May Day
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May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on May 1, around halfway between the Northern Hemisphere's spring equinox and midsummer solstice.
A Maypole decorated on May Day in Padstow, Cornwall
Floralia by Antonio María Reyna Manescau (1888)
Maypole dancing in the Netherlands, by Pieter Brueghel the Younger (16th century)
Maibaum in Munich, Germany
Calan Mai
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Calan Mai or Calan Haf, also historically called Cyntefin, is the Welsh celebration of May Day. It marks the beginning of summer and traditionally it involved festivities around bonfires, maypoles, an
A maypole at Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire (now Powys) on 1 May 1941