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Padstow May Day (Obby Hobble Horse Festival)
Padstow May Day (Obby 'Oss Day)
Padstow, United Kingdom
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From dawn each May Day, the Cornish town of Padstow throbs to one relentless tune, played on accordion and drum without pause from morning to night. Crowds dressed in white follow the dancing hobby-horses as they circle the flag-decked streets, in a hypnotic welcome to summer that the whole town gives its heart to.
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Padstow, England, United Kingdom
Padstow, United Kingdom
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Padstow May Day (Obby Hobble Horse Festival)
Padstow May Day (Obby 'Oss Day)
Padstow, United Kingdom
From dawn each May Day, the Cornish town of Padstow throbs to one relentless tune, played on accordion and drum without pause from morning to night. Crowds dressed in white follow the dancing hobby-horses as they circle the flag-decked streets, in a hypnotic welcome to summer that the whole town gives its heart to.
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Padstow's 'Obby 'Oss Day is an ancient May Day festival in the Cornish harbour town. Two costumed hobby-horses — the Old 'Oss and the Blue Ribbon 'Oss — dance through the streets to a relentless accordion-and-drum song, circling the town from dawn while crowds dressed in white follow.
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