More zoo pics - not completely OT

Geez and I thought May 1 was to celebrate the first day of spring. Cuba
does the military thing but we always called the beginning of spring and had
a may pole dance, now am showing my age.
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Marina wrote:

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BTW, what's the holiday on May 1? (I assume it's not International
Workers' Day. ) Is it the Pagan May Day?

Well, yes, it's partially the workers' day

Interesting. Do you think that's from Soviet influence? I was under
the impression, which could be totally wrong, that IWD originated in
Soviet Russia.


Not at all. It was the growing power of the USSR in the mid-20th century
that caused the disappearance of IWD in American cities. Until the red
scares, there were regular May Day marches and celebrations in New York
City-- and I believe, Chicago, at least. When May Day became associated
with newsreels of raw military displays in Moscow, and the labor movement
here was under constant pressure to prove itself thoroughly
red-white-and-blue, instead of just red-- May Day disappeared in the US.


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Kreisleriana wrote:

Not at all. It was the growing power of the USSR in the mid-20th century
that caused the disappearance of IWD in American cities. Until the red
scares, there were regular May Day marches and celebrations in New York
City-- and I believe, Chicago, at least. When May Day became associated
with newsreels of raw military displays in Moscow, and the labor movement
here was under constant pressure to prove itself thoroughly
red-white-and-blue, instead of just red-- May Day disappeared in the US.

I just read somewhere that this date actually originated in the US as a
day for celebrating the worker. Don't remember the details, but I
think it was workers in Chicago marching for their rights on 1st of May
in the late 1800s.

OK, Joyce, you can take your foot out of your mouth now.

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Not at all. It was the growing power of the USSR in the mid-20th century
that caused the disappearance of IWD in American cities. Until the red
scares, there were regular May Day marches and celebrations in New York
City-- and I believe, Chicago, at least.
I just read somewhere that this date actually originated in the US as
a day for celebrating the worker. Don't remember the details, but I
think it was workers in Chicago marching for their rights on 1st of May
in the late 1800s.

Yup. Chicago:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_Riot

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Am 02.05.2008 schrieb Marina:

AFAIK, it's celebrated throughout Europe, not just Eastern Europe.

Marina, you are right. 1st May is Labor Day in Germany as well.

Our labor unions use this day to complain in public:-)

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Inge Grotjahn wrote:

Marina, you are right. 1st May is Labor Day in Germany as well.

Our labor unions use this day to complain in public:-)

Here, besides the unions, all the parties, from left to right, use the
day to complain in public. :P


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AFAIK, it's celebrated throughout Europe, not just Eastern Europe.
Marina, you are right. 1st May is Labor Day in Germany as well.
Our labor unions use this day to complain in public:-)

In many places things haven't moved on much from Chicago in 1886:

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/ma...turk-m05.shtml

(Not very well covered by the media, I heard about it from a very
unlikely source - but Turkish May Day commemorations have been marked
by repression and outright massacre for a generation, so it's hardly
surprising).

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Marina wrote:
It was a beautiful day today and the 1st of May is a holiday here, so
Mum, my niece and I went to the zoo. I took some pics, but they're
nowhere near as gorgeous as my other niece's pictures. I did get a nice
series of the European wildcat, who was putting on a whole show at the
top of a tree. He really seemed to enjoy having an audience. His friend
was more stand-offish, but she (I'm assuming their sex here, based on
size) looked exactly like a housecat.

The 1st of May is the closest we get to a carnival here in Finland, and
there are a few pictures from the harbour with balloon seller and a
choir that was performing in front of the presidential palace. We took
the boat to the zoo, which lies on an island.

http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o...%20day%202008/


Great pics!
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek