Flowers for national and state emblems
Flowers chosen to stand for a country, a state or a city.
Decoration
Onam
Kerala’s ten-day harvest festival with flower carpets, feasts and boat races
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Custom, Aug to Sep
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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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Flower bulb cultivation in the Netherlands
The Dutch tradition of growing bulbs for fields of spring flowers
Carpet or floor pattern, April
Decoration
Kolamகோலம்
South Indian geometric floor art made with rice flour or powder at home entrances
🇮🇳 India and 5 more · Carpet or floor pattern
Decoration
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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Jāņi
Latvia’s midsummer festival with wreaths, bonfires, and solstice songs
🇱🇻 Latvia and 3 more · Custom, June
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Sawdust carpettapetes de aserrín
Intricate street designs made of dyed sawdust and organic materials for religious processions
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 more · Carpet or floor pattern, Mar to Nov
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Onam: Jiteshgt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Well dressing: User:WhaleyTim, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Flower bulb cultivation in the Netherlands: Original uploader was GerardM at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kolam: mckaysavage, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ugadi: Kalyan Kanuri, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Jāņi: Heinrihsons, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sawdust carpet: Rosalba Muñoz RomeroLia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source