In the dim dark days of ancient history May Day was celebrated as the festival of the Roman Goddess of flowers. In a more secular version, specifically in Germanic countries, it was the day of dancing around of the Maypole and the crowning of the May Queen, which celebrated the centre point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice, or the first day of summer.
It is customary for the Queen of May to be Queen of May is usually a virgin teenage girl, who participates} in the May Day parade, clothed in a white gown representing purity and crowned with flowers. In ancient times, the Queen of May|May Queen was sacrificed once the festivities were completed.
In the Roman Catholic church, May is the celebration of the Virgin Mary, when small baskets of sweets or flowers being placed anonymously on neighbour's doorsteps. May the 1st is also known as the Feast of St Philip and St James, who became the patron saints of labourers.
The banks or course, weren’t going to be left out and made the 1st May another 'bank holiday'.
The Kingdom of Great Britain was formed on the 1st May, in 1707 through the Act of Union between England and Scotland.
May Day is also known as the International Worker's Day, or some call it their Labour Day, remembering the battle for the eight hour working day. A global festival of the recognition worldwide celebration of the economic and social accomplishments of the labour movement. Some use it as a day for demonstrations and political protest. That is so long as you do not happen to belong to the 54% of the world’s population that still live under dictatorial governments.
"Just another day without staff", mutter the employers of Vanuatu, a tropical island in the South Pacific. "Another holiday. Let's have some fun", grin the fun loving Vanuatu people. It's a day, (if you're lucky enough to have) employment to hire a u-beaut amplifying system and rock your way through the day. Don't worry about the neighbours. They should be celebrating too.
If you questioned the majority of the Vanuatu people, what they are celebrating, they wouldn’t have any idea. Some of the more educated minority, may reply, "Because it's the first day of the month". The rest simply take the advantage of having a day to lie around in the sun, waiting to go off to the Kava bar (a local version of native pub) to throw back a some shells of evil smelling Kava with their mates. Kava, unlike alcohol, merely makes the drinkers comatose, rather than hype them up. Unless of course they choose to combine it with alcohol.
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