{"id":86020,"date":"2024-05-01T09:24:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T08:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/horto\/dia-da-espiga-wherever-may-has-passed-everything-has-bloomed\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T10:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:12:45","slug":"dia-da-espiga-wherever-may-has-passed-everything-has-bloomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/flowers\/dia-da-espiga-wherever-may-has-passed-everything-has-bloomed\/","title":{"rendered":"Dia da Espiga: “Wherever May has passed, everything has bloomed”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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May 29th marks the Dia da Espiga, a Portuguese tradition also known as Ascension Thursday. According to Catholic tradition, this day celebrates the ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven, forty days after his resurrection.<\/h3>\n\n
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According to tradition, the Dia da Espiga was considered “the holiest day of the year,” a day when no work should be done, and people would set off on a morning walk through the fields to gather ears of wheat. It was also called “the day of the hour” because there was an hour\u2014noon\u2014when everything stopped: “the waters of the streams do not flow, the milk does not curdle, the bread does not rise, and the leaves cross each other.”<\/p>\n\n

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The Tradition<\/h4>\n\n

Tradition dictates that on Ascension Thursday, the day begins with a morning walk through the meadows, usually done in groups or with family. The purpose of this walk is to harvest ears of wheat to later create a bouquet that also includes wild flowers. Don’t have your bouquet yet? Buy your Dia da Espiga Bouquet here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

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The flowers and plants that make up the bouquet are not always the same: they vary from region to region, according to the biodiversity each land offers. However, there are elements that appear almost every time, each with a specific symbolism:<\/p>\n\n

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  • The ears of wheat<\/strong> represent bread, as the basis of family sustenance, and fertility.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The poppy<\/strong> means love and life.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The daisy<\/strong> symbolizes wealth and prosperity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The presence of olive branches<\/strong> signifies Peace and Divine Light. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The rosemary<\/strong> represents health, strength, and resilience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The grapevine<\/strong> symbolizes wine and joy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

    Ancient customs dictate that the bouquet should be placed behind the front door of the house and only replaced the following year with a new one, as a symbol of luck and prosperity.<\/p>\n\n

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    \u00a9 Companhia das cores for Horto do Campo Grande<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    May 9th marks the Dia da Espiga (Ear of Wheat Day), a Portuguese tradition also known as Ascension Thursday. According to Catholic tradition, this day celebrates the ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven, forty days after his resurrection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[776],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flowers"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/01_HCG_blog_intro_1200x752px.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Gon\u00e7alo Tereno","author_link":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/author\/agtereno\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}