May Day is an ancient spring holiday celebrated in the northern hemisphere. It has its roots as a celebration of the beginning of the farming season and is celebrated in a variety of ways depending on location and culture.
In my neck of the woods, May Day is celebrated with a May Pole Dance and with a colonial celebration to commemorate our colonial history on the 1st Saturday in May. It’s called Old Dover Days and I’ve been attending since I was about 5-years-old. I’ve been taking my daughter since she was born, and even though she’s 20 now we still make a point of attending every year, if possible.
With May Day fast approaching, I thought I’d share some of these historical May Pole dance images from flickr.
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Now here’s a holiday I haven’t even considered! I love this, the black and white photographs set such a stage. Thanks for the inspiration.
wow, this brings back memories, we always had to do may pole dancing at school. we also had well dressing where the locals water wells were decorated with flower petals
http://www.peakdistrictinformation.com/features/welldress.php.