Porque May Day?

May Day is a May 1 celebration with a long and varied history, dating back millennia. Throughout the years, there have been many different events and festivities worldwide, most with the express purpose of welcoming in a change of season (spring in the Northern Hemisphere). In the 19th century, May Day took on a new meaning, as an International Workers’ Day grew out of the 19th-century labor movement for worker’s rights and an eight-hour workday in the United States. May Day 2023 will be celebrated on Monday, May 1, 2023.

Is this related to the “Mayday! Mayday!” distress call?

"There was a trial of eight men who were found guilty of conspiracy to murder," Linebaugh said. "Even though no evidence was ever produced that any of them had any relationship to this bomb, and four of them were eventually hanged despite a worldwide campaign in England, Europe, Mexico to save their lives."

"Some of the workers of Czarist Russia also celebrated May Day, but quickly within 10 years, say by the 1930s, it becomes [for] the Soviet Union a day to display military hardware, military weapons," Linebaugh said.

Antiguamente, en varias comunidades en Irlanda, la gente visitaba pozos especiales y se creía que el rocío de Bethane traía belleza y juventud a quienes lo rodeaban. De ahí viene la superstición de que lavar la cara con rocío en la mañana del 1 de mayo embellece la piel

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Historians believe the first maypole dance originated as part of a fertility ritual, where the pole symbolized male fertility and baskets and wreaths symbolized female fertility.

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When the Romans took over the British Isles, they brought with them their five-day celebration known as Floralia, devoted to the worship of the goddess of flowers, Flora. Taking place between April 20 and May 2, the rituals of this celebration were eventually combined with Beltane.

Origins of May Day: Beltane

The Celts of the British Isles believed May 1 to be the most important day of the year, when the festival of Beltane was held.

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Esta festividad ha cambiado mucho a lo largo de la historia, de manera que lo que hoy se celebra en Reino Unido, aunque similar, no tiene mucho que ver con los actos tradicionales. De hecho, no en todo el país se llega a celebrar este día: el May Day se suele festejar principalmente en pueblos y pequeñas ciudades. Si tienes la suerte de estar allí por esas fechas, es una gran ocasión para sumergirte de lleno en la cultura británica.

Una de las tradiciones más temerarias es cuando los estudiantes, vestidos de gala, empiezan a saltar al rio Cherwell, tradición que viene celebrándose desde los años 70 y 80. La fiesta prosigue a las 10 de la mañana con el tradicional Morris Dancing mientras se disfruta de un desayuno típico inglés en la terraza del museo Ashmolean.

The traditional May Day is an ancient European export

"The Puritans of Boston put an end to it by military force," Linebaugh said. "And yet this tradition of May Day as a time of dancing and play and pleasure persisted right into many parts of the U.S. today."

Linebaugh points to the influential words of August Spies, one of the convicted men, who just before his execution cried out the famous words: "There will come a time when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today."

Haymarket Riot

Aunque cada festival de primavera es diferente, lo típico es que todos los vecinos se reúnan en un punto clave del pueblo y decoren las calles de guirnaldas de colores y flores. Una vez allí, los niños bailan alrededor de un poste con cintas de colores y flores, lo cual constituye una versión moderna del Maypole dancing, el baile de Maypole. Este poste simboliza el final del invierno. Uno de los Maypole más conocidos tiene lugar en Gawthorpe, donde el primer sábado de mayo los vecinos se disfrazan, se corona a la reina de mayo y se organiza una procesión por sus calles.

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May Day in America has bloody origins

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En Edimburgo, miles de personas se concentran en la colina de Calton, para celebrar la llegada del verano con un rito dramatizado. El  actual Festival Celta de Beltana tiene un valor más simbólico y se celebra con fuegos artificiales, bailes de disfraces y procesiones

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So why are there sometimes riots and marches on May Day?

Dwight D. Eisenhower tried to reinvent May Day in 1958, further distancing the memories of the Haymarket Riot, by declaring May 1 to be “Law Day,” celebrating the place of law in the creation of the United States. May Day 2023 is on May 1, 2023.

Christina Donnelly is a lifestyle expert writer covering stories in home décor and gardening. She is a former editor for The Spruce. She also has expertise in pets, which comes from her 12 years of volunteering for animal welfare organizations, such as the ASPCA and Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. Her work has appeared on Nick.com, Healthline.com, and Sharecare.com, among others.