todayonscreen, Today, May 1, 1973, Police Sergeant Neil Howie finds that he is unable to leave remote Hebridean island Summerisle. The island residents celebrate May Day with pagan rituals (The Wicker Man, 1973)
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A May 1973 calendar with the 1st circled in red
A pagan ritual. Six men with swords have them crossed so that there is a single opening in the middle. People move underneath, then stand up so that their head is inside the circle. Shown here is a young woman in an owl mask with her head in the circle, as a parade waits behind them
An image of a giant man-shaped figure assembled from twigs, the wicker man
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