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Reeds 22 jaar is stichting Floralia met de organisatie van dit grootste country-evenement in de BENELUX onderscheiden met evenveel “Grammy Awards”, is opgenomen in de Dutch Country-Music Hall of Fame, ontving de Troscar-Award en bijvoorbeeld ook de Cultuurprijs van de gemeente Oosterhout.
Al vanaf de beginjaren wisten vele duizenden de weg naar Floralia te vinden, waarbij bleek dat de combinatie van countrymuziek en natuurschoon een schot in de roos was.
Floralia Country is uitgegroeid tot een “evenement van formaat”, dat, terwijl elders de belangstelling voor dit soort evenementen steeds minder werd, toch wist te overleven.
www.floraliacountry.nl   (547 words)

  
 Floralia
Floralia was a time a great merriment and rejoicing in ancient Rome.
Floralia or MayDay is our way of welcoming Spring after a long dark winter.
Though Floralia began as a festival to ensure fertility in the land, in the animals, and in ourselves, MayDay continues as a celebration of renewed life and the joy of the return of Spring.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/mythology/18201   (480 words)

  
 *Ø*  Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine |  Floralia festival of Rome to goddess Flora | Goddesses festivals
Floralia festival of Rome to goddess Flora
Lactantius, a contemporary writer, went as far as to record that Flora was a prostitute who instituted the festival for her birthday celebrations, and on whom the Senate conferred the status of deity.
In fact, the origins of the Floralia are associated in Greece with Aphrodite in her aspect as the goddess of flowering plants (Antheia) before the festival found its way to Italy.
www.wilsonsalmanac.com /floralia.html   (576 words)

  
  Floralia 4
Floralia's fourth step is once again 'all true, all invented'.
Floralia was the name of certain pagan rites celebrated by ancient Italian people as a tribute to the goddess Flora, the symbol of spring, the fairy of magical changes through all things blooming.
Floralia 4 is a co-production Mizmaze - WOT 4
www.mizmaze.it /eng/floralia4_eng.htm   (172 words)

  
  CalendarHome.com - Floralia - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Floralia, also known as the Florifertum, was an ancient Roman festival dedicated to the goddess Flora.
The Floralia was on the IV Kalends May. Dedicated to Flora, the goddess of flowers and vegetation, this day was considered by the prostitutes of Rome to be their own.
On the morning of Floralia, at around 8 or 9 am, students wake up and begin the day with champagne and orange juice (memosas), or some other type of drink, maybe a "shower beer", and eventually some breakfast.
encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Floralia   (337 words)

  
 Waaierblad van perkament(?) waarop met tempera aan de voorzijde een 'Floralia' met Vestaalse maagden en op de ...
Waaierblad van perkament(?) waarop met tempera aan de voorzijde een 'Floralia' met Vestaalse maagden en op de achterzijde een medaillon met twee spelende, naakte kinderen en een gedichtje, tussen twee cornucopias, vogels en vlinders.
De uitwerking van de voorgrond is eigen inventie van de schilder, het overige is naar Abraham Blooteling's (graveur) gravure 'Aetas Aurea' (uitgegeven bij Nicolaas Visscher, Amsterdam) van G. de Lairesse's schilderij 'L'age d'or' of 'De gouden eeuw', dat tussen 1667 en 1670 zal zijn geschilderd.
Blooteling presenteert 'De gouden eeuw' in de vorm van een Floralia; een feest ter ere van de, van oorsprong Sabijnse godin van de vruchtbaarheid, Flora, die later de Romeinse godin van het graan, de wijn en alle bloesem werd.
www.rijksmuseum.nl /collectie/zoeken/asset.jsp?id=BK-2001-7&lang=en   (679 words)

  
 Floralia - May Day article
Floralia was a time a great merriment and rejoicing in ancient Rome.
Floralia or MayDay is our way of welcoming Spring after a long dark winter.
Though Floralia began as a festival to ensure fertility in the land, in the animals, and in ourselves, MayDay continues as a celebration of renewed life and the joy of the return of Spring.
www.2camels.com /floralia.php   (486 words)

  
 Various Artists - "Floralia Vol 2" / Various Artists - "Floralia Vol 3"
These two compilations may be a few years old but they're so good and have exclusive tracks by such great bands that it's worth giving them a plug.
Floralia Vol 2 opens with the UK based Moonflowers.
Floralia Vol 3 kicks off with the Cosmic Gardeners, a German band who play beautiful floating 60's styled psychedelia with trippy male and female vocals.
www.aural-innovations.com /issues/issue17/floral23.html   (1389 words)

  
 Floralia
The worship of a goddess of fertility naturally led to increasing licence and indecency.
Prostitutes claimed the Floralia as their feast, and according to Juvenal, they performed naked and even fought in gladiatorial contests.
Two special items marked the usual sports in the Circus: goats and hares were set loose and beans, vetches, and lupines were scattered among the crowd.
lonestar.texas.net /~robison/floralia.html   (389 words)

  
 FLORALIA 2007
FLORALIA has redistributed some of its areas with the goal of better structuring the exhibition and making visits easier and more comfortable.
This increases the overall extension of FLORALIA, and provides these services with a better opportunity for optimum impact, leaving the outside plaza exclusively for floral exhibitions.
FLORALIA announces its new rates for businesses wishing to take a stand in the area set aside for sales to the general public.
floralia.feriavalencia.com /index2.jsp?MjA3&X2VuZw==   (487 words)

  
 Floralia
We will explore and experience the motifs of arriving summer and its associations with young adulthood, fertility, love, women's power and regeneration through an imagined future festival, the "Floralia." The forms and traditions of our Floralia are yet to be discovered, a new festival for a new people, to taste tomorrow today.
The forms and expressions of our Floralia will be explored and enacted by the participants themselves - in all the forms participation may take.
All the historical rites and traditions of May Day, Beltane, Walpugisnacht, and the Roman Floralia, celebrated in all their forms and times and places, are fertile inspiration.
members.cox.net /xara-project/Floralia.htm   (459 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/FloraliaBellydance
Floralia 2008 Alexandra King Turkish Bellydance (view more)
FLORALIA, commemorates FLORA, the(GODDESS of FLOWERS) FLORA is the patron of all WOMEN as we embody her qualities of BEAUTY, and Youthfulness,(No matter WHAT our Chronological age!) Beauty is a manisfestation of “The Divine”.
Floralia Bellydance Festival for the Goddess has 35 friends.
myspace.com /floraliabellydance   (464 words)

  
 FLORALIA - via Masaccio, 204/a - 50132 Firenze - Tel. +39 055 577487
The perfect alchemy of a few, precious ingredients guarantees the success of an event: style, imagination, creativity, attention to details, absolute commitment.
Thanks to a long experience in the field of event planning we are able to assist you in your choices, or to organize the following services for you:
As one of Tuscany’s largest companies in floral design, Floralia owns and offers to its customers a vast selection of floral props (candelabras, vases, urns, nightlights, lanterns).
www.floraliadecor.it /inglese/servizi.php   (167 words)

  
 Danyhouse- Floralia - Florence, Italy Youth Hostels
Hostels » Europe Hostels » Italy Hostels » Florence Hostels » Danyhouse- Floralia
Floralia is the new guesthouse owned by the same people that brought you DANY HOUSE in Florence.
OTHER WISE YOU HAVE TO This hostel requires a minimum stay of 2 nights.
www.bootsnall.com /hostels/d/16685/Danyhouse-+Floralia.php   (345 words)

  
 Noscope | Journal | January ‘07 Installment: Floralia
The Floralia was an ancient Roman festival dedicated to the goddess Flora.
It was held in April or early May and symbolized the renewal of the cycle of life, marked with dancing, drinking, and flowers.
Except of course my own machine, the Von Neumann engine powering Floralia.
www.noscope.com /journal/2007/01/floralia   (152 words)

  
 Ostello Firenze: Dany House Floralia - Hostels Central
Ostello Firenze: Dany House Floralia - Hostels Central
Descrizione [in inglese]: In the middle of the Historical Centre of Florence, and in the Piazza Duomo, only a five minute walk from Stazione di Santa Maria Novella, Floralia is the new guesthouse owned by the same people that brought you DANY HOUSE in Florence.
Situated on the first floor of a prestigious palace, the apartment has been furnished with every effort to make your stay as comfortable as possible.
www.hostel-central.com /struttura-5968.html   (345 words)

  
 Various - Floralia vol. 3
From the name I would gather that there have been two releases before this one, but the bio doesn't mention this.
Floralia originally was the name of pagan celebrations for the goddess of spring, Flora.
The short bios of each of the bands are pretty similar: they all seem to move at a kite-ish height.
www.cs.uu.nl /~jur/reviews/floraliavol3.html   (897 words)

  
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The "Westlandse" association for bulb growers, Floralia, is with more than 110 years of experience the oldest selling organisation in the field of bulbs and is specialised in the amaryllis.
We sell approximately 50 percent of the in the Netherlands cultivated amaryllis bulb area.
On our site we will give you a complete summary of the amaryllis assortment, which is being cultivated by the growers who are member of Floralia.
www.floralia.nl /index.php?language=eng   (109 words)

  
 Floralia, Rose, and other Roman Gardens: The Floralia was an ancient Roman festival which honored Flora, the goddess of ...
Floralia, Rose, and other Roman Gardens: The Floralia was an ancient Roman festival which honored Flora, the goddess of flowers
The Floralia was an ancient Roman festival, which honored Flora, the goddess of flowers, who was a, manifestation of the earth-goddess, Ea.
Ea was also Fauna, Ops and Maia, for whom the month of May was named.
www.mmdtkw.org /VFloralia.html   (500 words)

  
 Growing Fins » Blog Archive » Floralia in a Landscaping Nursery (Part 1)
Growing Fins » Blog Archive » Floralia in a Landscaping Nursery (Part 1)
Floralia in a Landscaping Nursery (Part 2) »
I wanted to go to a park, but it was too far away.
www.mythopoetica.com /water/?p=332   (264 words)

  
 Goingtomeet.com: Floralia 2007 - International Exhibition of Ornamental Plants and Flowers
Floralia 2007 - International Exhibition of Ornamental Plants and Flowers
For nine days, Feria Valencia will be dressed up in flowers thanks to Floralia, a huge multicolour exhibition of flowers and ornamental plants from Spain and the rest of the world.
The superb quality and beauty of Floralia has won it a reputation as the world’s largest ornamental plants and flowers show.
www.goingtomeet.com /conventions/details/6024   (311 words)

  
 Floralia
AncientWorlds > Rome > The Subura > Floralia
Floralia, or Florifertum, is commonly celebrated April 29th - May 3rd.
Floralia Has Ended (* Maximius Flavius, May 1, 2003 - 06:12)
www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Thread/104885   (341 words)

  
 The Mizmaze label : Floralia -a radioprogram-
Varying from underground pop to neo 60's and Pink Floyd like pop towards psych folk and soft psych to avant garde pop.
The name 'Floralia' comes from the homonymous archaic pagan festival dedicated to the goddess Flora.
First volume are all Italian bands, with various neo Pink Floyd like or serious pop sound bands, and some neo psych.
psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com /MIZMAZE.html   (765 words)

  
 Flora
il primo giorno del Floralia**, ma può essere usato
Durante le Floralia è tradizionale offrire a Flora
During the Floralia it is traditional to offer
www.aztriad.com /flora.html   (192 words)

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