Beltane Morris dancers from way back in 2016. Mythago Morris Dancers. May Day itself was a time of celebration and symbolism, marked by fire, fertility, and renewal. In many rural parts of Britain, Morris dancers took to the village greens at dawn, their bells and sticks ringing in the season. The dance, rich in ritual and rhythm, is thought by some to echo older rites of fertility and the stirring of the land after winter. In the highlands and border regions, Beltane fires were lit to honour th