While today we know June as the start of the summer, going back centuries the beginning of the season has traditionally been celebrated on May 1. The Gaelic festival of Beltane dates back to the Iron ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images (ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images) Most of us will recognise the beginning of June as ...

What Is Beltane and Why Do We Celebrate It? Beltane is the name of a Gaelic May Day festival, typically celebrated in Ireland, Isle of Man and Scotland. Taking place between the spring equinox and the ...

IN the run-up to the independence referendum in 2014, photographer Alan McCredie will be telling the story of the nation in photographs. FOR millennia the Celtic nations of the north had observed the ...

Thousands of revellers lit up the night sky above Scotland’s capital to celebrate the start of spring Pagan-style. A huge crowd came together on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill to mark the end of the colder ...

Beltane traditionally kicks off at sunset on April 30 and continues through the night into May 1, a day traditionally seen as the beginning of summer. It’s a celebration of the arrival of the lighter, ...

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May Day is finally here — or, for the Neopagans and the Celts, the Day of Beltane. After what felt like another endless winter, the sun is finally starting to peek through the clouds — the skies are ...

Edinburgh’s world famous fiery start to the Summer, The Beltane Fire Festival, is set to return to Calton Hill next month, with organisers putting tickets for the annual celebration on sale. Did you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What is Beltane? Beltane is an ancient Celtic holiday that annually begins at sunset on April 30th and lasts until sunset on May 1 ...

Going back hundreds of years, May 1 marked Beltane in Scotland—an ancient Gaelic festival where the start of summer was celebrated with bonfires and other rituals. While today we know June as the ...