Comment by ๐Ÿš€ stack

Re: "Tomorrow - 1st of May, in Romania, we celebrate Labor Dayโ€ฆ"

In: u/SavaRocks

Labor day?

Obviously, you should celebrate Labor Day by working, preferrably hard and with your hands. None of that office work. Go out and build a picket fence, help raise a barn, swap out your toilet, or plow a field.

It is absurd to eat hot dogs and blab with your friends.

๐Ÿš€ stack

Apr 30 ยท 7 days ago

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๐Ÿฅฌ lamb-duh ยท Apr 30 at 23:59:

in north america, the official labour day at the beginning of september. May first is not recognized as a holiday, but many people in the labour movement celebrate "May day" in rememberance of the Haymarket affair and see it as a more legitimate labour day exactly because it's not officially recognized. Around here anyway the two days look pretty similar except that the parade was organized by communists instead of city council.

๐Ÿš€ Ashnar ยท May 01 at 01:17:

It's supposed to be a day of festivities to celebrate the coming year and fertility. Traditional May Day celebrations include gathering wildflowers, weaving floral garlands, crowning a May king and queen, and dancing around a decorated Maypole.

Except now it's been turned into something quite different.

๐Ÿš€ SavaRocks [OP] ยท May 01 at 03:17:

@stack it's not absurd, it's quite nice

@stack @lamd-duh @Ashnar @norayr ๐Ÿป

๐Ÿš€ stack ยท May 01 at 13:13:

Well, ok, not absurd but odd.

I would prefer a fxxking-off-work day personally

๐Ÿš€ lars_the_bear ยท May 02 at 16:42:

In my region, we still celebrate May 1st with fertility rituals -- maypoles, men wearing bells hitting sticks together, that kind of thing. It's charmingly ridiculous.

Original Post

๐Ÿš€ SavaRocks

Tomorrow - 1st of May, in Romania, we celebrate Labor Day by staying at home ๐Ÿ˜…, partying. Do you celebrate this holiday in your country? If yes, how?

๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 comments ยท Apr 30 ยท 7 days ago