What Actually Happens At This Old English Tradition | UnConventional

I went to MayDay, one of the oldest tradition where they celebrate... well, I actually have no idea what they celebrate.
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[@MaxFosh]

i know that literally all of this is out of focus. please like the video so i can make good ad revenue so i can afford a camera lesson so i can find the auto focus feature

[@charlottapeterson]

Fair enough, video liked.

[@abs_abs6199]

Enough of it...liked the video for not knowing about the tradition...

[@layalk.7782]

make a Patreon, lad. if my money can take you out of this misery I'll gladly give it to you :D

[@Wr3clessShark]

The audio is also really quiet, bump it up at least 25%^

[@sarahklein7218]

max fosh ... my friend accidentally denied an interview with you but I REALLY WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING US EXCHANGE STUDENTS UNDERSTAND BRITISH CULTURE ... (was hoping that caps might make you actually see this comment) sorry for my americanness showing in this comment

[@noah-jones]

'not wanting to feel left out, I went and grabbed a pint' Not gonna lie, thought you were about to jump off the bridge yourself for a sec

[@mitza420]

LOL

[@emmabennett3985]

Omg same

[@AsherSmithFilms]

ngl same

[@danthemaninapan]

Poor Max - ignored by the girls but adored by the guy in the flat cap

[@kayagorzan]

That’s good enough for me

[@circles_3270]

He was looking at max like the jealous boyfriend meme lmao

[@Jake-Wong]

“1515” “Also known as quarter past three” Brilliant

[@vangledosh]

Americans who don't understand 24-hour time: 👁️👄👁️

[@VivekYadav-ds8oz]

lame ngl

[@OtakuHannah]

"Do you go to Oxford or Brookes?" "Umm." crying

[@McDonaldsAmerica]

Where did she go then ? :D

[@lmerce3855]

Oxford/ Ox Brookes they are all so lucky to spend their student years in that city

[@gre_ni]

'everything in Oxford just sort of happens noone knows why' sooo true hahah

[@williamcramb3246]

Can’t stop laughing at this!

[@lem0nwings]

UnConventional exists in a weird noncompetition with Tom Scott and I am fine with this.

[@MrMilarepa108]

Why because they're both British?

[@flux202]

@@MrMilarepa108 because they find weird traditions or cultural norms...

[@d4n_vids]

Guy who has only ever watched Tom Scott: this is a lot like Tom Scott

[@heatherfitzgerald7322]

I’m from Oxford, I’ve gone every year since being little and I thought everyone knew what it was what. People used to jump in the river off the bridge but they had to stop after drunk students kept drowning because they’d get stuck under the punts. I used to Morris dance at school, the dancers gather round Radcliffe camera and each neighbourhood has a group of Morris dancers and they all dance like in a dance off. The man dressed as the tree is the green man and the red band are the Salvation Army. It’s so much fun! Xx

[@ShadowebEB]

Okkayy... Fun yeah. Being pissed part you mean?

[@heatherfitzgerald7322]

@@ShadowebEB just the atmosphere. Its quite an experience when the whole city rises at dawn to gather on one bridge and sing.

[@MeiinUK]

It's not that odd at all. We used to have that where we lived too. But over the years, from different towns, connected together, and becoming an actual city, and now a devolved region.. This is what I actually miss THE most. I really don't like the "out of town" model that we have across the entire country. Something is lost here really.... And in this lockdown, all the "cities" have literally just gone. Many more people have moved back into towns ?

[@TetraDax]

"The bear? Where is the bear?" "It's just over there." You walked right into that one, Max.

[@rory1300]

Got a man to take his jumper off and asked a chap with his head in between a girls thighs if he was enjoy himself 10/10 will watch again :)

[@0912sooli]

I lost it at the old lady saying she jumped off the bridge😂

[@jenniferclaire94]

Clearly trying to break into the ASMR scene with that intro 🎙

[@keiraforster3198]

In Switzerland we have this Annual Tradition of burning/blowing up a snowman while people in 15th century clothing ride around the snowman waiting until it blows up. This will determine if it will be a good or a bad summer. It’s called „sächsilüüte böög“ Y’all aren’t the only ones with weird traditions.

[@MaxFosh]

Keira Forster oh my god, I need to go

[@keiraforster3198]

Max Fosh it’s a good excuse to get drunk

[@rebeccaw.301]

I feel like this is just an excuse to get drunk very early, I kinda like it😂

[@Droucko]

Aren't all festivitys just am excuse to get drunk for most people now days? - no matter the date and time 😁

[@georgeos2828]

You at Oxford or brooks? Errrrrmmmmm 😂😂😂😂😂 I could’ve guessed

[@scbtripwire]

I got chills when the choir began, absolutely beautiful.

[@juliemllerlaueriksen4278]

here in Denmark we also celebrate the first of may, but we call it 'Arbejdernes Internationale Kampdag' or should i say 'The workers International fightday'? idk how to translate it, but here we are With that being said, we also drink our asses of

[@MaxFosh]

Well that sounds... great!

[@sixeros4435]

Same in germany, i think its the International Workers day.

[@nondescripthandle212]

@@sixeros4435 national german workers party

[@mirofeya]

At USSR it was major holiday (Int Day of Workers) with official marches and songs about work. A lot of speeches from government and no fun except of red balloons for children. In modern Russia it is still a holiday, but noone is celebrating it except for small official events. We got a non working day, so everyone likes 1st of May.

[@basstrammel1322]

@@mirofeya Same in Norway, people do a march and sings that theme song. Is it called The Internationale? A politician gives a speak, and that's it as far as I know. People gather for a good meal and a bottle of wine.

[@elladu4655]

If I had known you were in Oxford I would have woken up at 5 am 😫😫

[@p.aulasy]

Seeing British people dance and give it all in the process has been certainly the highlight of my day. I wanna be there now! Cheers from Chile

[@georgiel6924]

I'm a fresher at Oxford and missed out on my first May Day due to miss rona, thank you for this video! Will be more prepared for next year at least :D

[@charlottapeterson]

3:32 Was that skilled rhyme planned? Well worth the wait Max, fab video! P.s the camera is only very slightly out of focus x

[@skylar8685]

"Saturdays are for the boys" that line got me

[@Loziwig]

So satisfying to hear you pronounce ‘magdalen’ correctly 🙂

[@Io-oh3ln]

he did spell it wrong though lol

[@roberttomlin1262]

@@Io-oh3ln No, the Oxford college (and school) is spelled and pronounced that way

[@Io-oh3ln]

@@roberttomlin1262 I was talking about in the title card where he wrote magdelen (2 e's) rather than Magdalen (2 A's) - not the end of the world though !

[@IM-ku9gi]

Liked this video before it even started because I know it's gonna be incredible. Keep doing what you're doing :)

[@emilyprickett447]

into the camera … fun! Max, delivering yet another awesome video! Absolute brilliant!

[@dollyhoneypie]

Not to be too niche or anything but max you’re actually rly cute

[@layalk.7782]

ikr!!

[@renee_rambles]

'Also known as a quarter past three.' I actually laughed out loud why am I like this? 'It's like the Beyoncé homecoming set' I am dead, why is this peak humor? But hey the hyme was really beautiful, thanks for sharing!

[@jonb6562]

-Hello, how are you? -Hello, how are you? -Hello, how are you? The story says that she still asks people "how are you?"

[@laurakleimann7400]

Smashed like after the whispered intro 😁

[@ArthurKhazbs]

The whispered intro was so fun! You somehow managed to keep all the intonation you usually have in your UnConventional intros.

[@elisha8594]

ur vids always have me in stitches🤠 swear

[@robynhirst-allen822]

Omg wish I had gone now. Prioritised sleep. Love all your videos Max! I saw one of my flatmates from first year on the Pictionary game you did with Oxford Brookes students. Hopefully I'll see you in Oxford one day!

[@kyoruhonda4710]

dude I love your content makes me laugh all the time

[@katiek4543]

You should go to the tar barrells on bonfire night at ottery st mary in Devon!

[@mitza420]

I became obsessed with Oxford because of Endeavour series, what a beautiful city.

[@teresakeding5585]

Amazing content as always!

[@overhillsndales1826]

Im a introvert and unconventional almost makes me want to go outside

[@imnylimms4700]

I’ve never even heard of this before thank u

[@mariainesdecastromartins6655]

Even though he is out of focus, he stills really cute

[@chickkeys]

You are like an old Brits, captured in the body and brain of a Millenial. Connection is THE word of 2020. Congrats, Man. You are lie an ambassador for peace. With a slight narcissistic trade. Much Love-

[@linneadahlstrom9485]

this video reminds me of an old swedish tradition that's also on the 1st of may. Everybody gathers around in parks and watches a big fire consisting of very small sticks... Nobody quite know how it started some say it's because of witches and some say it's to celebrate the beginning of summer :) I didn't know of any other countries that had any tradition of celebrating the first of may but it was very interesting to see!

[@carlphilip4393]

best video on this channel yet i find

[@MaxFosh]

Thank you my dude

[@farahsafi5291]

My fav rose cheek boyy!!

[@frankD246]

Celts! 1st to the 7th of February, May (Summer), August and November. In the Celtic calendar these dates correspond with the feast days fo Imbolc, Beltane, Teltande and Samhain.

[@frankD246]

fo=of

[@minnachristina4386]

Fun fact: May 1 is a nationally celebrated holiday in Sweden and everyone gets a day of work/school. Here it’s mostly celebrated for workers rights but the day before (31th of April) is a celebration for the start of spring.

[@mitchellwright6961]

Liking and commenting very late, Max. I know you've solved your focus problems, but keep it up.

[@littlestgrub]

your new subscriber from southeast asia!!

[@futura9126]

“It’s like the Beyoncé homecoming set” 😭

[@nikolajzachary1081]

Should try out the May Dip celebration in St. Andrews

[@will1603]

I've actually never seen may day celebration until this

[@ninasavedra7949]

loving the ASMR introduction

[@MsAL46]

Being from France I thought it was going to be about workers rights because that's what the 1st of may is about here. Let's just say I was pretty surprised

[@portstrategytv5599]

Same in Germany.. but here we celebrate Walpurgisnacht on the night before May 1st where people light bonfires against witchcraft.. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@HeyDirectioner1D]

Vivaldi is certainly a Max Fosh favourite

[@hurbig]

I Zurich we have a holiday to celebrate the end of winter (or rather predict how long winter is still going to last) where we set a big snowman on fire. The snowman has explosives inside and the longer it takes for it to blow up, the longer winter is going to last.

[@ErinSnape]

I live in Oxford, I did not know this was an Oxford thing or what it was until about five days ago. I just thought everyone did a yearly Morris dance at their school...

[@mmisosouppp]

I’m from Oxford and I finally managed to go this year. I went to bed straight after the singing thiugh

[@missnaughty0754]

This evening and also last year 😂

[@racheldiamond1002]

if u liked the Morris dancing you should come to rushcart in August in saddleworth

[@JustADiceGoblin]

In our village every 2 years people dressed a gnomes put a giant fake moon in the canal. And then use big rakes to get it out again. Love a weird British tradition.

[@lukesimmonds9264]

ASMR Max, the new channel

[@caramarie2000]

"it was absolutely lit" of course it was Fosh everyone was wasted

[@rach8360]

‘are you oxford or Brookes’ 😂😂😂

[@christinawatkinsyoutube]

Best place to celebrate 1 May is in Berlin, you should definitely check that out next year. Parties in the streets of Kreuzberg 🔥 also not sure why it happens but it’s lit haha

[@juliahawkes7417]

'has it not worked?’ Lol

[@isobelselwyn4342]

after the beginning petition for maximilius asmr

[@beng2708]

Aside form getting pissed up this actually looks gloriously British.

[@greg5532]

You kinda forgot to update the channel logo in the outtro, it says streetsmart instead of max fosh

[@lizzy7456]

the fact that you where in Ox for mayday and i didnt see you makes me so freeking sad

[@bekkichance9052]

Nice bit of ASMR there max

[@pixelpotato4874]

"Is that it?... it's about 30 seconds long..." Now I know why you need those beers down at the Bear over there to be fair...

[@rkcj101]

me, on my death bed: la la la la la lalalala

[@user-xl4to4cs8e]

2:38 that was everything😭😂😭😂😭😂

[@matildagannon7788]

tbf Max who cares if it's slightly out of focus if the video is still jokes

[@ame-]

4:21 meanwhile one of Max's clones casually strolls past

[@unomaash9656]

The sentence said at 4:19 is UK students summed up

[@clementinenewman4982]

The guys backwards go pro😂

[@lottiepage9986]

Upset by the misspelling of Magdalen 😢

[@AnHourInTheMaking]

im a year late but im this unlucky that i didnt see you at mayday last year how sad

[@akshatsharma7339]

6:54 jonah hill and kevin spacey , run jonah run

[@liangliang1181]

Only in the UK spring starts in May 🥶

[@The89001]

You should do Lewes bon fire night my dude

[@jimwooods5014]

My mates mum is in the background at 4:37 lmao

[@Kaspleen]

Next time you should go to Cornwall and dance around the may poll. Or maybe for another holiday. Oh what about the cheese rolling! or

[@madameguillotine3216]

In Scandinavia it's about cleaning for summer and all the prepping for harvest season. So yeah. IT is a spring and summer celebation at the SAME time.of course we celebrate it with setting shit on fire while dancing and getting drunk

[@madameguillotine3216]

So the British ain't that far of, I'm geussin y'all got it from us y'alls viking invanders originally

[@ArthurKhazbs]

In Russia the public holiday of May the 1st is called the Spring and Labor Day, which is ironic because it's a non-working holiday

[@no-dm6hj]

This is not an oxford only thing :,) My town has a great mayday with a funfair

[@andrealavini6995]

a little bit of ASMR at the beginning

[@marnietaylor9640]

omg you are so lovely make everyone feel so comfortable... also ummmmm wanna come to melbourne ?

[@a333aaa]

lol u should do may dip at St Andrews

[@oak4026]

Its pretty sad that no one there or in the comments know what mayday is. Seeing as it used to be the most important festival in Britain

[@Tea-nr4hm]

On may day our village does maypole dancing is that just nota thing for mayday in other villages?

[@funfucketastisch]

In Germany we also celebrate the first of May. It's called "Tanz in den Mai" or "Dancing into May". Similar to Mayday, noone knows why but we drink until.... let's just say we drink. Alot.

[@patriciapereyra3751]

Das wusste ich nicht

[@mog6667]

Ahhh and may fairs!!

[@melissaburke7889]

That guy at 6:18 and 6:26 is scaring me and I'm not even there

[@kilianschattauer5625]

How dare they call it weird, it’s tradition, and it must be upheld

[@yoursyasmine]

i wonder what day he filmed this on

[@georgeos2828]

WAHAY a video about where I live

[@villagegrrrl]

0:18 ~ASMR

[@mog6667]

We used to do this but we called it the green man 😂

[@JammyBandStudios]

Should have another name for when you cover traditions and events that aren't conventions. FunFayres, maybe? Feel free to use it if you want haha