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    The Parilia or Palilia was an ancient Roman festival of rural character performed annually on 21 April, aimed at cleansing both sheep and shepherd. It...
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    festival, called the Parilia, was celebrated on April 21. Cattle were driven through bonfires on this day. Pales and the Parilia were strictly connected...
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  • and variations may refer to: Founder's Day (Rome), better known as the Parilia, a festival in ancient Rome eventually taken to honor the city's founding...
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  • Several other festivals pertaining to farm life were held in April: the Parilia, a feast of shepherds, on April 21; the Robigalia on April 25, to protect...
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    of Rome was commemorated annually on April 21, with the festival of the Parilia. Romulus' first act was to fortify the Palatine with the Murus Romuli,...
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    more urbanized, the significance of some ceremonies expanded, notably the Parilia, an archaic pastoral festival celebrated as the "birthday" (dies natalis)...
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    holocaust to prepare suffimen, a ritual substance used later in April for the Parilia.: 4.731–734 : 71 : 53, 383  During the Secular Games held by Augustus in...
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    legendary account was still much discussed and celebrated in Roman times. The Parilia Festival on 21 April was considered to commemorate the anniversary of the...
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  • 3rd century AD, states that, in his time, the AUC year began with the Parilia, celebrated on 21 April, which was regarded as the actual anniversary of...
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    have resumed performing public rituals such as the ritual on the day of Parilia. Inspired by the Roman Traditional Movement and by the Supreme Council...
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  • In Greek mythology, Perileos (/pəˈrɪliɒs/; Ancient Greek: Περίλεως) or Perilaus (/ˌpɛrɪˈleɪəs/; Περίλᾱος) is a name that may refer to: Perileos, son of...
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    on fixed days. Theirs also the task of preparing the suffimen for the Parilia. Domestic and family life in general were represented by the festival of...
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  • Health Shemon Bar Sabbae Wolbodo April 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Parilia (ancient Rome) Civil Service Day (India) Grounation Day (Rastafari) Heroic...
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    rite" that the horse's blood became part of is usually taken to be the Parilia, a festival of rural character on April 21, which became the date on which...
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    festivals that appear in large capital letters (such as the Lupercalia and Parilia) are thought to have been the most ancient holidays, becoming part of the...
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  • include Veneralia (April 1), Megalesia (April 10–16), Fordicidia (April 15), Parilia (April 21), Vinalia Urbana (April 23), Robigalia (April 25), and Serapia...
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  • taken as equivalent to the 3rd year of the 6th Olympiad. Because the Parilia had become associated with the founding of the city by his time, he took...
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    Opiconsivia Divalia Furrinalia Matralia Lemuria (festival) Matronalia Liberalia Parilia Rosalia, a festival of roses celebrated throughout the Roman Empire May...
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  • mid-month; the Fordicidia on April 15, when a pregnant cow was sacrificed; the Parilia on April 21 to ensure healthy flocks; and the Vinalia, a wine festival...
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    citizenship. This provides an explanation for the choice of the festival of the Parilia as the date of the foundation of Rome, since these are first of all the...
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    in the city, probably dedicated to inaugurate the reformed festival of Parilia, which was known thereafter as the Romaea after the Eastern festival in...
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    Victor 15: Fordicidia, offering of a pregnant cow to Tellus ("Earth") 21: Parilia, rustic festival in honour of Pales, and the dies natalis of Rome 23: the...
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    horse, sacrificed to Mars. The mixture was called suffimen. During the Parilia festival, April 21, it was sprinkled on bonfires to purify shepherds and...
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    their own festival of Vestalia, they participated directly in the rites of Parilia, Parentalia and Fordicidia. Indirectly, they played a role in every official...
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  • purification. (This may have been modelled on the purificatory rituals of the Parilia, the anniversary of Rome's foundation.) Offerings of wheat, barley, and...
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    riding horses with Ina. : 37:55  In 1936 she was selected as a queen of the Parilia pageant with Victor Arnautoff as a king. Together with her sisters, she...
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    Holidays portal Ireland portal Scotland portal Calan Mai Walpurgis Night Parilia Celtic myths and legends by Charles Squire ISBN 1-84204-015-4 "Beltane...
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    the news of his final victory, at the battle of Munda, reached Rome, the Parilia, the games commemorating the founding of the city, were to be held the...
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    of October, but through ritual reuse was used in a spring festival (the Parilia) two-horse chariot races determined the victim, which was the right-hand...
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    "birthday" or foundation date of Rome was celebrated April 21, the day of the Parilia, an archaic pastoral festival. As part of a flurry of religious reforms...
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