Beltane is a rural pre-Christian prehistoric tradition which saw communities come together after long winters of isolation,”
“It marked their connection not just to nature but to each other. That need to belong to something or someone hasn’t changed. We can be just as isolated living in the city or in a town as the ancient Britons were in their round houses.”
ot all the traditions associated with Beltane are necessarily useful to the modern Brit, but many made sense at the time. Fires are lit as part of the celebration, with farmers driving livestock between them, and sometimes over the ashes. “After the animals had been kept in close confinement over winter, it was a chance to drive out the lice and parasites that had flourished, before they were taken to the higher pastures
Other rites included extinguishing the home’s hearth fire (normally kept ever lit) on April 30, and then relighting it on May 1st from the central village bonfire. Young couples might choose to become handfast on this day, 'tieing the knot’ using a ribbon woven around their joint hands as they pledged themselves to each other for a year and a day. If the romance didn’t survive, you were free to love again once the 366 days had passed. Some young women would even jump the fires to encourage pregnancy or a smooth birth.
The Edinburgh revival is the largest Beltane festival in the UK, founder of Scottish arts group NVA
Beltane is a rural pre-Christian prehistoric tradition which saw communities come together after long winters of isolation,”“It marked their connection not just to nature but to each other. That need to belong to something or someone hasn’t changed. We can be just as isolated living in the city or in a town as the ancient Britons were in their round houses.”ot all the traditions associated with Beltane are necessarily useful to the modern Brit, but many made sense at the time. Fires are lit as part of the celebration, with farmers driving livestock between them, and sometimes over the ashes. “After the animals had been kept in close confinement over winter, it was a chance to drive out the lice and parasites that had flourished, before they were taken to the higher pasturesOther rites included extinguishing the home’s hearth fire (normally kept ever lit) on April 30, and then relighting it on May 1st from the central village bonfire. Young couples might choose to become handfast on this day, 'tieing the knot’ using a ribbon woven around their joint hands as they pledged themselves to each other for a year and a day. If the romance didn’t survive, you were free to love again once the 366 days had passed. Some young women would even jump the fires to encourage pregnancy or a smooth birth.The Edinburgh revival is the largest Beltane festival in the UK, founder of Scottish arts group NVA
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