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‘This year the festival attracted an audience of some 12,000 people’
Left: The procession ends when the May Queen and the Green Man light a massive bonfire. Above: The Blue Man acts as the elder in Edinburgh’s Beltane festival. Below: Beltane takes place against the backdrop of Edinburgh’s skyline.