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The Fornacalia was an ancient Roman religious festival celebrated in honor of the goddess *Fornax*; Goddess of the oven.
*Curia* in ancient Rome referred to one of the thirty original groupings of citizens. Later, every Roman was presumed to belong to one. While they originally likely had wider powers, be the end of the Republic, the met onl for a few purposes such as confirming the election of magistrates and witnessing the installation of priests, the makinf of wills, and to carry out certain adoptions.
Every family in the *curia* brought *far* (aka spelt; a grain) to be toasted in the meeting hall and sacrificed te ensure that the bread in the household ovens wouldn't be burnt in the following year. The last day of this festival was the *quirinalia*, which was also jokingly nicknamed the 'feast of fools'. (People who didn't know which curia they belonged to celebrated on the last day and were thought foolish by other Romans for not knowing which curia they belonged to).
The goddess Fornax had power over the oven. She made sure the fire would not spread and destroy the home, and that she stopped the bread from burning.
In earliest times, each family brought an unbaked loaf to the common oven. Later, as the population grew, private bakeries supplied bread and pastries.
Fornacalia (Wikipedia vi transjovian.org)
Curia (Vikipedia vi transjovian.org)
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