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Beltane - May Day - First of May

First of May celebrations.

Celebrating May Day - Beltane Activities

What is your favorite May Day activity?

Maypole Dance Gallery - Beltane Photos

May Pole Ceremony - May 1, 2005 - Backbone State Park, Iowa

May Day

Beltane, or May Day is the fertility festival marking the beginning of summer.

The Beltane Maypole

Among the various symbols of Beltane frivolity, the Maypole is probably the most well known, even to non-Pagans.
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