Parentalia was a Roman festival for the cult honour of the di parentes (the deified ancestors) - or divi parentes. On the first day of the festival, the Ides of February (the 13th), a Vestal Virgin performed the opening "semi-public" rites for the collective di parentes at the "tomb of the Vestal Tarpeia".. According to Beard et al, the remainder of the Parentalia was essentially domestic and familial. Ovid describes sacred offerings (sacrificia) of flower-garlands, wheat, salt, wine-soaked brea… (More on Parentalia)