Beltane Fire Festival 2011, Calton Hill, Edinburgh

The Beltane Fire Festival is an annual celebration of the arrival of summer based on pagan rituals. It takes place during the night between 30th April and 1st May. In this fiery and rhythmic event, the May Queen kills Winter and revives him as Summer, who then is reunited with her in a kiss. Hordes of fertility demons celebrate the marriage with fire, drums and dance.
Looking out of the window, I have to say the Scottish weather does not seem to be overly impressed by this spirited invocation of summer - nonetheless a great spectacle!

For more information see:
http://beltane.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltane_Fire_Festival

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• festival
• dance
• drums
• fire-eater
• pagan
• scotland
• edinburgh

[happyponies666]

@thedanwriter1 hey retard beltane is a god! The god of fire fucking twit

[MiaKi1991]

like it or not that's our heritage and i think its awesome

[TheSecretLight]

@thedanwriter1 Lol this isn't devil worship. You don't even know what devil worship is. Go watch another video if you don't like it!

[shmittyworman]

OMG! FISH N CHIPS AT 9:00!

[TheGrammieof9]

Gee folks, if you don't like it...why are you here watching it? This part of who I am and I find it strange that my past, thousands of years old is too strange for your little self..grow up. Even Christianity borrowed from it....

[pagantruckie]

@thedanwriter1 Just like he saved all the little children raped by the priests

[JustBeingInvisible]

@thedanwriter1 this is a pagan celebration, dumbass.

[vietkonggroove]

thedanwriter you are a tit you are a fuckin troll and a gimp and jesus sucks my balls

[thedanwriter1]

Dude what the fuck is this ?? is this like some kind of a demonic devil worship dance ! ! may god help you and save you all !