Raising the Maypole in Germany

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Uploaded by on May 5, 2006

Celebration and raising of the village Maypole in the Bavarian town of Feldafing, Germany on May 1, 2006. Watch as the 3,000 kg Maypole is raised using just manpower and traditional hoisting method.

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  • @trainmaxx Of germanic pagan origin. May poles were used among teutonic and celtic people to celibrate the beginning of spring and fertility. Some modern pagans will even dance skyclad (nude), though understandably this is not done publicly.

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  • Beautiful BAVARIANS AND BAVARIA

  • We must keep this alive! Beautiful!

  • This Tradition goes back in time before christian colonization. The ancient bavarians see the tree as a awekening of nature in the spring. For the ancient bavarians was a tree a holy symbol...

  • What is this tradition about?

  • MAGICAL lifting!!

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