Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks John. I didn't know about the historical line of development. I found it very interesting, and as you pointed out, an ideal candidate to be appropriated as labour day. Daniel At 06:45 05.05.2003 -0600, you wrote: >May Day is an ancient pagan holiday that was co-opted by the international >labour movement in the 1880s. The pagan holiday was associated with >fertility and satire of the authorities. Along with the well known May >Queen, a "Lord of Misrule" was also chosen. At various times the State >and/or the Church suppressed May Day celebrations even though it was >popular with ordinary people. So the labour movement's use of May Day as a >celebration of the ordinary laborer and opposition to the powers that be >was a natural. > >In the US and Canada, an official Labour Day holiday was declared for the >first Monday in September. This was an eventually successful attempt to >defuse the emotionally charged May Day such that most ordinary citizens >(Alan) do not even know about labour's connection to May Day. > >John Collier > >On Sunday, May 4, 2003, at 10:19 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote: > >>That's probably because the news about May Day was so closely connected to >>Red Square and the socialist countries of the cold war. >> >>May Day is nothing other than "Labour Day". The US, as the only country in >>the world, has labour day ... in August, isn't it? Internationally, labour >>day is May 1. Nothing more than that. Labour day. >> >>Daniel >> >> >>>Nice bunch of shots, Daniel. I'm one of those Americans who can't quite >>>understand what May Day is about. >>> >>>Allan >>> >>> >>>Daniel Ridings wrote: >>>>The first of May was the event of the week, probably most places in >>>>Europe, and Oslo as well. I'm told that there was an older tradition in >>>>Norway that the first of May was the first day the workers and their >>>>families ate ice-cream. That was back then. Norwegian ice-cream is so >>>>good >>>>you would never wait that long anymore. >>>> >>>>The main: >>>>http://www.dlridings.com/paw2003/18.html >>>> >>>>The issues: >>>>http://www.dlridings.com/paw2003/18alt1.html >>>> >>>>and the aftermath (taken with a Rollei): >>>>http://www.dlridings.com/paw2003/18alt2.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html