Maypole General

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Erecting maypoles is an old pagan custom that has been preserved in our country to this day and has been assimilated into society as a whole.
Traditionally, it is a celebration of the arrival of spring, during which boys from the village cut down the tallest tree in the forest and erect its cleaned trunk on the village green, decorated at the top with a wreath and ribbons.
According to village tradition, the boys from the village had to guard the erected maypole, while boys from neighbouring villages tried to cut it down and capture the wreath. Guarding or capturing the maypole was a matter of prestige for the whole settlement, and it was not uncommon for there to be loss of life in the process.

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