May day is an ancient Northern Hemisphere spring festival and in most countries a traditional spring public holiday.
The earliest May Day celebrations appeared in pre-Christian times with May Day known for its tradition of dancing the maypole dance and crowning of the May Queen. May Day has been a traditional day of celebration throughout recent times and centuries, with towns and villages celebrating with village fetes and lots of Morris dancing.
In a regular anchoring spot near us in Plymouth the villagers of Kingsand & Cawsand celebrate the Flower Boat Ritual, where a likesize model of the ship Black Prince is covered in every flower you can imagine to celebrate spring and is taken in a grand procession by the troops from HMS Raleigh from the Quay at Millbrook to the beach at Cawsand where it is set adrift to a full blown firework display.
Here's hoping today is not too soggy for them.............
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