December 3 –
Japan: Yomatsuri
Ancient Rome: Festival of Bona Dea
Greece: Festival of Rhea
Yomatsuri is a night festival held in Chichibu, teams of men in costume drag illuminated floats around while kids do dances and drama on them. Music includes drums and flutes. Fireworks are fuelled by barrels of Sake.
Bona Dea represents the earth and everything that springs from it. Men were not permitted to attend or celebrate the event, they were not even allowed to utter her name.
Rhea is the goddess of wine, growth and procreation, but more than that, she is said to have given the Greeks their knowledge of city building.
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