Traditional Morris Events: Spring Bank Holiday - Whitsun

Bampton jig, 2004

Pentecost or Whitsun is observed on the seventh Sunday after Easter. {The Greek "pentekoste" meaning the fiftieth day after Easter} Whit Sunday commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit in the form of flames to the Apostles, as recorded in the New Testament. The recent adoption of a late Spring Bank Holiday on the last Monday in May attempts to deal with the fact that Whitsuntide is a moveable feast dependent on the date of Easter. Thus the Whit Monday holiday is no longer necessarily at the church's Whitsuntide. As always, check for the actual date of the event.

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