 Theirs also the task of preparing the suffimen for the Parilia.Domestic and family life in general were represented by the festival of the goddess of the house and of the spirits of the storechamber – Vesta and the Penates – on "Vestalia" (7 – 15 June).On the first day of festivities the "penus Vestae" ("sanctum sanctorum" of her temple which was usually curtained off) was opened, for the only time during the year, at which women offered sacrifices.