Nemoralia

Nemoralia
The Syracusan Bride leading Wild Animals in Procession to the Temple of Diana by Lord Frederick Leighton, 1866.
Also called	Festival of Torches
Observed by	Roman Polytheists, Neopagans
Type	Seasonal, religious
Celebrations	Lighting candles and torches, wearing garlands and wreaths, making prayers and offerings to Diana by tying prayer ribbons and leaving tokens near bodies of water and other sacred places.
Begins	13 August
Ends	15 August
Related to	The Feast of the Assumption

The Nemoralia (also known as the Festival of Torches or Hecatean Ides) is a three-day festival originally celebrated by the ancient Romans on the Ides of August (August 13–15) in honor of the goddess Diana. Although the Nemoralia was originally celebrated at the Sanctuary of Diana at Lake Nemi, it soon became more widely celebrated. The Catholic Church may have adapted the Nemoralia as the Feast of the Assumption.