Today is the Pentecost, and because the Pantheon is still a functioning church, mass was held today at 10:30. So I (and a few others from the program) went.
We had found out a week earlier that at the Pentecost mass, a few of Rome's firefighters climb to the top of the Pantheon, and throw rose petals down the oculus. This- because it only happens once a year- was something we had to see for ourselves.
The mass was about an hour and a half, but it was worth it.
The very beginning:
All the red stuff are rose petals
people would try to grab the petals before they hit the ground
and if you have that many rose petals, eventually your floor will look like this:
Wow, that would have been amazing!
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