Not into Holidays? Well: Happy Bona Dea Festival Day! Held on December 3 and May 1 (the month of May is named for Maia the Greek Goddess closely identified with the Roman Goddess Bona Dea) Two festivals to bookend the growing season, Bona Dea was the Goddess of female fertility Aaaaaand chastity (sound like a pattern?) And protection And agriculture And healing… Okay she’s the whole feminine package even before women were credited with the agricultural role of inventing containers, just as their bodies are also containers (wombs)… You can read more Lewis Mumford at your leisure, but this day in Ancient Rome was the OG and ultimate ladies’ night! Women only decadent feast and imbibing and apparently one of the biggest mysterious unknowns in history bc seriously no men allowed - except for a reported scandal somewheres around 62 BCE when a political nemesis of Julius Caesar snuck in like a badly crossed-dressed cast member of “Bosom Buddies (look it up, it’s Tom Hank’s career launchpad) who was spotted pretty immediately and those B’s tried to kill him! (spoiler alert… he escaped). Anyway Happy Bona Dea Fest Day, to all my ladies out there and maybe reach out to your girls and make December 3 a fun new holiday tradition and a reason to treat yoselves 🥰 #holidaze #romanholidays #watercolorart #dailyart #goddess #romanmythology #oldfashionedholiday #newfashion https://www.instagram.com/p/CXCEqlfJodF/?utm_medium=tumblr