May Pole

Let me introduce you another festivity. This is celebrated in May. We can find different explanations for it:
-The Romans held games in honour of the goddness of flowers around this date.

-in the Middle Ages, most european communities celebrated May by decorating their homes with flowers (this custom of carrying baskets of flowers was known as "bringing in the May"), choosing the Queen of May and erecting and dancing around a Maypole.

-in preindustrial Europe, the 1st of May was widely celebrated as the begining of warm weather and natural fruition.In England, the 1st of May has being celebrated since 1978.

Today May Day celebrations, where they exist at all, recall political rather than natural events. Since 1889, when the French based Second International renamed it Labour Day, it has become a secular holiday.

If you want to know how to dance around the Maypole, just click at the link and enjoy it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ctK4tswNEs