Beltane

Beltane is the Gaelic May Day festival. Most commonly it is held on 1 May, or about halfway between the spring equinox and summer solstice. Historically, it was widely... Wikipedia

• Also called:  Lá Bealtaine no (language?), Latha Bealltainn no (language?), Laa Boaltinn/Boaldyn no (language?), Beltaine no (language?), Beltain, Beltine, Beltany
• Observed by:  Historically: Gaels, Today: Irish people, Scottish people, Manx people, Galician people, Wiccans, and Celtic neopagans
• Type:  Cultural, Pagan (Celtic polytheism, Celtic neopaganism, Wicca)
• Significance:  Beginning of summer
• Celebrations:  lighting bonfires, decorating homes with May flowers, making May bushes, visiting holy wells, feasting
• Date:  1 May, (or 1 November in the S. Hemisphere)
• date:  1 May, (or 1 November in the S. Hemisphere)
• Frequency:  annual
• Related to:  May Day, Calan Mai, Walpurgis Night
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo