When I was growing up in Russia, May Day was one of the staples of communist festival fare. Since our family lived in downtown Moscow, every year we would spend the day watching (and sometimes participating in) the annual May Day parade.
You would think that 20 years after the fall of communism, the red proletariat spirit would be a thing of the past. Think again.
Here’s what happened when “bourgeois” teens got together to celebrate May Day in Tel Aviv this year.
Only in Israel!
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this is fascinating! thanks so much for sharing it. i *love* may day and had no idea of *these* roots! and, indeed, only in israel!
Thanks so much for stopping by. Things aren’t always what they seem, are they.