I love seeing traditions maintained by my distant, distant cousins in GB. It breaks my heart that here in the US we have NOTHING like this kind of community. You can see similar traditions in religious processions in Bavaria, Spain, Portugal, and Italy.

Every town should have something similar to this on Mayday.

Brilliant!I’m sure it drove off evil spirits and ensured a good crop in the past!

Only kidding Kiddies-😎

Fantastic!! Great to see the tradition hasn’t changed one iota. It really reminds me of the wicker man though

Wonderful! Next year perhaps I might get there... well done everyone.

Missing it already - love to all not able to rejoice there this year xx

Reposted on Cornish Giants. Thankyou!

I’m a padstonian I was there

Ere we go

Want to turn the clock back and come home

one year i will go to Padstow -- maybe the Obby Oss will catch me. in the meantime, can anyone tell me just who is this Ursula Birdwood? summer is a-comin'

Not sure if you know or not but a channel called

Is a tourist going to get burnt in a wicker man?

KERNOW BYS VYKEN ONEN HAG OLL

Table people!

This was the year some woman was accidentally killed by the OSS 😏😏

Aren't they supposed to "goose" the women?

Obby Oss killed someone.

It's like a poor man's Morris Dancing.