Lancaster Liederkranz is now the Guinness World Record holder for the largest maypole dance. The organization hosted a celebration of its new Maibaum (maypole) on May 9 when 163 couples —326 people — ...

L. ALSACE TWP., Pa. - An event in Lower Alsace Township is honoring a tradition that goes back thousands of years. Mayfest is best known for the Maypole dance and the crowning of the Queen of the May.

The practice has its roots in ancient pagan traditions that were persecuted by the Puritans.

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KÜHBACH, Germany — As the brass band played Bavarian tunes and the villagers drank their beer, watched and cheered, the young men of Kühbach in southern Germany pushed up their new maypole with long ...