Its fantastic and I'm so glad kids are still doing it. We danced it in the 70's. In fact we had the exact same music. I'm sure there is a company that sells the maypole, the ribbons and a tape (or CD these days).

I wish I could say but its the exact same music we used at my primary school in the 70's!

Same music when I was in primary school as well and I’m 15 now

nobody knows where maypoles come from - stop trying to sounds smart. There are some scholars who think it's phallic, but there are always some scholars to give freud a field day. Some people believe they represent sacred trees (celtic religions, and other pagan religions often gave importance to trees, such as the celtic tree of life). Some think they're a simple of the axis mundi. In fact, the whole idea of them being phallic is incredibly modern - purported by Thomas Hobbes who, for some unknown reason (probably didn't do his research *ahem*) thought it dated back to the roman god Priapus (phallic phallic phallic), but seeing as they're is no evidence of maypole dancing coming from the Romans... well, take from that what you will. TLDR: stop making everything about phalluses and actually do your research.

5am, you miss the point. It doesn't matter what scholars think, their opinion is meaningless. The point is that the people that make the laws you live under use it in ritualistic fashion to honor and gain favor of entities in the spirit realm. And it doesn't matter if you believe it or not, they believe it and derive power from it. And the result is the plans and policy they make are set in motion and at that point it directly affects what transpires in the world you live.

Wow, we’re about to celebrate Beltane and we want everything to do with everything it is about. Bring on the debauchery!

@@orange70383 Well, I suppose that all made perfect sense to you. Buggered if I know what you are talking about.

@@5amisntlate If I recall correctly, maypole ceremonies tend to be found in those lands with Germanic influences - so unlikely to be anything to do with the 'Celts'. Anyway, by the Middle Ages whatever pagan connections they may or may not have had were long forgotten and it was just a good excuse for a knees up to welcome in the spring.

What a miser ^

They are variations of the Spiders Web, that's what it's supposed to look like and they undid it all perfectly. Even if it was a mess, isn't that what it's all about, keeping the tradition alive and having fun whilst doing it, they're kids. I used to love doing this at primary school.

What a miserable git.

That comment is incorrect, rude and unnecessary. It's not a mess, it's well danced, as anyone knows who's done anything like this. And even if it was a mess, one would still enjoy watching children having a go. You won't get invited to parties if you make that sort of comment!

They did it perfectly! Even if teacher had to keep bellowing at them!