You may have seen images or videos of people dancing around maypoles on May Day. Perhaps you've even found yourself twirling around one, clad in flowers, breathing in the fresh late spring air. It ...

In a nod to the past — the very old past — the village of Orland Park hosted a May Day celebration Saturday. The spring celebration can be traced back to Roman times, but the village’s historical ...

The Swedish celebration of summer and the season of fertility is marked with a huge smorgasbord, maypole dancing and partying late into the night. “You don’t normally have hot food at Midsummer: it’s ...

Back in 2019, audiences worldwide found themselves unnerved by Swedish midsummer traditions following the release of the critically praised horror movie Midsommar. Although certain elements of the ...

May Day has ancient, pagan roots, harmonizing with a modern-day appreciation of its association with the verdant, reanimating time of mid-spring. Beltane is the name of the pagan celebration of one of ...

May is here, bringing with it more school holidays and bank holidays to look forward to. But before the second of the long weekends at the end of the month, we get May Day — which always falls on the ...

In the traditional maypole dance, participants weave colorful ribbons into intricate patterns as they circle the pole in opposite directions. (Courtesy photo) Santa Barbara Revels welcomes the ...

May Day is a European festival that dates back nearly a thousand years. It marks the beginning of summer and is usually celebrated at the beginning of May - halfway between the spring equinox and ...