Editing May Day (section)

=== Spain ===
May Day is celebrated throughout the country as ''Los Mayos'' (lit. "the Mays") often in a similar way to "[[Fiesta de las Cruces]]" in many parts of Hispanic America. One such example, in [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], is the festival "[[:es:Fiesta de los mayos (Galicia)|Fiesta de los Mayos]]" (or "Festa dos Maios" in [[Galician language|Galician]], the local language). It has a Celtic origin (from the festivity of Beltane)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcorreogallego.es/hemeroteca/1-mayo-dia-beltane-LPCG929561|title=1 de mayo, Día del Beltane|website=elcorreogallego.es}}</ref> and consists of different traditions, such as representations around a decorated tree or sculpture. People sing popular songs (also called ''maios'',) making mentions of social and political events during the past year, sometimes under the form of a converse, while they walk around the sculpture with the percussion of two sticks. In [[Lugo]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lugopatrimonio.org/index.php/multimedia/videos/item/1976-maioslugo/1976-maioslugo|title=Festa dos Maios en Lugo}}</ref> and in the village of [[Vilagarcía de Arousa]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vilagarcia.es/turismo/galego/7_as_festas/maios.asp |title=turismo01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518075810/http://www.vilagarcia.es/turismo/galego/7_as_festas/maios.asp |archive-date=18 May 2015 |access-date=7 May 2015 }}</ref> it was usual to ask a tip to the attendees, which used to be a handful of dry chestnuts (''castañas maiolas''), walnuts or hazelnuts. Today the tradition became a competition where the best sculptures and songs receive a prize.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.farodevigo.es/portada-arousa/2015/04/17/festa-maios-contara-mil-euros/1221981.html |title=La Festa dos Maios contará con más de mil euros en premios |last=Faro de Vigo |date=17 April 2015}}</ref>

In the Galician city of [[Ourense]], this day is celebrated traditionally on 3 May, the day of the Holy Cross, that in the Christian tradition replaced the tree "where the health, life and resurrection are," according to the introit of that day's mass.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://friarssermon.blogspot.de/2009/05/dia-de-la-santa-cruz.html |title=Sermón Dominical |last=Viva Cristo Rey|date=2 May 2009 }}</ref>