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Beltane Fire Society

Formed in 1988, Beltane Fire Society is a community arts performance charity that hosts the Beltane Fire Festival and Samhuinn Fire Festival in Edinburgh.

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Runing As a Symbol of Togetherness

Runes have changed and adapted over the years, but they still root us to old Celtic identities and bring our communities closer together.

October 30, 2017 by Beltane Fire Society

World Body Painting Festival 2012

The World Body Painting Festival 2012 takes place in Austria from 2nd to 8th July so what better excuse to celebrate our own love of decorating ourselves… Read more “World Body Painting Festival 2012”

July 3, 2012 by Beltane Fire Society

Beltane Fire Society is a not-for-profit registered charity in Scotland. Charity Number SC040137. Company Number SC341753.

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As our releases of photos draw to a close, we look back on the final rehearsal for Samhuinn Fire Festival up the top of Calton Hill 🔥 look out for one last collection of festival pictures coming in the next few days... Photo by Sean Bluestone for @beltanefiresociety #samhuinn2018 #festival #firefestival #winterfestival #volunteer #volunteering #edinburgh #igedinburgh #whatsonedinburgh #scotland #theatre #folklore #celtic #storytelling #caltonhill #winter

As well as fire dancers, drummers, and acrobats, we also had our own singing ensemble at last month's Samhuinn Fire Festival. This is Guth Nam Marbh, who embodied the "Voice of the Dead" at our Winter celebration. Photo by Gordon Veitch for @beltanefiresociety #gaelic #heritage #scotland #edinburgh #igedinburgh #whatsonedinburgh #scottishheritage #scottishhistory #folklore #festival #volunteer #volunteering

We had a gorgeous day last month celebrating the turn of the seasons with these wee ones at the @scottishstorytellingcentre. Thanks to all who joined us at Family Samhuinn for a colourful afternoon of storytelling, games, and face painting 🎃 Photo by Gordon Veitch for @beltanefiresociety #familydayout #familiesedinburgh #edinburghkids #edinburghwithkids #halloween #samhuinn2018 #edinburgh #whatsonedinburgh #igedinburgh #scotland #kids

A few days before our Samhuinn celebrations in Edinburgh, our Obsidian and Savages of Winter groups travelled West to join in the #paisleyhalloweenfestival. A huge thanks to the festival for inviting us 🔥 Photo by Ken Dunton for @beltanefiresociety #halloween #halloweenfestival #volunteers #festival #paisley #celtic #heritage #scotland #volunteers #winterfestival #firefestival

For our final release of festival photos, we look back on Samhuinn Fire Festival's gorgeous bonfire 🔥 more rehearsal photos are still on their way, as well as our post-festival video. Keep your eyes peeled 👀 Photo by Vince Graham for @beltanefiresociety #fire #festival #firefestival #bonfire #edinburgh #igedinburgh #celtic #heritage #scotland #volunteers #winterfestival

Obsidian represented an extension of the Winter King as his devoted army at #samhuinn2018. As he grew in strength throughout our wintry festival, so their performance grew into dynamic fireplay and towering pyramids. Our fourth release of spectacular photos from Samhuinn Fire Festival is now on our blog (link in bio). Photo by Sean Bluestone for @beltanefiresociety #fire #festival #firefestival #edinburgh #igedinburgh #celtic #heritage #scotland #volunteers #winterfestival

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