when young men in the country villages were calling girls in the night under their windows and serenading them, receiving a red carnation bouquet meant, that the ...
Cinco de Mayo History The Battle of Puebla, commemorated by Cinco de Mayo, has come to symbolize Mexican resistance to foreign invasion. In 1862, French troops attempted to establish a monarchy in ...