... this year at the same day as the Sommer Solstice.
The Maypole (even thought today is June) is an tradition that is believed to come from the the Iron Age and early Medieval and is basically an erected pole (many times a flagpole) that has been decorated with either flowers or ribbons. Here in Sweden it is usually birch leaf and flowers but the shape can vary from place to place. Most commonly is the cross with two rings from the arms but many more occurs (and not only in Sweden).
It is also an excuse to have some snaps, eat strawberry cake, visit the relatives far away and dance around a pole like small children again.
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