Beltane

29 April 2011 Last updated at 23:00 GMT Share this pageDeliciousDiggFacebookredditStumbleUponTwitterEmailPrintFire Festival celebrates return of summer The annual event celebrates an ancient Celtic festivalHundreds of people are expected to turn out to watch the pagan-inspired Beltane Fire Festival.The annual event on Edinburghs Calton hill, symbolises the beginning of summer and celebrates an ancient Celtic festival.Organised by the Beltane Fire Society, the festival includes a torchlight procession, drummers and acrobats.

Since its modern beginnings in the 1980s, the festival has grown to involve about 300 participants

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