Maypole aesthetic

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This final post about the mythology of May Day focuses on the idea behind Maypoles, and the various rituals involving them (collectively known as “Maying”). The festivities as we know them today come to us largely from the 19th-century revival of the holiday, which differ markedly from the original celebrations in northern continental Europe and…

This article is about May holidays and special days. It includes elementary classroom activities, ideas, and lesson plans for each holidays. There are lots of resources.

We have plenty of occasions to mark and celebrate here in the UK. We’ll go the extra mile to treat those who we love and cherish on Valentine’s Day, eat …

The Welsh Maypole custom is called codi’r fedwen, raising the birch (south) or y gangen haf, the summer branch (north). In the South, the Maypole, is always of birch and painted different colors. The leader of the dance would place his ribbons around the pole, followed by the other participants until the pole was covered in ribbons. Then it was raised and the dance began. This custom differs very little from those of England except that the pole was always birch and may have been smaller.