In ancient Roman religion, the Liberalia (March 17) was the festival of Liber Pater and his consort Libera. [1] The Romans celebrated Liberalia with sacrifices, processions, ribald and gauche songs, and masks which were hung on trees.

Mar 12, 2022 · An old Roman god of wine and fertility, Liber's festival, the Liberalia also marked the traditional day Roman boys came of age.

At the festival of the Liberalia, held at Rome on March 17, the toga virilis was commonly assumed for the first time by boys who were of age. At the town of Lavinium, a whole month was consecrated to Liber, and the festival activities there were believed to make the…

Mar 16, 2024 · The Liberalia festival, linked to the god Liber (“The free one”) denotes an intriguing weave of keywords such as archaic rites, mysticism, personal freedom, political activism, phallic symbolism, ecstasy, theatre plays, freedom of speech and social rights.

The festival of the Liberalia marked the passage of young male Romans into manhood. Priests and aged priestesses, adorned with garlands of ivy, carried through the city wine, honey, cakes, and sweet-meats, together with an altar with a handle ( ansata ara ), in the middle of which there was a small fire-pan ( foculus ), in which from time to ...

Liberalia (lĬbərā´lēə), in Roman religion, festival of Liber and Libera. The rustic festival of great rejoicing and merrymaking was held on Mar. 17. Roman youths generally first assumed the toga virilis (i.e., began dressing like adults) at this time.

The Liberalia was a festival celebrated on 17th March in honor of Liber Pater, the god of fertility and wine, and his consort Libera. The festival marked the transition of young boys into manhood. Denarius Depicting Liber and Libera, 78 BC.

Liberalia was a Roman holiday celebrated on March 17 in honour of Liber Pater and the goddess Libera. The cult of god Liber Pater was initially associated with horses and grain, was associated with vegetation and fertility of nature, and with rites associated with the production of wine.

Though the day was sacred to Bacchus, this must be understood of Liber, the Italian Bacchus; and the Liberalia must not be confounded with the festivals Dionysia or Cerialia, which were of Greek origin and celebrated with ludi at different times.

In Rome, the Liberalia was the traditional day for boys who had come of age to take off the bulla and the toga praetexta of childhood and to don the toga virilis of manhood. (In imperial times, according to Platner, this ceremony took place in the Temple of Mars Ultor.)