해마다 4월 30일이면 에딘버러 은아네 민박 바로 앞에 있는 칼튼 힐에서 열리는 벨테인 불 축제(Beltane Fire Festival)

해마다 4월 30일이면 영국 스코틀랜드 에딘버러의 칼튼 힐에서 겨울의 끝을 기념하는 ‘벨테인(Beltane) 불 축제’가 열리고 있습니다.

벨테인은 고대 게일어로 ‘밝다’를 의미하는 Bel과 ‘불’을 의미하는 Tan이 합쳐진 것입니다.

벨테인 불 축제는 켈튼족이 자신들의 새해를 기념하는 유서깊은 불 축제(Beltane Fire Festival) 이다.

 

 

 

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Edinburgh Beltane Fire Festival

해마다 4월 30일 스코틀랜드 수도인 에딘버러 칼튼 힐에서 열립니다.

 

What’s that coming over Calton Hill? Yes, it’s the annual Beltane Fire Festival, complete with fire, frolics and lashings of body paint (and a lot of cold, cold bodies underneath it).

Celebrating the beginning of the summer season, this unique festival draws inspiration from ancient Gaelic traditions and the age-old Beltane festival, as Edinburgh's populace gets pagan and elemental dancing and dazzling fire displays become the evening's entertainment for the 12,000 plus people in attendance.

Look out for the variety of characters on show too, like the magisterial May Queen and the red men, who give the event a wholly otherworldly feel. It's as if the creatures from Pan's Labyrinth grew sick of Spain and came to Scotland for their holidays, losing clothes and gaining an excitable fearlessness along the way.

Then once their majestic story is played out, a bonfire is lit and the dancing commences, gleefully ensuring a mass celebration of the death of spring and the birth of summer. Just don't wear anything flammable.

Official website: www.beltane.org