Love is in the Air: May day traditions of kissing under blossoming trees
-Friday, April 28, 2023
In the Czech Republic, the first of May is traditionally celebrate as the holiday of lovers and the whole of May as the month of love.
Traditionally associated with this concept is the night before the first of May, including the construction and guarding of May Day, the pouring of paths of slaked lime mixed with water
between the lovers' houses, and the painting of hearts and inscriptions on their doors with lime.
Couples in love also kiss under a blossoming tree on May Day. This is not an old custom, it could hav...