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SUMMARY:Beltane
DESCRIPTION:May Day celebrations go back hundreds of years in agricult
 ural societies. Beltane, celebrated on May 1, is one of the fire festi
 vals, and is a day of flowers, fertility, dancing, bonfires and genera
 l merrymaking. Learn about the history of Beltane, as well as some fun
  crafts, fire-focused rituals, and other celebrations of the season.  
 As spring arrives, the birds begin nesting and returning to our lives.
   Fertility of the soil is one of the main focuses at Beltane, and cul
 tures have performed fertility rites for thousands of year each spring
 .  Beltane celebrates the fertility of spring and the greening of the 
 earth. When is Beltane 2009?  May 1 is known as May Day to many people
 , but for a lot of Practitioners it's Beltane. It's a day to celebrate
  fertility, fire, and abundance.  Beltane has been celebrated for cent
 uries among agricultural societies -- it's the beginning of May, the s
 ign that summer is just around the corner. This fire festival has its 
 roots in fertility rituals that can be traced back to Greco-Roman reli
 gions.  Okay, so we know that Beltane is a fertility festival…….. 
  The tradition of the Maypole Dance has been around for a long time --
  it's a celebration of the fertility of the season.  Beltane is a time
  of fire and fertility. Combine the passion of a roaring bonfire with 
 the love of the May Queen and the God of the Forest.  Some parents may
  not be comfortable with the phallic fertility images so often found a
 t Beltane.  When spring arrives, we can see the fertility of the earth
  in full bloom. For many traditions, this brings the opportunity to ce
 lebrate the sacred feminine energy of the universe  Long before the me
 dieval peasantry of the British Isles erected their Maypoles, the anci
 ent Romans were partying hard in honor of Flora, their spring fertilit
 y goddess. She had her very own festival, called Floralia, and there w
 as all kinds of merrymaking going on!  In rural English villages, Morr
 is dancing and Mummer's plays are popular around the Beltane season.  
 Beltane has been a time of fertility celebration for thousands of year
 s, in innumerable cultures. .  There are a lot of myths and folklore s
 urrounding May Day, or Beltane  Some people believe that the Fae are m
 ost active around the time of Beltane  In some Practitioner traditions
 , the battle for dominance is not between an Oak King and a Holly King
 , but in fact between the May Queen and the Queen of Winter. Learn abo
 ut the cycle of the triple goddess, and her aspects as Maiden, Mother,
  and Crone.  During the nineteenth century, it became popular to send 
 someone a message using only flowers. Each one had its own symbolism, 
 so the type of flower you sent was very important.\n\nFor more informa
 tion visit https://travelingwithintheworld.ning.com/events/beltane-1
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