Ickwell May Day
May Day celebration in Ickwell, Bedfordshire
Southill · Central Bedfordshire · United Kingdom
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📍 Where?
- Town
- Southill
- Region
- Central Bedfordshire
- Country
- United Kingdom
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📖 Excerpt from the Wikipedia article
Ickwell May Day is an annual celebration held in the village of Ickwell, Bedfordshire. The event is a celebration of May Day, a festival marking the beginning of summer, and has been celebrated from at least 1651. The festival includes elements of traditional English culture, such as morris and maypole dancing. Ickwell is unusual in having a permanent maypole, located on the village green, as well as including adult dancers in its maypole dancing.
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