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Czech Maypole
Jun. 2nd, 2010 10:02 amVera has kindly reposted her maypole photos for me.
You'll instantly see the close similarity between the Czech Republic maypole and the German one I posted yesterday.
I'd love to see photos of other European maypole traditions.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cdybedahl says there will be Swedish ones in late June, which arouses my curiosity as to why the later date. (and also as to what they will look like).
The English part of the Maypole entry on Wikipedia looks as though it is taken from Hutton's 'Stations of the Sun' and I'd regard it as accurate historically.
Hutton is a wonderfully detailed historian (no random speculation to suit his own theories, just a detailed record of everything to be found on the subject in old records) and his book is currently £7.14 including postage on Amazon...
You'll instantly see the close similarity between the Czech Republic maypole and the German one I posted yesterday.
I'd love to see photos of other European maypole traditions.
cdybedahl says there will be Swedish ones in late June, which arouses my curiosity as to why the later date. (and also as to what they will look like).The English part of the Maypole entry on Wikipedia looks as though it is taken from Hutton's 'Stations of the Sun' and I'd regard it as accurate historically.
Hutton is a wonderfully detailed historian (no random speculation to suit his own theories, just a detailed record of everything to be found on the subject in old records) and his book is currently £7.14 including postage on Amazon...
