April 12

On April 12, the Festival of Cerealia begins Cerealia was a 7-day festival celebrated in ancient Rome in honor of the goddess Ceres.  In Rome, this was the primary festival of Ceres and was accompanied by the Ludi Ceriales or "Games of Ceres" in the Circus Maximus.Ovid's description (Fasti iv.494) mentions that Ceres/Demeter's search for her lost daughter Proserpina was represented by women clothed in white, running about with lighted torches.