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Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 07:42 GMT 08:42 UK
In Pictures: Beltane Fire Festival
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The annual Beltane Fire Festival has taken place in Edinburgh
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About 12,000 people attended the colourful spectacle on Calton Hill in the Scottish capital
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The procession is renowned for its intensity and colour
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The event has become a much-loved feature of the Edinburgh calendar since it was first organised in the mid 1980s
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The popular event's origins can be found in the pre-Christian festival of the same name
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Beltane took place to mark and celebrate the blossoming of spring
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The spirits of chaos and disorder, the Red Men, try to disrupt the procession with lewd and lascivious behaviour
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The procession is led by the May Queen and her entourage - four handmaidens and a cohort of white warrior women
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The festivities included the lighting of a bonfire on Calton Hill
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The Blue Man has come to act as the elder of the event
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Hundreds of people perform and take part in the festival
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