flower carpet
{{Short description|Carpet made of flowers arranged in patterns}}
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File:Brussels floral carpet B.jpg on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt (main square) in Brussels]]
A flower carpet{{efn|name=fn1|{{langx|de|blumenteppich}}, {{langx|fr|tapis de fleurs}}, {{langx|nl|bloementapijt}}, {{langx|es|alfombra de flores}}, {{langx|it|infiorata}}, {{langx|ml|പൂക്കളം or pookkalam}}}} is a design made on the ground with flowers or flower petals arranged in patterns. Flower carpet events take place in many places around the world.{{cite web |title=The World's Most Beautiful Flower Carpets |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/beautiful-flower-carpets |website=Architectural Digest |date=4 April 2019 |accessdate=21 May 2019 |language=en}}
Examples
One of the most popular flower carpet events is the Flower Carpet biennial in Brussels in which volunteers from around Belgium convene at the Grand-Place/Grote Markt, the historic centre of the city, to weave a carpet-like tapestry out of colourful begonias or dahlias.{{Cite web|title = Flower Carpet {{!}} Anniversary: 20th Flower Carpet! An ephemeral show on the world's most beautiful central square|url = http://www.flowercarpet.be/en|website = www.flowercarpet.be|access-date = 2016-02-06}}{{Cite web |title=Le tapis de fleurs de Bruxelles composé de dahlias pour la première fois |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/le-tapis-de-fleurs-de-bruxelles-compose-de-dahlias-pour-la-premiere-fois-11385407 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=RTBF |language=fr}} The event takes place every other August, coordinating with Assumption Day, and lasts for three to four days.{{Cite web|title = Flower carpet {{!}} Event Carnival|url = http://event-carnival.com/belgium/flower-carpet|website = Event Carnival|access-date = 2016-02-06|archive-date = 7 February 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160207053506/http://event-carnival.com/belgium/flower-carpet|url-status = dead}} Nearly a million flowers are required to create the ephemeral {{convert|1800|m2|sqft|abbr=on|sigfig=2}} carpet.{{Cite web|title = Giant Flower Carpet on the Grand Place in Brussels Pays Tribute to Turkish Immigrants|url = http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/giant-flower-carpet-grand-place-brussels-pays-tribute-turkish-immigrants-1461252|website = International Business Times UK|access-date = 2016-02-06}}{{cite web |title=Flower Carpet : Flower Carpet: an ephemeral show on the world's most beautiful central square! |url=http://www.flowercarpet.be/en |website=www.flowercarpet.be}}
The Guinness World Record for the largest flower carpet of the world is held by Jardines of Mexico, in Teotihuacan, where an {{convert|18000|m2|sqft|abbr=on|sigfig=2}} flower carpet was made on 8 December 2018.{{cite web |title=Largest carpet of flowers/plants |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-carpet-of-flowersplants |website=Guinness World Records |accessdate=21 May 2019}}
Carpets of live flowers are arranged for the Feast of Corpus Christi in Spycimierz, Klucz, Olszowa, Zalesie Śląskie, Zimna Wódka in Poland. The tradition was inscribed on UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2021.{{Cite web |title=UNESCO - Flower carpets tradition for Corpus Christi processions |url=https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/flower-carpets-tradition-for-corpus-christi-processions-01743 |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=ich.unesco.org |language=en}} and the Onam festival in Kerala, India.
Gallery
File:Thomas Un an a Rome Pl XXXIII Infiorata.jpg|Infiorata à Genzano, Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Thomas, 1817
File:Onam flower carpet 6.jpg|A flower carpet made during the Onam festival in Kerala, India
File:Flower carpets for Corpus Christi procession in Spycimierz, Poland - June 2021.jpg|Flower carpet in Spycimierz, Poland
File:Infiorata kobe2006 kitano04 1920.jpg|Flower carpets in Kobe, Japan
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