Beltane Festival Today

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CALTON HILL, EDINBURGH (GaeaTimes.com)- The atmosphere at the Calton Hill in Edinburgh is expected to be fiery in the real sense of the term as it gears up to celebrate the annual Beltane Festival this evening. As many as 12,000 people are expected to grace the event to participate in the pagan inspired spring festivities. The attendance in this year’s Beltane festival is expected to be really strong given the fact that this time the event would be observed on a Friday night.

Anticipation regarding this year’s Beltane Festival is all the more as it has come to light that this time Japanese Taiko drummers would also be joining the festivities which is likely to play a significant role in accentuating the high spirits of the colorful event. Like all the previous years, even this time the Beltane Festival would showcase a huge array of intriguing performers, fire, dancing, drumming as well as a large number of spectators. While revealing details about the Beltane Festival, spokesperson Anna Barge stated that the event is the modern version of an extremely ancient ritual which was observed in Edinburgh for thousands of year. Although the preparation for the event is likely to begin from early Friday morning, all the enthusiasts would be eagerly waiting for night to fall when the actual festivities would commence.

Meanwhile, the producer of the Beltane Festival, Rob Sproul-Cran has divulged that anyone who attends the festival is expected to have an experience of a lifetime as this is one of the most unique events all across the world.