Flower carpet

A flower carpet[lower-alpha 1] is a carpet made of flowers arranged in patterns. Flower carpet events happen in many places around the world.[1] One of the most popular flower carpet events is the Flower Carpet biennial in Brussels.[2] Flower carpets are made on the occasion of Onam festival in Kerala, India, to welcome the legendary king, Mahabali. The Guinness World Record for the largest flower carpet of the world is for Jardines of Mexico, where an 18,000 m2 flower carpet was made on 8 December 2018.[3] 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.

The Flower Carpet on the Grand-Place in Brussels
  • Infiorata à Genzano, Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Thomas, 1817
    Infiorata à Genzano, Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Thomas, 1817
  • A flower carpet made during Onam festival of Kerala, India
    A flower carpet made during Onam festival of Kerala, India
  • Flower carpet in Spycimierz, Poland
    Flower carpet in Spycimierz, Poland
  • Flower carpets in Kobe, Japan
    Flower carpets in Kobe, Japan

References

Footnotes
  1. German: blumenteppich, French: tapis de fleurs, Dutch: bloementapijt, Spanish: alfombra de flores, Italian: infiorata, Malayalam: പൂക്കളം or pookkalam

Notes
  1. "The World's Most Beautiful Flower Carpets". Architectural Digest. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. "Flower Carpet : Flower Carpet: an ephemeral show on the world's most beautiful central square!". www.flowercarpet.be.
  3. "Largest carpet of flowers/plants". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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