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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/
TAKE THIS QUIZ:* http://www.scotland.org/standrewsday/host-own-event/scotland-
quiz.html