Flower decorations
Garlands, wreaths, carpets, arrangements and the customs of decorating with flowers. 262 decorations so far, best known first.
Arrangements and bouquetsFlowers composed in a vase, a bowl or the hand: ikebana, bouquets, centrepieces.47Garlands and wreathsFlowers strung, woven or bound into a line or a ring.18Flowers that are wornIn the hair, round the neck, on the lapel and on the head.25Carpets and floor patternsPetals laid on the ground: pookalam, infiorata, flower carpets.19Parades, floats and big displaysFlower parades, floats, floral clocks, shows and installations.60Offerings and ritesFlowers given to gods, guests and the dead.44Flower craftsPressed, dried, preserved, distilled and made by hand.51Flowers in art and designPainted, woven, carved and printed flowers, and what they stand for.70Garden stylesWays of laying out a garden, from the charbagh to the cottage border.33Customs, festivals and the tradeFlower festivals, the language of flowers, markets and the flower trade.184
Decoration
Garland
A string or braid of flowers, leaves, or other materials for decoration or ceremony
🇮🇳 India and 3 more · Garland or wreath
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Pushpanjaliपुष्पाञ्जलि
A flower offering in Hindu worship and classical dance
Offering or rite
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Day of the DeadDía de (los) Muertos
Mexico’s festival of remembrance with altars, marigolds, and sugar skulls
🇲🇽 Mexico · Custom, November
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May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Month-long Catholic customs honouring Mary with flowers, altars, and processions
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Custom, May
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Well dressing
Decorating wells with flower petal pictures in rural England
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Carpet or floor pattern
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May Day Festival
A spring festival with flowers, greenery, maypoles and bonfires on the first of May
🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 more · Custom, May
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BeltaneBealtaine / Là Bealltainn / Boaltinn
The Gaelic May Day festival with bonfires and yellow flower decorations
🇮🇪 Ireland and 1 more · Custom, May
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MidsummerMidsommar
Europe’s summer solstice festival with bonfires, flowers and outdoor gatherings
🇸🇪 Sweden and 5 more · Custom, June
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Pomander
A scented ball or container worn or carried to perfume the air
Worn flowers
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Rose waterگلاب
Flavoured water made by steeping or distilling rose petals
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 more · Offering or rite
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Tiharतिहार
Nepal’s five-day festival of lights, flowers, animals, and sibling bonds
🇳🇵 Nepal and 3 more · Custom, Oct to Nov
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Pichhwai
Large painted cloths showing Krishna, hung in temples for worship and festivals
🇮🇳 India · Art or design
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Pūjā in Buddhism𑀧𑀽𑀚𑀸
A ritual offering and devotional act in Buddhist practice
🇮🇳 India and 3 more · Offering or rite
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Olive wreathκότινος
A crown of wild olive branches given to Olympic victors in ancient Greece
🇬🇷 Greece · Offering or rite
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Phuang malaiพวงมาลัย
Thai floral garlands made for offerings, gifts, and ceremonies
🇹🇭 Thailand · Garland or wreath
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Toran
A festive hanging of flowers and leaves for Hindu doorways and celebrations
🇮🇳 India · Garland or wreath
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Pujaपूजा
The Hindu ritual of offering flowers, light, and food in worship
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Offering or rite
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Loy Krathongลอยกระทง
The Thai festival of floating candle-lit baskets on water
🇹🇭 Thailand and 7 more · Custom, November
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Hindu weddingविवाह
The traditional marriage ceremony of Hindus, rich in rituals and floral decoration
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Custom
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Phool Walon Ki Sair
Delhi’s annual flower procession celebrating unity after the monsoon
🇮🇳 India · Custom, September
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Gudi Padwa
The spring new year festival of Maharashtra, marked by flower-adorned gudis and rangoli
🇮🇳 India · Custom
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Ugadiఉగాది / ಯುಗಾದಿ
South Indian New Year marked by flowers, rangoli, and mango leaf decorations
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Custom, Mar to Apr
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Vesak
The Buddhist festival marking the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and passing
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka and 7 more · Custom, Apr to Jun
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Buddha's Birthday佛诞
A festival marking the birth of Gautama Buddha, celebrated across Asia in spring
🇮🇳 India and 3 more · Custom, Apr to May
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Lotus throneपद्मासन
A stylized lotus flower base for divine figures in Indian and Asian art
🇮🇳 India · Offering or rite
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Kalashकलश
A metal pot with coconut and mango leaves used in Indian religious rituals
🇮🇳 India · Offering or rite
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Palm Sunday
Christian festival with palms or local branches marking Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Custom
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Bathukamma
A nine-day flower festival celebrated by women in Telangana, India
🇮🇳 India · Carpet or floor pattern, Sep to Oct
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Rushbearing
An English festival of carrying rushes and flowers to church in decorated processions
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Custom, Jul to Aug
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Remembrance poppy
An artificial red poppy worn to honour those lost in war
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Worn flowers, Apr to Nov
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Ofrenda
A home altar with offerings for Día de los Muertos in Mexico
🇲🇽 Mexico · Offering or rite, November
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Qingming Festival清明节
The Chinese spring festival for honoring ancestors with tomb sweeping and offerings
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Custom, April
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Haft-sinهفتسین
A table of seven symbolic items for Nowruz, the Persian New Year
🇮🇷 Iran · Arrangement, March
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Nowruzنوروز
Spring New Year festival marked by fire, greenery, and festive gatherings
🇮🇷 Iran and 9 more · Custom, March
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DożynkiDożynki, Обжинки, Дажынкі, Dožínky, Òżniwinë
The Slavic harvest festival marked by wreaths of grain and flowers
🇵🇱 Poland and 5 more · Custom, Aug to Sep
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Harvest festival
A yearly celebration marking the end of the harvest with feasts and decorations
🇮🇳 India and 3 more · Custom, Jan to Oct
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Tanzaku短冊
Long paper strips for wishes and poetry, hung on bamboo at Tanabata in Japan
🇯🇵 Japan · Custom, July
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Bleuet de France
The French cornflower badge for remembrance and support of war victims
🇫🇷 France · Worn flowers, May to Nov
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Paper lantern
Lanterns made of paper for festivals, light, and celebration across Asia and beyond
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Parade or display
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Lotus Lantern Festival연등회
Korea’s lantern festival held for Buddha’s Birthday
🇰🇷 South Korea · Parade or display, Apr to May
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Palm branch
A symbol of victory, peace, and eternal life made from palm leaves
🇪🇬 Egypt and 7 more · Offering or rite
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Easter palmpalma wielkanocna, verba
A decorated willow or juniper branch for Palm Sunday in Poland and Lithuania
🇱🇹 Lithuania and 3 more · Offering or rite
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Kewraकेवड़ा
A fragrant extract from screwpine flowers used in food, worship, and perfume
🇮🇳 India · Offering or rite
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Chinese New Year春节
The Spring Festival marked by red decorations, family gatherings, and flower displays
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Custom, Jan to Feb
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Garland: No machine-readable author provided. Piotrus assumed (based on copyrig, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pushpanjali: Yosarian, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Day of the Dead: RubeHM, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary: Žemaitijos kelias, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Well dressing: User:WhaleyTim, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- May Day Festival: Bryan Ledgard, CC BY 2.0, source
- Beltane: Stefan Schäfer, Lich, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Midsummer: Kora27, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pomander: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source
- Rose water: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tihar: Sreekumar K. S., CC BY 2.0, source
- Pichhwai: Unknown artist, Public domain, source
- Pūjā in Buddhism: Luca Galuzzi ( Lucag ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Olive wreath: FocalPoint, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Phuang malai: Deror Avi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Toran: Wmpearl, Public domain, source
- Puja: Sakkhar21, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Loy Krathong: John Shedrick, CC BY 2.0, source
- Hindu wedding: Dinesh Cyanam, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Phool Walon Ki Sair: Nvvchar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gudi Padwa: Abhijit Tembhekar, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ugadi: Kalyan Kanuri, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Vesak: ผู้สร้างสรรค์ผลงาน/ส่งข้อมูลเก็บในคลังข้อมูลเสรีวิกิมีเดียคอมมอนส์ - เ, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Buddha's Birthday: User: (WT-shared) Manoj nav at wts wikivoyage, Public domain, source
- Lotus throne: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Kalash: Redtigerxyz at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, source
- Palm Sunday: Pietro Lorenzetti, Public domain, source
- Bathukamma: Randhirreddy at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rushbearing: Alexander Wilson, Public domain, source
- Remembrance poppy: Heatherannej, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ofrenda: Eneas de Troya, CC BY 2.0, source
- Qingming Festival: Jacklee ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Haft-sin: HengamehRM, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nowruz: Katzenfee50, CC0, source
- Dożynki: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Harvest festival: High Contrast, CC BY 3.0 de, source
- Tanzaku: ★Kumiko★, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bleuet de France: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Paper lantern: PhiloVivero, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lotus Lantern Festival: Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (Jeon Han), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Palm branch: Einsamer Schütze, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Easter palm: Evaldas Liutkus, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kewra: Miansari66, Public domain, source
- Chinese New Year: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 4.0, source