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
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01:38When
01:39In
01:39When
01:41When