Celtic fire festival marks start of summer in Scotland

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The traditional Celtic Beltane Fire Festival, which takes place every year on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, marks the end of winter and the beginning of summer. In an elaborate display, participants celebrate through the night from April 30 to May 1.

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00:00Music

00:23Well we've got a big long list given to us from our ancestors about what should happen tonight

00:28This is it here, our instructions

00:31So we need to get in contact with the May Queen and the Green Man

00:37And then they will do some things we don't understand

00:40And we will get our hands on the Green Man's branches

00:43Which are important for radio propagation somehow according to our ancestors

00:48No one else is here

00:51So, who wants to be the Green Man?

00:55It's a bit crazy, a bit naughty

01:09But I love it all, the music, the drumming, the dancing, the folklore

01:15The connection with the past

01:18So, we're going to be here

01:20Sometimes we're in a row

01:22Once again

01:24Wearing up

01:26Wearing up

01:28Once again

01:30You

01:31And

01:32When

01:33When

01:34When

01:35It

01:36When

01:37When

01:38When

01:39In

01:39When

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