Why would the joy and simplicity and sweetness of the May Pole dance move me to tears -
that is a loaded question, and it would take a 250-word essay or more to even start.
Draft horses (Percherons, Clydesdales) in a parade also bring tears to my eyes.
It evokes a world that is no more, but from photos and stories, I feel as if I had been there and known that world....
I'm very drawn to those Amish communities, but the excommunications and rules, no, not sure I could live with that, unless, the Apocalypse....