Mayday!

[old.Tohtori]

So the national...or is it inter?...celebration of May Day is coming, well, today.Already champagne etc at work, everyone getting ready to go out and drink, meet friends, celebrate and...

I'm betting not half, if evne that, know why

It's just ridiculous that old and new celebrations are either twisted or forgotten. And then turned, mostly, to "spend time with friends and family", when infact, that should be done whenever.

So we're left with partying. Which can also, be and usually is done, anytime also.

But! UK celebrating May Day or?(scratch that, you do )

So, just thought a thread was in order.

 

[Levin]

So the national...or is it inter?...celebration of May Day is coming, well, today.Already champagne etc at work, everyone getting ready to go out and drink, meet friends, celebrate and...

I'm betting not half, if evne that, know why

It's just ridiculous that old and new celebrations are either twisted or forgotten. And then turned, mostly, to "spend time with friends and family", when infact, that should be done whenever.

So we're left with partying. Which can also, be and usually is done, anytime also.

But! UK celebrating May Day or?(scratch that, you do )

So, just thought a thread was in order.

I think it's kinda nice that there are "designated" party times. That way there will be more people joining in and everybody gets in that special mood.

Dy the way in Sweden we celebrate April 30th too as it's our king's birthday. It's become a general "greet the spring" holiday so today we work 6 hours
and then go out and enjoy beer and company of friends and a day off tomorrow.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Yeah, it's a nice way to get alot of people celebrating the same time. But also, it's bad when people let only that time be the time when they contact you and such

By the by, origins of may day is very fun, chekc it out.

Wiccan and Celtic celebrate it as the day of fire, while other cultures simply a "start of summer"(where feb 1 is start of spring").

I think the oldest traditions would go to start of summer, maybe even loki in some way, as he was god of fire in some writings.

 

[Vasconcelos]

Mayday! Mayday! This is Bravo Team, charlies are all around us, we ask for ballistic support over coordinates 32, 45. Over.

 

[Ormorof]

its not a holiday in the UK unfortunatly, just the occasional riot in london!

 

[Jeros]

no national holiday threads guys, lets keep it PC

 

[old.Tohtori]

no national holiday threads guys, lets keep it PC

It's a finnish(etc) national holiday that has nothing to do with religion or race so f*ck pc

 

[Levin]

no national holiday threads guys, lets keep it PC

HUH?

 

[Aoami]

its not a holiday in the UK unfortunatly, just the occasional riot in london!

Yeah it is, we've got next monday off. You get the first monday of May off, and that's the mayday holiday.

 

[Dukat]

mayday is against my religion!

*burns toh's embassy*

 

[Mikah75]

no national holiday threads guys, lets keep it PC

what a load of bullshit:/, as toh said its symbolism's are completely ignored and twisted as from an actual religious position (being Pagan/Wiccan or just celebrating sabats)

anyway.. it is a holiday but on first monday of may as someone said.
they erect some poles in some area's and do little jigs, such as Cornwall, and yes those words are suppose to invoke that thought

writing an assignment on Beltane (may day) actually. festival of fire and fertility, a little knowledge for your lunch time entertainment. I wont go into the details questioning celticity as cant be arsed

 

[Sharma]

Ah yeah it's a bank holiday...

Righto i'm going out and getting very drunk on Sunday then!

 

[Ezteq]

ha yep i remember when i was little they used to put up the maypole and all dance round it ( and there were possibly morris dancers involved but i may have blocked that out), havent seen one for years though.

I'm looking foward to this weekend, i got some time off in lieu so im knocking off a couple of hours early on friday then its a three day weekend!! woo yeah!!!

might go for a picnic somewhere possibly maiden castle (ancient hill fort) if its nice and definately want to go to the new forest and see if all the bluebells (pretty flower) are out... it'll probably rain but i'm buggered if thats going to stop me!

Mikah gis some more info on this festival pls i am pittifully uneducated in the ways of the ancestors

 

[Wonk]

Any danish FHers going to Fælledparken?

 

[gohan]

im on to london on sunday for a piss up for a mates birthday, i bet it will be packed

 

[old.Tohtori]

Well...the night was...interesting.