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Poplifugia is a religious festival which honors Jupiter. It is a day of feasting and celebration but the rites are not known with certainty.
Poplifugia means "The Flight of The People" .
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Neptunalia is the festival which honors Neptune, the god of the seas and water. On this day the Romans traditionally venture out to the fields and forests and build small huts called tabernaculi out of leaves and branches.
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Furrinalia honors the goddess
Furrina, the earth-mother goddess. On this day the Romans return to Rome from their camping trips and continue the celebrations in the city. Feasting, drinking wine mixed with spring water, music, and games are the order of the day.
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Lucaria - are the rites celebrated in the grove where the Romans took refuge after their defeat at the hands of the Gauls at the river Allia.
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