Padstow 'Obby 'Oss Day' Streets
by Terri Waters
Title
Padstow 'Obby 'Oss Day' Streets
Artist
Terri Waters
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On the 1st May in Padstow on the north coast of Cornwall, the tiny winding streets of Padstow fill with as many as 30,000 people celebrating May Day, or “Obby ‘Oss” day as it is also known.
The locals spend the night decorating the town’s streets with flags, flowers and greenery complete with a maypole and the following morning two "osses", one red and one blue emerge from their stables. The “osses”, swirling and dancing proceed through Padstow's streets taunted by a Teazer, who leads the dance with theatrical movements.
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March 28th, 2018
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