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May Day - 01-05-2008 |
The earliest May Day celebrations appeared in pre–Christian Europe as in the Celtic celebration of Beltane, and the Walpurgis Night of the Germanic countries. Many pre-Christian indigenous celebrations were eventually banned or Christianised during the process of Christianisation in Europe.
As a result, a more secular version of the holiday continued to be observed in the schools and churches of Europe well into the 20th Century. In this form, May Day may be best known for its tradition of dancing the Maypole and crowning of the Queen of the May. Today various Neopagan groups celebrate reconstructed (to varying degrees) versions of these customs on 1st May.
The day was a traditional summer holiday in many pre-Christian European pagan cultures. While 1st February was the first day of Spring, 1st May.
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