Flowers for festivals
Flowers tied to a festival, a holiday or a season of celebration.
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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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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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Hinamatsuri雛祭り
A Japanese custom of displaying ornamental dolls for girls’ well-being
🇯🇵 Japan · Offering or rite, March
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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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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
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All Saints' Day
A Christian day of remembrance marked with flowers and candles at graves
🇵🇱 Poland and 5 more · Offering or rite, November
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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
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Corpus Christi flower wreathsCorpus Domini
Floral wreaths for a Catholic feast of the Eucharist
🇪🇸 Spain and 7 more · Garland or wreath, May to Jun
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
- Rose water: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tihar: Sreekumar K. S., CC BY 2.0, source
- Hinamatsuri: Lalupa, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- 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
- All Saints' Day: Fra Angelico, Public domain, source
- Sawdust carpet: Rosalba Muñoz RomeroLia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Corpus Christi flower wreaths: Fennec ., Public domain, source