The starting signal

When the celebrations shall begin, a starting signal is played on horns made of birch-bark. This is the sign, for the people carrying the decorations, to start walking to the maypole. 

Men playing birch-bark horns

The starting signal

The arrival of the decorations for the maypole

Decorating the maypole

The "music band"

The choir

The raising of the maypole Still raising the maypole...

The maypole

Another picture of the maypole

The dancing around the maypole

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