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Madeira Flower Festival

Funchal's spring festival, with a children's Wall of Hope and a parade of flower-covered floats.

Funchal Madeira Portugal January 2014
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What happens

Madeira's mild climate lets flowers from several continents grow side by side, and each spring Funchal holds a festival to show them. It runs for about three weeks, usually in May. On a Saturday morning thousands of children walk to the square in front of the city hall, each with one flower, and together build the Wall of Hope. The next afternoon a parade of floats and dancers in flower costumes moves along the seafront. Carpets of flowers are laid along the central avenue.

The flowers

OrchidGrown in island gardens and shown at the flower market.AnthuriumA glossy tropical flower widely grown on Madeira.Flower carpetLaid along the central avenue of Funchal.

Also part of it, and being written: Strelitzia reginae (Bird of paradise, a signature flower of the island.).

About this page

Original text by the Phool desk, written with AI assistance. Background: "Funchal" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If we have something wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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