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弗洛拉

Flora
沙雕師 Edith van de Wetering
荷蘭 / The Netherlands

弗洛拉是羅馬神話中掌管花、繁衍、以及春 Flora was the Roman Goddess of flowers, fertility
and spring, who protected the early blossoms. She
天的女神。她代表著春天，同時也象徵著美
typified the season of spring and was generally
貌的少女戴著花環。她的名字來自於拉丁文－ represented as a beautiful maiden, garlanded with
floris，是花朵的意思。屬於她的花神節通常 flowers. Her name comes from the Latin word `floris',
meaning flower. Her festival, the Floralia, was held
在 4 月 28 日舉辦到 5 月 3 日，這個節日象 between April 28 and May 3 and symbolized the
徵著生命、飲酒作樂、和花團錦簇。 renewal of the cycle of life, drinking and flowers.

現代生活中，春天對我們而言習以為常，我 These days we take the arrival of spring for granted.
We forget how vulnerable nature is. We are not
們忘記了自然環境的取得何其珍貴。即便我 surprised spring keeps coming back, even though
們不斷地汙染這個地球，對於春天的到來還 we keep polluting the world. This sculpture is a call
to celebrate nature and to take some time to realise
是覺得理所當然。這個作品是為了要慶祝自
how beautiful nature still is.
然可貴，也希望喚起大家對自然美景的珍惜。

64 金沙榮耀．福隆國際沙雕藝術季
Glory of Golden Sand ∙ Fulong International Sand Sculpture Art Festival