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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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    Tag: samhuinn2012

    Samhuinn…a Support perspective

    Having spent more hours than I can even count collecting and posting photos of our volunteers, screengrabs from websites that featured us, scans of magazine and newspaper… Read more “Samhuinn…a Support perspective”

    November 2, 2012 by Beltane Fire Society

    A very Scottish event

    In most places, you’ll see the spelling of this wonderful quarterday festival as Samhain. Samhuinn is the Scottish Gaelic spelling. Even the Cailleach, our divine hag, is… Read more “A very Scottish event”

    October 31, 2012 by Beltane Fire Society

    Off-duty Kings!

    Earlier this week, photographer Raini Scott spent a day in the company of royalty. Samhuinn 2012’s Summer King (Joe) and Winter King (David) invited her round for… Read more “Off-duty Kings!”

    October 29, 2012October 29, 2012 by Beltane Fire Society

    Walkthrough Photos

    If you were wandering around the Royal Mile last night, chances are you might have run into a couple of hundred Beltaners in the midst of an… Read more “Walkthrough Photos”

    October 29, 2012 by Beltane Fire Society

    Samhuinn on EdinburghSpotlight.com

    EdinburghSpotlight.com have featured Samhuinn 2012 on their website. It’s always an amazing surprise to receive a “Hey, we’ve written about you!” email and see our events being… Read more “Samhuinn on EdinburghSpotlight.com”

    October 27, 2012 by Beltane Fire Society

    The Oracles of Night journey with Grandmother Bat

    Wednesday evening was one of those misty evenings with a nip in the air, clouds racing across the sky and the waxing half moon shining brightly. The… Read more “The Oracles of Night journey with Grandmother Bat”

    October 27, 2012 by Beltane Fire Society

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