Nature has always been a big part of the Libyan make-up, and celebrating the Flower/Spring Festival (possibly derived from Easter) has always been a Libyan favorite. Gadaffi worked hard to suppress it since 1984, but now this 17th of April we see the revival of this almost-lost Libyan festival

[...] of air battles over Benghazi, interviews with rebels at the front in Ajdabiya, as well as the spring flower festival were uploaded to Small World News’ producers in the United States, and kept Alive in Libya [...]