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Maypole 2018
« on: April 29, 2018, 22:00:54 »
Some impressions from the maypole raising today in a neighboring village.

Dressed for the occasion:




Giving directions:




Attaching the eggs (after all this is a fertility ritual...):




Of course there are dancers:



We did not stay 'till the end, too much hot sun and slow progress.
But the pork roast was good ;-)

A few more can be found here.

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afx

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Re: Maypole 2018
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2018, 13:53:25 »
That pole is huge Andreas ;)

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Re: Maypole 2018
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2018, 14:09:24 »
That pole is huge Andreas ;)
Indeed, enormous ;)

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Re: Maypole 2018
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2018, 17:58:46 »
That pole is huge Andreas ;)
To me it looks smaller than the one our village raised last year (that was 32m if I remember correctly) ;-)
But I might be wrong...

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