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

Hundreds of kids involved in Allentown summer camps, participated in 109th Romper Day celebration at J. Birney Crum Football Stadium in Allentown. The children in various sports events, dance ...

In a nod to the past — the very old past — the village of Orland Park hosted a May Day celebration Saturday. The spring celebration can be traced back to Roman times, but the village’s historical ...

Goostrey School pupils rehearse traditional maypole dance as preparations begin for Rose Day, celebrating community spirit and village heritage.

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 ...

In my family photo collection, I have a copy of the photo you see in this edition taken by John Bowman. It has always ...

COPPERAS COVE — Members of the Copperas Cove Five Hills royalty got into the spirit of May Day Friday by holding a traditional Maypole Dance. Six members of the Five Hills royalty took part in the ...

Just go ahead and say it: Pole dancing in the United Kingdom just isn’t what it was in the late 1700s. After an emergence of the art of maypole dancing in Britain in the late-Victorian era, the ...

The author with friends at a Beltane celebration, featuring a Maypole (Photo: Emily Guenther) Beltane is a holiday celebrated by many Earth-based spiritual traditions. It falls on May 1st and is ...

I wish I had danced around a Maypole with my mother. I’m not sure why it didn’t happen at least once in her 101 years. At the very least, I wish I had told her I wanted to. “Mom let’s celebrate my ...