This week’s Did YOU Know? series is about the celebrated May
Day festivals occurring all around the world starting on the 1st of
May.
Part1: The History of May Day
Through my research into the
history of this festival; I have traced our practice of May Day in Marin to the
Irish Celtic celebration of the summer solstice called Bealtaine. The Celtic
revival, a cultural reemergence of Irish history and religion, previously
suppressed by British influence, reinstituted this Celtic pagan celebration
based on the lunar cycles. This
astrological event marks the Sun’s progression from the spring equinox to the
summer solstice.
A have included a video of a woman
who describes the Bealtaine festival
in the ritual aspect of the celebration.
She talks about easy ways to access objects that can be used to express
your creative side. She also includes where
to go for workshops to get in touch with your spirit animals that represent
fertility and nature.
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