Beltain Celtic Fire Festival at Butser Ancient Farm

[@tezoodle]

Epic video! Beltane Blessings - thank you 🔥🌟🤩💓💫

[@Bluberry_dragonz.roblox]

I went to butser farm 9 years ago in Shakespeare junior school!

[@jeannerogers7085]

I was at Butser Farm in 1982 - I believe there were three round houses on the site back then. Fascinating place - I am very glad it is thriving still

[@Neilhuny]

What a superb video! It had everything - including the wonderful Ruth Goodman!

[@ellywilkins929]

Incredible video. loads of time for u all, such a great time every year x

[@jeannerogers7085]

Now that's Burning Man!

[@yvonnemurray1253]

I'm going to go, wow so cool

[@Wotsitorlabart]

Beltane was a fire festival linked to those societies that practiced transhumance - the movement of livestock to summer pastures. It was found in Ireland and the western and northern areas of Britain. What evidence is there that it ever occured in Hampshire? Fertile lowland 'England' would have celebrated a form of May Day much more in keeping with the one found today - for instance in Padstow.

[@jamesswindley9599]

When will there be another Anglo-Saxon reenactment? I’d pay to go xxx❤❤❤❤ 🇬🇧😊

[@ButserAncientFarm]

Aren't they great! We often have reenactors on weekends -- you can see when they're next with us on our website www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/whats-on

[@giostisskylas]

In the Celtic culture, e.g. the Celtic tribes on Lake Chiemsee, who were robbed of their homeland by a fatal comet impact event around 2000 years ago, human sacrifices were burned in these large straw figures, which were intended to appease the Celtic gods. People tend to ignore the other side of this culture.

[@sandrakimball518]

Thank you for sharing that. ❤

[@williamwelbourn7932]

Was that social historian Ruth Goodman in the crowd at 7.18?

[@ButserAncientFarm]

It was! She visited with Rob and Dave Nicholson to film Channel 5's 'A Farm Through Time' with us 😊

[@danielshaolin6053]

Is this the council estate end of The Shire?

[@TheYzabreeze]

Awwww this pagan worship looks so innocent.

[@te9591]

Not all paganism is extreme debauchery and survivalism.

[@Wotsitorlabart]

​@@te9591 And in this case the 'Ancient Celtic Festival' is a modern made up nonesense.

[@jeannerogers7085]

Is now.

[@jeannerogers7085]

Aw, you burst my bubble there!