Heart of the Beast Annual May Day Parade and Festival
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Parade at 1pm
Festival until 6pm
The 34th Annual MayDay Parade presented by the Heart of the Beast Puppet Theatre will start at 1 pm at the corner of Bloomington Avenue and East 25th Street in South Minneapolis, and proceed south on Bloomington Ave. to 34th St., where it turns west into Powderhorn Park.
The MayDay Ceremony in Powderhorn Park has become a joyous annual ritual for nearly 50,000 people in the Twin Cities. Each year, a 200-person pageant re-tells the story of that year’s parade, with children and adult dancers, puppeteers, a live orchestra and four giant serene puppets who represent the Prairie, Sky, River, and Woods.
It culminates in the Tree of Life Ceremony: to the steady beating of drums, a resplendent red Sun Flotilla paddles the Sun from across the lake to the shore where the Tree of Life sleeps, waiting to be reawakened.
For festival, ceremony and parade details, please see the website.
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