| This Celtic spring celebration is an ancient Gaelic holiday celebrated around May 1, the date also known as May Day. Historically, this festival was celebrated in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. There were similar festivals held at the same time in the other Celtic countries of Wales, Brittany and the county of Cornwall. The festival survives in folkloric practices in the Celtic Nations and the diaspora, and has experienced a degree of revival in recent decades. The festival was also known as Cét Samhan "first Samhain" as it took place at the opposite time of the year to Samhain and was most important festival after Samhain.
Note this description is from Wikipedia and pretty much covers what Beltane is. We are starting a week later due to the previous Bast festival in Germania. No site has been chosen as yet for our set up point, but we will send along the URL as soon as we have decided on a site. This will be Celtia’s AW site wide festival for 2008. Please contact me or any of the other scribes in Celtia if you need additional information. Thank you
Jacques Elliott Cruithni |