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A place to celebrate

Scotland is a place to celebrate with its own culture. Discover the vibrant traditions including Hogmanay, Edinburgh Festival, Highland Games, and Burns Night. Experience bagpipe music, Highland dancing, and more in the beautiful land of Scotland.

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A place to celebrate

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  1. Scotland A place to celebrate By Stepanidin Danil

  2. Quit Scotland is famous for its own culture. Here are some of the ways in which visitors to Schotland can join in the fun. Hogmanay 31 December Edinburgh Festival August Highland Games May - September Burns Night 25 January

  3. HOGMANAY Scotland celebrates Hogmanay, New Year, with bagpipe music and dancing in the street throughout the night.

  4. At midnight, there are fireworks and everyone sings “Auld lang syne”,a song by Robert Burns, a famous Scottish poet. HOGMANAY Around the New Year period, Scottish families go “first footing”, visiting the houses of friends and relations to continue the celebrations!

  5. Robert Burns is Scotland`s national poet and Scottish people have a big dinner every year to celebrate his birthday.

  6. The dinner begins with the sound of bagpipes and the "haggis", Scotland`s national dish, a kind of sausage made from the heart and other organs of a sheep. Then everyone reads poems and sings

  7. Highland Games Nearly every weekend in the summer there are highland games somewhere in Scotland, but the biggest games are in Cowal. People from all over the world come to watch or take part.

  8. Over three thousand bagpipers and drummers play all day and there is a wonderful atmosphere. There are highland dancing competitions as well as events like throwing the hammer or "tossing the caber" - throwing a large tree as far as possible. Highland Games

  9. Edinburg is famous all over the world for its arts festival. There is an Official Festival for theatre, opera and classical music. Edinburgh Festival

  10. There is also a "Fringe" festival, where you can see a big variety of plays, concerts, dance performances and films. Finally, there is the Military Tattoo, a parade, held in Edinburgh Castle. Edinburgh Festival

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