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    On 30 April, Edinburgh’s Calton Hill lights up for the annual Beltane Fire Festival – an ancient Celtic pagan ceremony celebrating the end of winter and the beginning of summer. “Beltane” means “bright”, and the event is traditionally celebrated by lighting fires and dancing in memory of the old pagan gods. (Jim Richardson/National Geographic Stock)

Pagan past

On 30 April, Edinburgh’s Calton Hill lights up for the annual Beltane Fire Festival – an ancient Celtic pagan ceremony celebrating the end of winter and the beginning of summer. “Beltane” means “bright”, and the event is traditionally celebrated by lighting fires and dancing in memory of the old pagan gods. (Jim Richardson/National Geographic Stock)

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