KRIVANY, SLOVAKIA - MAY 27: Men place the Maypole in front of the house of a young woman that turned 18 years old on May 27, 2023 in Krivany, Slovakia. The tradition of the Maypole is placing a couple of meters tall tree, usually a fir, birch or spruce tree in front of the house of the young woman who is not married yet. They place six Maypoles in the village of Krivany this year while one is intended for a woman who is soon to get married. They reuse poles from previous years in Krivany and only the decorated part of the top of the poles is renewed every year. Traditionally, the tree is cleaned from the skins and branches only the top is left untouched and decorated with colourful ribbons. Some trees are decorated with a big wreath intended to be placed in front of the young woman who is about to be married. ( Zuzana Gogova - Anadolu Agency )

KRIVANY, SLOVAKIA - MAY 27: Men place the Maypole in front of the house of a young woman that turned 18 years old on May 27, 2023 in Krivany, Slovakia. The tradition of the Maypole is placing a couple of meters tall tree, usually a fir, birch or spruce tree in front of the house of the young woman who is not married yet. They place six Maypoles in the village of Krivany this year while one is intended for a woman who is soon to get married. They reuse poles from previous years in Krivany and only the decorated part of the top of the poles is renewed every year. Traditionally, the tree is cleaned from the skins and branches only the top is left untouched and decorated with colourful ribbons. Some trees are decorated with a big wreath intended to be placed in front of the young woman who is about to be married. ( Zuzana Gogova - Anadolu Agency )

KRIVANY, SLOVAKIA - MAY 27: People sing folk songs in front of the house of a woman who turned 18 years old and then place the Maypole in front of the house where she lives on May 27, 2023 in Krivany, Slovakia. The tradition of the Maypole is placing a couple of meters tall tree, usually a fir, birch or spruce tree in front of the house of the young woman who is not married yet. They place six Maypoles in the village of Krivany this year while one is intended for a woman who is soon to get married. They reuse poles from previous years in Krivany and only the decorated part of the top of the poles is renewed every year. Traditionally, the tree is cleaned from the skins and branches only the top is left untouched and decorated with colourful ribbons. Some trees are decorated with a big wreath intended to be placed in front of the young woman who is about to be married. ( Zuzana Gogova - Anadolu Agency )

KRIVANY, SLOVAKIA - MAY 27: Men place the Maypole in front of the house of a young woman that turned 18 years old on May 27, 2023 in Krivany, Slovakia. The tradition of the Maypole is placing a couple of meters tall tree, usually a fir, birch or spruce tree in front of the house of the young woman who is not married yet. They place six Maypoles in the village of Krivany this year while one is intended for a woman who is soon to get married. They reuse poles from previous years in Krivany and only the decorated part of the top of the poles is renewed every year. Traditionally, the tree is cleaned from the skins and branches only the top is left untouched and decorated with colourful ribbons. Some trees are decorated with a big wreath intended to be placed in front of the young woman who is about to be married. ( Zuzana Gogova - Anadolu Agency )

KRIVANY, SLOVAKIA - MAY 27: Men and women walk to the house of a woman who turned 18 years old to place the Maypole in front of the house where she lives on May 27, 2023 in Krivany, Slovakia. The tradition of the Maypole is placing a couple of meters tall tree, usually a fir, birch or spruce tree in front of the house of the young woman who is not married yet. They place six Maypoles in the village of Krivany this year while one is intended for a woman who is soon to get married. They reuse poles from previous years in Krivany and only the decorated part of the top of the poles is renewed every year. Traditionally, the tree is cleaned from the skins and branches only the top is left untouched and decorated with colourful ribbons. Some trees are decorated with a big wreath intended to be placed in front of the young woman who is about to be married. ( Zuzana Gogova - Anadolu Agency )

KRIVANY, SLOVAKIA - MAY 27: Young women decorate the branches with colourful ribbons while older women sing folk songs before setting up decorated Maypoles in front of the houses of girls who have turned 18 years old on May 27, 2023 in Krivany, Slovakia. The tradition of the Maypole is placing a couple of meters tall tree, usually a fir, birch or spruce tree in front of the house of the young woman who is not married yet. They place six Maypoles in the village of Krivany this year while one is intended for a woman who is soon to get married. They reuse poles from previous years in Krivany and only the decorated part of the top of the poles is renewed every year. Traditionally, the tree is cleaned from the skins and branches only the top is left untouched and decorated with colourful ribbons. Some trees are decorated with a big wreath intended to be placed in front of the young woman who is about to be married. ( Zuzana Gogova - Anadolu Agency )

KRIVANY, SLOVAKIA - MAY 27: A girl decorates the branches with colourful ribbons before setting up decorated Maypoles in front of the houses of girls who have turned 18 years old on May 27, 2023 in Krivany, Slovakia. The tradition of the Maypole is placing a couple of meters tall tree, usually a fir, birch or spruce tree in front of the house of the young woman who is not married yet. They place six Maypoles in the village of Krivany this year while one is intended for a woman who is soon to get married. They reuse poles from previous years in Krivany and only the decorated part of the top of the poles is renewed every year. Traditionally, the tree is cleaned from the skins and branches only the top is left untouched and decorated with colourful ribbons. Some trees are decorated with a big wreath intended to be placed in front of the young woman who is about to be married. ( Zuzana Gogova - Anadolu Agency )

KRIVANY, SLOVAKIA - MAY 27: Women decorate the branches with colourful ribbons before setting up decorated Maypoles in front of the houses of girls who have turned 18 years old on May 27, 2023 in Krivany, Slovakia. The tradition of the Maypole is placing a couple of meters tall tree, usually a fir, birch or spruce tree in front of the house of the young woman who is not married yet. They place six Maypoles in the village of Krivany this year while one is intended for a woman who is soon to get married. They reuse poles from previous years in Krivany and only the decorated part of the top of the poles is renewed every year. Traditionally, the tree is cleaned from the skins and branches only the top is left untouched and decorated with colourful ribbons. Some trees are decorated with a big wreath intended to be placed in front of the young woman who is about to be married. ( Zuzana Gogova - Anadolu Agency )