MAY DAY
May Day is an ancient festival of spring and a current traditional spring holiday in many European cultures. Dances, singing, and cakes are usually part of the festivities. May Day has been celebrated in England for two millennia. It is a day that is steeped in tradition and displays England's less modern side. The first May Day celebrations were held over 2000 years ago by the Romans. They celebrated the festival of Flora, the roman goddess of flowers. It was also celebrated in many Germanic countries and developed into the May Day we celebrate today Although May Day is the first of May, the spring bank holiday, created in 1978, is on the first Monday in May. May Day itself – 1 May – is not a public holiday in England (unless it falls on a Monday). On a bank holiday the majority of people in the UK have the day off from work or school. The purpose of May Day is to celebrate the oncoming summer. Summer doesn't officially begin until June, but May Day celebrates the e...