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In some countries, May Day is a public holiday for workers, including France, Kenya and China, where it lasts five days. In Russia, Communist-led May Day celebrations were once massive affairs.

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May Day was first celebrated thousands of years ago as a spring festival that included dancing – in some places using ribbons and circling a "Maypole" – singing and eating cake.

In the 19th century, May Day took on a new meaning in the U.S. when May 1 was declared International Workers’ Day amid a labor movement for worker’s rights and an eight-hour workday.

May Day, or International Workers Day, is celebrated with marches and rallies every May 1 to lift up the working people and their demands for freedom, equality, and justice. That is the Red tradition ...

What springs to mind when you hear May Day? In the U.S. and abroad, the day has grown to encompass a spectrum of meanings. But the themes have remained the same: worker unity, suppression and rebirth.

May Day— May 1— is a spring festival in many parts of the world. It is also International Workers' Day. So depending on your neighborhood, expect to see children dancing around a maypole.