SCOTLAND`S CULTURE AND TRADITION

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SCOTLANDS CULTURE AND TRADITION
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Brainstorming on Scotland

• Bagpipes
• Braveheart
• the Loch Ness monster
• St Andrew
• the Thistle
• Tartan
• Scotch whiskey
• Medieval castles
• Golf
• Celtic music
• Sean Connery

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Scotland basic facts
northern part of the island of Great Britain
790 islands
independent sovereign state before 1 May 1707
the first pro-independence Scottish Government
- 2007
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Scotlands Culture
Literature from Robert Burns to Irvine Welsh
Music from bagpipes to Franz Ferdinand
Media Cinema from The Scotsman to
Trainspotting
Philosophy Science from D. Hume to Al. Fleming
Sport football golf
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Literature from Robert Burns to Irvine Welsh
Robert Burns, 1759-1796, - Scotlands National
Bard
Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, - Ivanhoe
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Adventures
of Sherlock Holmes
Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting
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Music from bagpipes to Franz Ferdinand
The Great Highland Bagpipe traditional
Scottish instrument
Famous bagpipe songs Scotland the Brave Black
Bear
Modern music Franz Ferdinand, Annie Lennox, Wet
Wet Wet, Travis, Simple Minds
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Media Cinema from The Scotsman to
Trainspotting
Daily Record The Herald The Scotsman
Newspapers
BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio in Gaelic
BBC Scotland Television
Trainspotting (1996) directed by Danny Boyle, on
a novel of Irvine Welsh
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Philosophy Science from David Hume to Sir
Alexander Fleming
David Hume, 1711-1776
secular morality
Adam Smith, 1723-1790
The Wealth of Nations
Sir Alexander Fleming, 1881-1955
-Nobel Prize winner
- discovered penicillin
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Sport football golf
Football dates back to 1424
Golf Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden ?
Town of St. Andrews
the Home of Golf
At football or rugby matches fans sing
Flower of Scotland or Scotland the Brave
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Scotlands Tradition

• Symbols
• the name Scotland
• the thistle
• tartan
• scotch whiskey

Holidays St Andrews Day
Festivals Hogmanay The Burns Supper
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Symbols the name Scotland the thistle
The name Scotland is from the Latin Scoti Gaels
The village of Skara Brae is 6000 years old.
Legend of the thistle the Scots defeated
attackers who had trod on wild thistle with
their bare feet.
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Tartan Kilt Scotch whiskey
Different patterns and colors of tartan identify
different families and clans.
Tartan
Kilt-wearers participate at formal celebrations
such as weddings and at Highland Games.
Whisky using up rain-soaked barley after a wet
harvest
Popular whisky Famous Grouse The Macallan
Kilt
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Holidays St Andrews Day
The national flag of Scotland the Saltire or
St. Andrew's Cross.
St Andrew was crucified on an x-shaped cross (or
saltire)
4th century St Regulus brought to Scotland
relics of the Saint
St Andrew's Day (30 Nov) Bank Holiday - marks
the opening of Christmas Markets
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Festivals Hogmanay The Burns Supper
Hogmanay the Scottish New Year
customary first footing Scottish dances
fire ceremonies
25 January Burns birthday
People get together to eat, drink and be
entertained
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Conclusion
Scotland Romania St Andrew Hogmanay
traditions love of football love of
traditional drinks
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chiriacescu Adriana, British Culture and
Civilization, Ed. ASE, Bucuresti, 2003 Andre
Maurois, Istoria Angliei, vol. I II, Ed.
Politica, Bucuresti, 1970 Scotland, Editor Gwen
Cannon, Paris Michelin Cie, 2006 Donald
Hamilton, A holiday history of Scotland, London,
The Hogarth Press, 1986
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http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland
http//www.sac.org.uk/ TAKE THIS QUIZ
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