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The May Day ClipArt gallery includes 3 illustrations of May-poles and other May Day festivities.

Children dancing around the May-pole.

Children dancing

Children dancing around the May-pole.

An illustration of a May day celebration. May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several public holidays. In many countries, May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour Day, which celebrates the social and economic achievements of the labour movement. As a day of celebration the holiday has ancient origins, and it can relate to many customs that have survived into modern times. Many of these customs are due to May Day being a cross-quarter day, meaning that (in the Northern Hemisphere where it is almost exclusively celebrated) it falls approximately halfway between the spring equinox and summer solstice.

May Day Celebration

An illustration of a May day celebration. May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several public…

May Day marks the end of the winter half of the year in the Northern hemisphere, and it has traditionally been an occasion for popular and often raucous celebrations, regardless of the locally prevalent political or religious establishment. Traditional English May Day rites and celebrations include Morris dancing, crowning a May Queen and celebrations involving a Maypole.

May Day Celebration

May Day marks the end of the winter half of the year in the Northern hemisphere, and it has traditionally…