لوپرکالیا
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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. Lupercalia was also known as , after the purification instruments called , the basis for the month named .
Key facts
- Holiday.observances
- sacrifices of goats and a dog by the Luperci; offering of cakes by the Vestals; fertility rite in which the goatskin-clad Luperci strike women who wish to conceive
- Holiday.holiday_name
- Lupercalia
- Holiday.type
- pagan
- Holiday.longtype
- Classical Roman religion
- Holiday.image
- File:Camasei-lupercales-prado.jpg
- Holiday.caption
- Lupercalia, oil painting, circa 1635
- Holiday.observedby
- Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, Roman Empire
- Holiday.date
- February 15
- Holiday.celebrations
- feasting
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- Commons category
- Lupercalia
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