It’s time to embrace your inner fire and let your passions burn bright Getty Magic permeates through the air as we step into the blossoming beauty and passion of Beltane. This ancient ...

Events like this—and Edinburgh’s Beltane Fire Festival—draw on centuries-old traditions that once marked the changing seasons across the Celtic world. Each spring, on the night of April 30 ...

Thousands of people have gathered in Edinburgh to mark the arrival of summer at the annual Beltane Fire Festival. Revellers flocked to the city's Calton Hill on Wednesday night for the traditional ...

Thousands of people made their way to Edinburgh’s Calton Hill last night to celebrate the annual Beltane Fire Festival. The ancient Celtic tradition, that goes back more than 3,000 years ...

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HUNDREDS of people took to the streets of Glastonbury to celebrate Beltane, or May Day, in a colourful procession and a series of live performances. In Glastonbury, May Day celebrations, also known as ...

The May Queen comes to life at the end of the ritual celebrating the arrival of summer Thousands of people have gathered in Edinburgh to mark the arrival of summer at the annual Beltane Fire Festival.

Well, most folks who celebrate it nowadays call it May Day. Beltane is the ancient Druid holiday that comes on the first day of May and marks the halfway point of astronomical spring. So that ...