Every year, the Goldacher Buam host the traditional May Festival with the Bandltanz around the Maypole at the Alter Wirt in Goldach, a district of Hallbergmoos in the district of Freising. The Bandltanz is a traditional folk dance where young men and women dance around a decorated tree with long, colourful ribbons, with the “Burschen” and “Dirndl” creating different patterns on the trunk of the Maypole by walking and turning accordingly with the ribbons. The Bandltanz is still a very lively custom, especially in Bavarian and Alpine cultures. This centuries-old tradition is intended to welcome spring and also contains a lot of fertility symbolism as well as bonding and protection from evil, e.g. through the weaving of the ribbons. Read more