02-16-2002, 04:31 AM
Io Lupercalia! Sorry, no young men have volunteered to run naked around the neighborhood tomorrow, but the party will go on anyway. Below is the Nova Roma writeup of the festival:<br>
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XV Februarius/February 15: A celebration sacred to Faunus, the luperci priests sacrifice goats and a dog, as well as sacred cakes. Afterwards, two young nobles are smeared with the sacrificial blood and the lupercii don the hides of the goats and run through the streets striking passersby with strips of the goats' skin to promote fertility. It is a festival of much revelry. <p>Aulus, Legio XX.
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ICQ 940236
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XV Februarius/February 15: A celebration sacred to Faunus, the luperci priests sacrifice goats and a dog, as well as sacred cakes. Afterwards, two young nobles are smeared with the sacrificial blood and the lupercii don the hides of the goats and run through the streets striking passersby with strips of the goats' skin to promote fertility. It is a festival of much revelry. <p>Aulus, Legio XX.
the HIGH NOISE/low signal person for RAT.
ICQ 940236
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Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?
