The practice has its roots in ancient pagan traditions that were persecuted by the Puritans.

The holiday celebrates the return of light after the long, dark Nordic winter. Here’s how to take part in Sweden, or wherever ...

Today is Wednesday, May 28, the 148th day of 2025. There are 217 days left in the year. Today in history: Advertisement Article continues below this ad On May 28, 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed ...

For much of her childhood in White Salmon, Washington, Tristin Roy marked the first of May by clutching a long ribbon and twirling it around a maypole with the rest of her ballet class until an ...

While I had vaguely heard of the Maypole dance over the years, the first one I experienced in person involved schoolchildren in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. My son had enrolled as a fifth grader in ...

Youngsters at an Oswaldtwistle primary school brought back a village tradition by dancing around the maypole. Pupils from Moor End Primary School, in White Ash Lane, had been learning how to work the ...