Furrinalia
In ancient Roman religion, the Furrinalia was an annual festival held on 25 July to celebrate the rites ' of the goddess Furrina. Varro notes that the festival was a public holiday '. Both the festival and the goddess had become obscure even to the Romans of the Late Republic; Varro notes that few people in his day even know her name. One of the fifteen flamines was assigned to her, indicating her archaic stature, and she had a sacred grove on the Janiculum, which may have been the location of the festival. Furrina was associated with water, and the Furrinalia follows the Lucaria on 19 and 21 July and the Neptunalia on 23 July, a grouping that may reflect a concern for summer drought.
