Jack in the Green festival – in pictures
The May Day bank holiday festival in Hastings celebrates the coming of summer with Morris dancers and the Jack in the Green procession
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The Jack in the Green – a hedgelike structure, worn by a person – makes its way through Hastings
Photograph: Matthew Chattle/Rex/Shutterstock
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Photograph: Matthew Chattle/Rex/Shutterstock
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Photograph: Matthew Chattle/Barcroft Images
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Photograph: Matthew Chattle/Barcroft Images
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Photograph: Matthew Chattle/Rex/Shutterstock
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Different Morris sides dance during the Jack in the Green festival, which takes place over the May bank holiday weekend
Photograph: Matthew Chattle/Barcroft Images
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Photograph: Matthew Chattle/Barcroft Images
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Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
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Photograph: Matthew Chattle/REX/Shutterstock
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At the end of the festival, Jack is symbolically slain and the spirit of summer is released
Photograph: Matthew Chattle/Rex/Shutterstock
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Photograph: Matthew Chattle/Rex/Shutterstock
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Photograph: Matthew Chattle/Rex/Shutterstock
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Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
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Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
