SCOTLAND`S 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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Scotland`s CultureLiterature: 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, - Scotland’s 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

Famous bagpipe songs: Scotland the Brave & Black Bear

The Great Highland Bagpipe – traditional Scottish instrument

Modern music: Franz Ferdinand, Annie Lennox, Wet Wet Wet, Travis, Simple Minds

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Media & Cinema: from The Scotsman to Trainspotting

Newspapers:

Daily Record The HeraldThe Scotsman

BBC Radio ScotlandBBC 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, 1711-1776secular morality

Adam Smith, 1723-1790The 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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Scotland`s TraditionSymbols: • the name Scotland• the thistle• tartan• scotch whiskey

Holidays: St Andrew`s 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 whiskeyDifferent patterns and colors of tartan identify different families and clans.

Kilt-wearers participate at formal celebrations such as weddings and at Highland Games.Whisky = using up rain-soaked barley after a wet harvestPopular whisky: Famous Grouse & The Macallan

Tartan

Kilt

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Holidays: St Andrew`s Day

St Andrew was crucified on an x-shaped cross (or saltire)

The national flag of Scotland = the Saltire or St. Andrew's Cross.

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’ birthdayPeople 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,

Bucureşti, 2003* Andre Maurois, Istoria Angliei, vol. I + II, Ed. Politică, Bucureşti,

1970* Scotland, Editor Gwen Cannon, Paris; Michelin & Cie, 2006* Donald Hamilton, A holiday history of Scotland, London, The

Hogarth Press, 1986 * http://www.scotland.org/about/history-tradition-and-roots/

* http://www.scotia.ro/* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland* http://www.sac.org.uk/

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