Edinburgh Samhuinn marks events from pagan calendar

Source: The List (Issue 670)
Date: 27 October 2010

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Edinburgh Samhuinn marks pagan calendar events

Beltane Fire Society bring fire and drums to Capital's Royal Mile

As a nation with some deeply pagan roots, we love any excuse to set fire to things while bashing away at drums. Thank goodness, then, for the Beltane Fire Society, which not only shares these passions, but manages to foreground them twice a year. This month it’s Samhuinn, commemorating the death of the Green Man (summer) and the rise of the Horned God (winter). Head along to catch the epic symbolic battle, accompanied, naturally, by drums and fire.

Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Sun 31 Oct.

More: Days out, Beltane, Beltane Fire Festival, Halloween, Samhain, Samhuinn