We Went to Scotland's Wildest Pagan Festival 

Lost Lands! you guys should definitely do a video on that one!!

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La vela Muxe in Juchitán, Oaxaca, México! The celebration of the 3rd gender!

Rambu Solo', Torajan people funeral festival ❤❤❤

Wow, all of these sound so interesting! 😯

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You unknowingly got a front row seat to the festival 😅 Love it!

All three of the Middle Eastern monotheisms emphasize human repression and alienation from the natural world. It's no surprise that they would be frightened by an event that does exactly the opposite.

What makes you a Christian? What’s your belief?

⁠@@OvertheseathroughthehillI apologize if this is long or hard to understand (as some of this is hard to explain) so, I’ll try to keep it short. I believe in Christ Jesus as my savior, and only through Him can we get to Heaven. Yet, I also am heavily aware of how different cultures are (and see NO WRONG) in this and in my own heart I feel a VERY strong calling to the old ways of my ancestry in every way except deity worship. While I would never worship the old gods like they do at Beltane, I do not see dancing, signing, etc. as they are doing here as devil worship or anything else than what they said because they literally said what they’re doing. To Christianity is it sinful because it’s not worshiping God? Yeah, but personally I am just happy other parts of the old ways are coming back. For I believe God is in all creation and many other things. While I would never worship creation, I recognize God in it all, and just how alive everything is in our world… how we are literally made from this world, sentience in animals, etc.. I believe it’s perfectly fine to honor, respect, etc. our world and its inhabitants, become one with them, etc.. Again, I apologize if this is hard to read and/or long… some things I’m still figuring out in what I’m aloud to do (God telling me) and how to explain his to people. Edit: Word clarity

People think kids dressing up for Halloween and asking for candy is devil worship in America, don’t take those people seriously they are simply dumb😂

​@@Sora-ud6dp I appreciate the love that I read and feel in your explanations. Do you believe that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are one and that God came to Earth as Jesus, was crucified for our sins, died, was buried, rose from the dead and walked among us, then ascended into heaven and is now seated at the right hand of the Father? Do you believe in the Holy Spirit? Have you asked to be filled with the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit will lead you to find all truths. All you have to do is ask for the Holy Spirit and trust God that you will receive Him and allow Him to guide you as you submit everything about yourself to Him to be first loved then examined and changed. For some people they are able to recognize that the Holy Spirit has come into them right away. For others it has happened they are not able to recognize it right away. It's ok to just accept that you are given the Holy Spirit when you ask and then seek Him within yourself thru prayer. I ask for Him to reveal Himself to me in a way that I can understand... Also confessing your sins and repenting causes you to be able to feel His presence more. For me I do this in my own personal prayers. I'm not Catholic. You don't have to confess to a priest to be able to do this. I confess every sin I can remember then I ask God to show me whatever I'm missing and then confess those and repent and then cover the rest by asking for forgiveness for anything I cannot remember or I may have missed. The Holy Spirits presence within you will be stronger after this. Also I try to read my Bible every day. I pray everyday as well. I enjoy reading my Bible. It's exciting to me and there's a lot I don't understand. I don't worry about it. I just trust that God will lead me and guide me thru the Holy Spirit. I have lived a very crazy life full of sin. I used to be a stripper and an IV drug user. If I can feel the Holy Spirit then I'm sure that most people can feel Him with a little work on their part too be able to recognize Him.

It'd be amazing to see this face to face!😍

Hopefully you will one day 💫🤞

"indigenous?" please. this is an amalgam of thousands of heathen practices from no particular region or origin. modern paganism is just a rejection of the tropes of more popular religions while using entirely anachronistic combinations of music, instrumentation, practices and costumes, as well as an incredible addition of new age iconography. half the interviewees are americans who have no indigenous practices. I'm not saying the festival is a bad thing, I'm actually quite in favour of it. but I wouldn't claim it is any accurate representation of anything from any specific region or origin.

Haha this is not pagan, this is just halloween

Hope your move to Scotland goes well and that you get to experience the festival while you're there 🫶󠁧

What tradition, that's just a modern reconstruction.

@@kzm-cb5mrthe big stack of wood being lit on fire in one of the pics is def tradition though, usually done around easter

We're loving the nostalgia in the comments 🥹🫶

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just go to church.

Well if you couldn't make make it this year then next year there will be another Beltane Fire Festival, same place on the same Hill. Just make sure to book a ticket and place to stay well in advance😊

lol. church is for prudes and fashies, no thanks.

Well, Beltane Fire Society welcomes everyone regardless of nationality, and we select the deity roles according to who fits best out of the applicants and who has the best concept for their performance. The May Queen holds the role for several years, so Alix will remain in the role for a while yet, but the Green Man is selected each year. Previous Green Men include people from Scotland, other parts of the UK, France, and yes the USA

There is no god named Pagan goddess.

What was your favorite part of the festival? 👀☺

That's right 😎

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Loveee that!

Yesss and let us know how your Beltane festival experience goes ☺️

We're one of a kind 🤭🥰

"pagan (or paganus)" is the Roman Latin term for "country district" and specifically was used to refer to the people who still worshipped the old roman gods in the countryside once Christianity became the predominant religion of the empire. the term has nearly nothing to do with the ancient (and nearly impossible to claim as original, as someone always was there earlier) religions of Europe, beyond the occasional addition of local gods to the Roman pantheon

give the people what they want

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But then you would provide fuel for the negative viewers who imagine that there is a bad group of people doing bad stuff. Fae better to encourage visitors who will find out the truth.

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Of course you are, west coast people are lost souls.

Well Burning Man…that’s a desert country festival. Great for Mad Max maybe…. You might be thinking of the Rainbow Gathering.

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historical accuracy is one of the last thing these people care about. it's just a guise applied to having fun and new age hedonism

It was actually pretty warm! Stayed up there till past midnight and it felt fine. I'm Scottish though so I might be used to it lol.

Depends what you use. I have that fluorescent paint and that rinses off with water. You barely even need any soap or scrubbing. On the other hand, the gold and silver body paint require some work.

My partner back in the mid 90s went full blue mode one year, we were finding bits of blue rubbing off on things for weeks !!

It's called a shower.

@@VitaKet Some products take a good scrubbing to get off, and I can imagine the annoyance of trying to do so when you're ready to zzz

Which pagan religion? Germanic Woden and friends or Celtic fairies? Or are we going even older with the Bell beakers?

We always look out for your comment 😄

Thank you 😊

They’re there. They were just sprinkled in there with every one-in-twenty words. But maybe it’s just me trying to learn Scottish Gaelic atm.

Caveman 😂

I’m confident Jesus would not dance around a fire naked as a literal heathen worshiping pagan gods.

@@Sam_T2000 It's funny because 'heathen' and 'pagan' are both relative terms. All they mean is you're afraid of otherness.

@@Sam_T2000 my jesus would be cool So he would

@@rjmacready3988 - not afraid, I just don’t think it’s good to do. Jesus said “I am the way and the truth and the life. no one comes to the Father except through me.”

@@cubirk - there is no such thing as “my Jesus” or “your Jesus…” there is only Jesus. read your Bible to learn all about him 👍

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To each their own. The festival draws from many historical and mythical stories. A lot of hard work goes into the production by the voluntary groups. LARP it is not.

Wait until you find out what the Catholic church or those Hasids do.

Everything is one big larp. Going to a sports game, having a dinner party, going to church… It’s all about conforming to a specific set of practices for your own sense of purpose and enjoyment.

Sounds like she's much better off without you.

Indeed everything worked out for the best

@@RickR69 Anyone with 13 cats is not mentally well.

bruh really....

why???

its art. whats wrong in art ?

This is pagan not religious.

@@glacousxx Paganism is all the religions that were stolen from us by the Christians.

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I agree my friend

@@finalgaming1610 feels better man 😁

Fash

@@rjmacready3988 didn't say you couldn't do it. You can do whatever you want just said Christ is King. Me being vaguely christian in public isn't fascism. But you trying to stop or get rid of Christ is fascism.

@@stan3070 nobody asked: this video is about other things that people believe in to give them hope through bad times. Crusades didn't get rid of other religions and I don't think a youtube comment will either, so why pipe up?

Jesus hates you

That's his problem.

And the Goddess loves you ❤️

This sort of festival has been going on for centuries... so try again.

@@VitaKet it's called a joke

We will put out sharia :)

the romans were pagans too for a large portion of their history

romans persecuted christians until constantinople

You're so clueless...

@@user-wv8oq3zx2t I don't speak second place, son

King? No. Just an ordinary middle-eastern charlatan.

not satanic.. just ancient

This isn't satanic...

No.

lol, sorry that your god has to resort to threats of eternal punishment, sounds like an asshole.

@@somanytakennames you don't want to save your soul ? 😭😭

@@nikolaosdrakos3537 My soul’s just fine, thank you.

@@somanytakennames It can not be fine without Jesus..

Murca

Why? Do you worship an imaginary sky daddy who's always watching?

Satan is the logical and compassionate choice.

I can tell you haven’t watched the video.

Why are you so stupid?