GERMANY-TRADITION-CARNIVAL-WALPURGIS NIGHT-MAYDAY

A reveller dressed up as a witch dances around a fire as she takes part in Walpurgis Night (Walpurgisnacht) celebrations at the film park in Babelsberg, Potsdam, near Berlin on April 30, 2015. Walpurgis Night is named after the abbess Saint Walpurga who lived in the 8th century and who was canonized on May 1 around the year 870. The eve of May Day in Germany is traditionally celebrated with meeting friends and dancing, alluding to the gathering of witches awaiting the arrival of spring. In big cities of the country like Berlin and Hamburg, the night - also traditionally - often kicks off leftist May Day riots. AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZ (Photo credit should read TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images)