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  • Hi, everyone, I'm Gina.

  • May Day is the first day of May and it is being celebrated in England for two millennia.

  • It is a day that speech in tradition on displaced England's left modern side.

  • In this lesson, you're going to learn about May Day celebrations.

  • The 1st May Day celebrations were held over 2000 years ago, but by what group of people?

  • We'll show you the answer at the end of this city of Although May Day is the first of May since 1978 it has been observed on the first Monday off.

  • May.

  • This day is deemed a bank holiday on.

  • The majority of people in the UK have the day off from work or school.

  • The purpose of May Day is to celebrate the oncoming summer.

  • Summer doesn't officially begin until June, but made a celebrates the end of the colder weather and hope for a nice summer.

  • May Day celebrations are associated with flowers as trees and plants begin to blossom Around this time, May Day is observed more keenly in the villages and small towns of the UK that people will dress in traditional clothes and take part in activities such as dancing around a maypole on will demonstrate traditional dances such as Morris Dancing.

  • Also, Gills will compete for the honor of being crowned the May queen for that year in the 17th century, made a was banned by the then Puritan government on reinstated in 16 60 with the restoration of King Charles.

  • The second, Charles later amended all documents to show that he was coronated in 16 49 instead of 16 60.

  • And now I'll give you the answer to the earlier quiz.

  • The 1st May Day celebrations were held over 2000 years ago by one group of people.

  • It was the Romans.

  • They celebrated the festival of Flora, the Roman goddess, or flowers.

  • It was also celebrated in many Germanic countries on developed into the May Day.

  • We celebrate today.

  • How is this lesson?

  • Did you learn something interesting?

  • Do you have any celebration similar to mayday in your country?

Hi, everyone, I'm Gina.

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