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Saint Andrew's Day is celebrated on 30 November - 3rd December. It is a celebration of Scottish culture with traditional Scottish food, music and dance. In Scotland the day also means the start of a season of Scottish winter festivals.
There are week-long celebrations in the town of St Andrews and in some other Scottish cities. It is a flag day in Scotland because all the buildings should fly the official flag. Do you remember the Scottish flag? It is also called the Saltire or Saint Andrew's Cross. Can you guess why? Compare the following pictures.
St Andrew's cross. Offnfopt. Wikimedia. CC0 / Flag of Scotland. Hoshie. Wikimedia. CC0
DO YOU KNOW ITS ORIGIN?
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Oral tradition is very important. Gaelic music is probably the most ancient form of Scottish traditional music.
The ‘Mod’ is an annual festival celebrating Gaelic language and culture, including Gaelic music and song, Highland dance, instrumental, drama, sport and literature.
Scottish traditional music includes many songs whose origin is still uncertain such as ballads, popular songs or the waulking songs. These are folk songs in Gaelic language that women sung while fulling (waulking) cloth, as seen on the TV series Outlander.
Outlander "Wool Waulking Song". Garik Avetisov. Youtube (Accessed on 24/06/2022).
There are several styles of traditional dance in Scotland including ceilidh dancing, country dancing, Highland dancing and step dancing.
Traditional instruments used in Scottish music include the fiddle (violin), the accordion, the wooden flute, the bagpipes and the clàrsach, a Scottish harp that is one of Scotland’s oldest instruments.
