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Lupercalia - Libitina - 02-12-2008
Hope everyone has their goats at the ready?
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I understand it's a little tricky to get away with recreating the old festival but do any groups celebrate Lupercalia in their own way?
Certainly would have been more eventful than our current commercialised Valentines Day!
Re: Lupercalia - Matthew Amt - 02-12-2008
Heck, yes, it's the best party of the year for Legio XX! And it's coming up this Saturday, in fact. Pretty sure everyone anywhere near the Washington DC area has been invited. Richard, do you have any photos from previous year online?
Years ago we tried doing our annual big bash on Saturnalia, but everyone has too much going on during the Christmas season. So we moved to Lupercalia, which has even more potential for craziness!
Vale, and Happy Lupercalia!
Matthew
Re: Lupercalia - Libitina - 02-12-2008
Aww that sounds great Matthew
Re: Lupercalia - Peroni - 02-12-2008
Loincloths at the ready!
Strips of freshly stripped goat skin from the scarifice.... Have I forgotten anything?? Hmm.. :wink:
There's plenty of other thgings to celebrate in February..
2 - Festival of Juno Februa
9 - Feast of Apollo
12 - A day holy to Diana
13- Festival of Parentalia begins
13 - Orgiastic festival of Juno Februa begins
14 - Orgiastic festival of Juno Februa ends
- Day sacred to Juno-Lupa
15 - Lupercalia (Feast of the Wolf)
17 - Festival of Fornacalia
18 - Rites of Tacita
19 - Birthday of Minerva
21 - Festival of Parentalia ends
- Festival of Feralia (ending of the Parentalia)
22 - Festival of Charistia
23 - Festival of Terminalia
Re: Lupercalia - richsc - 02-13-2008
Quote:Pretty sure everyone anywhere near the Washington DC area has been invitedNigh on. I almost invited the National Park Service folks to see if we could influence them on sponsorship, but thought better of it.
There still is time to get the chocolate fountain going, for the Hostess mini doughnut dips, washed down with Mountain Dew, in honor of our glorious commander upon whose nether parts the sun shines brightly and the winds never ...
But he won't be doing that at Lupercalia..at least I don't remember anything like that..
Legio XX Lupercalia
Legio XX Lupercalia, Yasmina
Legio XX Lupercalia, Greg
Re: Lupercalia - Libitina - 02-13-2008
Quote:Loincloths at the ready!
Strips of freshly stripped goat skin from the scarifice.... Have I forgotten anything?? Hmm.. :wink:
There's plenty of other thgings to celebrate in February..
2 - Festival of Juno Februa
9 - Feast of Apollo
12 - A day holy to Diana
13- Festival of Parentalia begins
13 - Orgiastic festival of Juno Februa begins
14 - Orgiastic festival of Juno Februa ends
- Day sacred to Juno-Lupa
15 - Lupercalia (Feast of the Wolf)
17 - Festival of Fornacalia
18 - Rites of Tacita
19 - Birthday of Minerva
21 - Festival of Parentalia ends
- Festival of Feralia (ending of the Parentalia)
22 - Festival of Charistia
23 - Festival of Terminalia
Wish we had a Bank Holiday for them all!
Re: Lupercalia - Lochinvar - 02-14-2008
OK Peroni.
We now need you to publish the bank holidays for the coming month for a whole year. Could you please do it a couple of days in advance so that we can nip down to Waitrose to get the canapes and dips in, or in my case get to the gym for a few sit-ups before any public displays.
Re: Lupercalia - Libitina - 02-14-2008
Quote:OK Peroni.
We now need you to publish the bank holidays for the coming month for a whole year. Could you please do it a couple of days in advance so that we can nip down to Waitrose to get the canapes and dips in, or in my case get to the gym for a few sit-ups before any public displays.
Ooo get you and your posh nosh :lol:
I'm celebrating today in the time honoured fashion of pizza from Spar and a cup of tea. I've already bought myself some chocolate and will pick some daisies from the garden so I have flowers. I pronounce Romance is dead in south Wiltshire today. :? D
Re: Lupercalia - Memmia - 02-14-2008
I got NO card, NO flowers, bugger all. :evil:
In fact hubby didn't even realise it was Valentine's day.
I think he's getting his own back for me forgetting the pancakes last week
Re: Lupercalia - Libitina - 02-14-2008
Quote:I got NO card, NO flowers, bugger all. :evil:
In fact hubby didn't even realise it was Valentine's day.
I think he's getting his own back for me forgetting the pancakes last week
Aww
lol: I'm just fickle. Hate Valentines Day and its commercialism but I still want cards dammit lol
Re: Lupercalia - vergilius - 02-14-2008
I'm celebrating today in the time honoured fashion of pizza from Spar and a cup of tea. I've already bought myself some chocolate and will pick some daisies from the garden so I have flowers. I pronounce Romance is dead in south Wiltshire today. :? D [/quote]
Libi, my girl. don't tell me some ceasar on his white horse is making a surprise for you today?
Re: Lupercalia - Libitina - 02-14-2008
Quote:Libi, my girl. don't tell me some ceasar on his white horse is making a surprise for you today?
*sigh* Not as far as I'm aware. I much prefer one on a black horse anyway. Oh heck, what am I saying.. a mere pleb on a donkey would do :lol:
Re: Lupercalia - vergilius - 02-14-2008
i aaa !
Re: Lupercalia - Lochinvar - 02-15-2008
I apologise for incorrectly including an 'l' in the penultimate word of my last post. :oops:
Re: Lupercalia - Libitina - 02-15-2008
Quote:I apologise for incorrectly including an 'l' in the penultimate word of my last post. :oops:
You give pubic displays?
hock: Memmia, did you get a nice surprise in the end? Sadly I didn't, just a card!