Other traditions flower traditions
Shinto, Taoist, Zoroastrian, folk and ancestral traditions.
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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 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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Rose waterگلاب
Flavoured water made by steeping or distilling rose petals
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 more · Offering or rite
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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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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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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.
- Day of the Dead: RubeHM, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Rose water: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ofrenda: Eneas de Troya, CC BY 2.0, source
- Qingming Festival: Jacklee ., 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
- Chinese New Year: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 4.0, source