The practice has its roots in ancient pagan traditions that were persecuted by the Puritans.

The April 27 meeting of Preceptor Sigma Chapter was in the home of Reenie Purk. President Noreen Piechocki brought the meeting to order with the opening ritual. Vice President Paula Kline read article ...

UK artist Linett Kamala was astonished to see a maypole in a Jamaican hamlet – a colonial relic, but one bringing joy. So she reinvented the tradition by ditching English folk tunes and adding bass ...

Maypole dancing on May Day to welcome the spring is a long-held tradition, and these pictures show dances across Oxfordshire, ...

Years of silence ended with the bells of morris dancers, singing and maypole dancing as a York community revived its ...