- Date
- 2013-06
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- celebrationheritagecommunityfamilyreligion
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 2013 Beaver Beacon reports a summer-solstice gathering at Tara’s Meadow that brought Island and mainland families together for a maypole dance. The article describes prayers and ribbons on the ceremonial tree and connects the event’s customs with both European Celtic and Beaver Island Odawa traditions.
Evidence limits
The source is a participant’s account of the event and does not establish that the described practices represent all Celtic or Odawa ceremonial traditions.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, August 2013, "Old Traditions, New Families at Tara's."Describes a summer-solstice gathering in which Island and mainland families selected a tree, tied prayer offerings and ribbons, and learned a maypole dance while reflecting on Celtic and Odawa traditions. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held August issue scan confirms the Tara's Meadow report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Tara's Meadow summer-solstice maypole event joins Celtic and Odawa traditions in 2013”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-summer-solstice-maypole-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2013, "Old Traditions, New Families at Tara's." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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