Is this the holiday where we throw flower petals at the moon whilst wearing animal masks, or is this the holiday where we dance around naked on hand-sewn mats to a lute playing satyr?

Em... more closely the former, yes. Never heard the hand sewn mats part, though. Fire is more like it. Or  May Pole.

I threw flower petals at the moon while wearing an animal mask one night. It wasn't beltane or anything, I was just drunk.