{"id":844,"date":"2018-04-22T08:48:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T14:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=844"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:10:13","slug":"may-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/fr\/may-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Au secours"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"844\" class=\"elementor elementor-844\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54114c1c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"54114c1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b6dfccc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b6dfccc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pendant des d\u00e9cennies, le 1er mai a \u00e9t\u00e9 c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9 dans les \u00e9coles de la ville et de la campagne de Berthoud. \u00c9tant donn\u00e9 que plusieurs enseignants des \u00e9coles de campagne locales fr\u00e9quentaient \u00ab l&#039;\u00e9cole de la ville \u00bb lorsque la f\u00eate y \u00e9tait c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9e au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1900, ils portaient avec eux la tradition du 1er mai lorsqu&#039;ils \u00e9taient employ\u00e9s pour enseigner dans les \u00e9coles de campagne en tant que jeunes femmes.<\/p><p>L&#039;un de ces professeurs \u00e9tait Reva Graves Bradney, dipl\u00f4m\u00e9e du Berthoud High School en 1920, qui enseignait \u00e0 l&#039;\u00e9cole de campagne de Sunnyside, au nord-est de Berthoud. Durant son mandat l\u00e0-bas dans les ann\u00e9es 1930, la danse du M\u00e2t de Mai \u00e9tait un rite annuel du printemps. Dans ses m\u00e9moires, Bradney a \u00e9crit : \u00ab Au printemps, un programme a \u00e9t\u00e9 donn\u00e9 avec un m\u00e2t de mai enroul\u00e9 \u00e0 l&#039;ext\u00e9rieur. C&#039;\u00e9tait une d\u00e9marche risqu\u00e9e, car apr\u00e8s beaucoup d&#039;entra\u00eenement, il risquait de pleuvoir et de g\u00e2cher toute l&#039;\u00e9preuve. Curieusement, cela ne s\u2019est pas produit pendant toutes ces ann\u00e9es.<\/p><p>La photographie ci-jointe, fournie par Jim Bradney, montre des \u00e9l\u00e8ves autour du m\u00e2t de mai de l&#039;\u00e9cole Sunnyside dans les ann\u00e9es 1930.<\/p><p>Reva Graves Bradney est devenue la premi\u00e8re enseignante de maternelle de Berthoud lorsqu&#039;elle est revenue enseigner \u00e0 \u00ab l&#039;\u00e9cole de la ville \u00bb en 1952. Elle a dirig\u00e9 les c\u00e9l\u00e9brations du 1er mai jusqu&#039;\u00e0 sa retraite en 1970.<\/p><p>Les c\u00e9l\u00e9brations du 1er mai remontent \u00e0 avant la naissance du Christ. Pour les anciens druides des \u00eeles britanniques, cette f\u00eate \u00e9tait connue sous le nom de Beltane. Lorsque les Romains sont venus occuper la Grande-Bretagne, ils ont combin\u00e9 les traditions de leur f\u00eate pa\u00efenne du printemps, Floralia, avec celles de Beltane pour c\u00e9l\u00e9brer la fertilit\u00e9 et le renouveau de la vie. Au Moyen \u00c2ge, presque tous les villages anglais c\u00e9l\u00e9braient le d\u00e9but du mois de mai en enfilant des guirlandes de fleurs, en dansant autour d&#039;un m\u00e2t de mai et en couronnant une reine de mai. La tradition a finalement fait son chemin vers l\u2019Am\u00e9rique moderne.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades May Day was celebrated in Berthoud\u2019s town and country schools. 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