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Culture of Scotland

History

* Timeline
* Prehistoric
* Roman times
* Middle Ages
* Early Middle Ages
* Kingdom
* High Middle Ages
* Davidian Revolution
* Wars of Independence
* Late Middle Ages
* Renaissance
* Early modern
* Reformation
* Colonisation of the Americas
* Glorious Revolution
* Treaty of Union
* 1707 Acts of Union
* Jacobitism
* Enlightenment
* Lowland Clearances
* Highland Clearances
* Industrial Revolution
* Romanticism
* Modern

People

Languages

* Scottish Gaelic
* Broad Scots
* Scottish English
* Pictish
* Norn

Traditions

* Clothing
* Hackle
* Burning of the Clavie
* Burns supper
* Common Riding
* Crofting
* Saining
* Scots law
* Scottish clan
* Skalk
* Up Helly Aa
* Units of measurement

Mythology and folklore
Cuisine

Festivals

* St. Andrew's Day
* Hogmanay
* Burns supper
* Tartan Day
* Lanimer Day
* Imbolc
* Bealltainn/May Day
* Lùnastal
* Samhainn

Religion
Art
Literature

Music and performing arts

* Folk music
* Scottish highland dance
* Scottish country dance
* Scottish sword dances
* Mod
* Keening
* Waulking song
* Opera
* Puirt à beul
* Border Ballad

Media

* Radio
* Television
* Cinema

Sport

* Golf
* Curling
* Football
* Haggis hurling
* Hailes
* Highland games
* Horse racing
* Rugby sevens
* Rugby union
* Shinty
* Shot put

Monuments

* World Heritage Sites

Symbols

* Flag
* Coat of arms
* National anthem
* Lion Rampant
* Thistle
* Tartan
* Celtic cross
* Celtic knot
* Scottish inventions and discoveries

* Scotland portal

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The culture of Scotland includes its distinct legal system, financial institutions, sports, literature, art, music, media, cuisine, philosophy, folklore, languages, and religious traditions. Scots law is separate from English law and remains an important part of Scotland’s identity. The country has its own banking and currency systems. Sports like golf, rugby, and shinty are widely played. Scotland has a significant literary tradition and contributions to art and music. The media landscape includes Scottish-focused outlets. Traditional and modern Scottish cuisine are notable. The country has made contributions to philosophy and has a strong tradition of folklore. Multiple languages and religious practices are present in Scottish society.

## Scots law

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Main article: Scots law

Scotland retains Scots Law, its own unique legal system, based on Roman law, which combines features of both civil law and common law. The terms of union with England specified the retention of separate systems. The barristers are called advocates, and the judges of the high court for civil cases are also the judges for the high court for criminal cases. Scots Law differs from England's common law system. Formerly, there were several regional law systems in Scotland, one of which was Udal Law (also called allodail or odal law) in Shetland and Orkney. This was a direct descendant of Old Norse Law, but was abolished in 1611. Despite this, Scottish courts have acknowledged the supremacy of udal law in some property cases as recently as the 1990s. Various systems based on common Celtic Law also survived in the Highlands until the 1800s.

## Banking and currency

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Main article: Economy of Scotland

Banking in Scotland also features unique characteristics. Although the Bank of England remains the central bank for His Majesty's Government, three Scottish corporate banks still issue their own banknotes: the Bank of Scotland, the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Clydesdale Bank.[citation needed]

## Sports

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Main article: Sport in Scotland

Scotland competes in sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup. Scotland does not compete in the Olympic Games independently however, and in athletics, Scotland has competed for the Celtic Cup, against teams from Wales and Ireland, since the inaugural event in 2006.[1]

Scotland is the "Home of Golf", and is well known for its courses. As well as its world-famous Highland Games (athletic competitions), it is also the home of curling, and shinty, a stick game similar to Ireland's hurling. Scotland has 4 professional ice hockey teams that compete in the Elite Ice Hockey League. Scottish cricket is a minority game.

## Literature

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Main article: Scottish literature

Three great men of Scottish literature: busts of Burns, Scott and Stevenson.

The earliest extant literature written in what is now Scotland, was composed in Brythonic speech in the sixth century and has survived as part of Welsh literature.[2] In the following centuries there was literature in Latin, under the influence of the Catholic Church, and in Old English, brought by Anglian settlers. As the state of Alba developed into the Kingdom of Scotland from the eighth century, there was a flourishing literary elite who regularly produced texts in both Gaelic and Latin, sharing a common literary culture with Ireland and elsewhere.[3] After the Davidian Revolution of the thirteenth century a flourishing French language culture predominated, while Norse literature was produced from areas of Scandinavian settlement.[4] The first surviving major text in Early Scots literature is the fourteenth-century poet John Barbour's epic Brus, which was followed by a series of vernacular versions of medieval romances. These were joined in the fifteenth century by Scots prose works.[5][6]

In the early modern era royal patronage supported poetry, prose and drama. James V's court saw works such as Sir David Lindsay of the Mount's The Thrie Estaitis.[7] In the late-sixteenth century James VI became the patron and a member of a circle of Scottish court poets and musicians known as the Castalian Band.[8] When he acceded to the English throne in 1603 many followed him to the new court, but without a centre of royal patronage the tradition of Scots poetry subsided.[9] It was revived after union with England in 1707 by figures including Allan Ramsay, Robert Fergusson and James Macpherson.[10] The latter's Ossian Cycle made him the first Scottish poet to gain an international reputation.[11] He helped to inspire Robert Burns, considered by many to be the national poet, and Walter Scott, whose Waverley Novels did much to define Scottish identity in the 19th century.[12] Towards the end of the Victorian era a number of Scottish-born authors achieved international reputations, including Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, J. M. Barrie and George MacDonald.[13]

In the 20th century there was a surge of activity in Scottish literature, known as the Scottish Renaissance. The leading figure, Hugh MacDiarmid, attempted to revive the Scots language as a medium for serious literature.[14] Members of the movement were followed by a new generation of post-war poets including Edwin Morgan, who would be appointed the first Scots Makar by the inaugural Scottish Government in 2004.[15] From the 1980s Scottish literature enjoyed another major revival, particularly associated with writers including James Kelman and Irvine Welsh. Scottish poets who emerged in the same period included Carol Ann Duffy, who in May 2009 was named the first Scot to be the British Poet Laureate.[16]

## Art

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Main article: Scottish art

William McTaggart, The Storm (1890)

The earliest examples of art from what is now Scotland are highly decorated carved stone balls from the Neolithic period.[17] From the Bronze Age there are examples of carvings, including the first representations of objects, and cup and ring marks.[18] From the Iron Age there are more extensive examples of patterned objects and gold work.[19] From the early Middle Ages there are elaborately carved Pictish stones[20] and impressive metalwork.[21] The development of a common style of Insular art across Great Britain and Ireland influenced elaborate jewellery and illuminated manuscripts like the Book of Kells.[22] Only isolated examples survive of native artwork from the late Middle Ages and of works created or strongly influenced by artists of Flemish origin.[23] The influence of the Renaissance can be seen in stone carving and painting from the fifteenth century. In the sixteenth century the crown began to employ Flemish court painters who have left a portrait record of royalty.[24] The Reformation removed a major source of patronage for art, limited the level of public display, but may have helped in the growth of secular domestic forms, particularly elaborate painting of roofs and walls.[25] In the seventeenth century there were the first significant native artists for whom names are extant, with figures like George Jamesone and John Michael Wright, but the loss of the court as a result of the Union of Crowns in 1603 removed another major source of patronage.[26]

In the eighteenth century Scotland began to produce artists that were significant internationally, all influenced by neoclassicism, such as Allan Ramsay, Gavin Hamilton, the brothers John and Alexander Runciman, Jacob More and David Allan.[27] Towards the end of the century Romanticism began to affect artistic production, and can be seen in the portraits of artists such as Henry Raeburn.[28] It also contributed to a tradition of Scottish landscape painting that focused on the Highlands, formulated by figures including Alexander Nasmyth.[29] The Royal Scottish Academy of Art was created in 1826,[30] and major portrait painters of this period included Andrew Geddes and David Wilkie. William Dyce emerged as one of the most significant figures in art education in the United Kingdom.[31]

The beginnings of a Celtic Revival can be seen in the late nineteenth century[32] and the art scene was dominated by the work of the Glasgow Boys[33] and the Four, led by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, who gained an international reputation for their combination of Celtic revival, Art and Crafts and Art Nouveau.[34] The early twentieth century was dominated by the Scottish Colourists and the Edinburgh School.[35] They have been described as the first Scottish modern artists and were the major mechanism by which post-impressionism reached Scotland.[36][37] There was a growing interest in forms of Modernism, with William Johnstone helping to develop the concept of a Scottish Renaissance.[31] In the post-war period, major artists, including John Bellany and Alexander Moffat, pursued a strand of "Scottish realism".[38] Moffat's influence can be seen in the work of the "new Glasgow Boys" from the late twentieth century.[39] In the twenty-first century Scotland has continued to produce successful and influential such as Douglas Gordon, David Mach,[40] Susan Philipsz and Richard Wright.[41]

Scotland possess significant collections of art, such as the National Gallery of Scotland and National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh[42] and the Burrell Collection and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.[43] Significant schools of art include the Edinburgh College of Art[44] and the Glasgow School of Art.[45] The major funding body with responsibility for the arts in Scotland is Creative Scotland.[46][47] Support is also given by local councils and independent foundations.[48]

## Music

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Main article: Music of Scotland

Scotland is internationally known for its traditional music, which remained vibrant throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to pop music. In spite of emigration and a well-developed connection to music imported from the rest of Europe and the United States, the music of Scotland has kept many of its traditional aspects; indeed, it has itself influenced many forms of music.[citation needed]

## Media

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Main article: Media of Scotland

Scotland's media are partly separate from the rest of the UK. For example, Scotland has several national newspapers, such as the Daily Record (Scotland's leading tabloid), the broadsheet The Herald, based in Glasgow, and The Scotsman in Edinburgh. Sunday newspapers include the tabloid Sunday Mail (published by Daily Record parent company Trinity Mirror) and the Sunday Post, while the Sunday Herald and Scotland on Sunday have associations with The Herald and The Scotsman respectively.

Regional dailies include The Courier and Advertiser in Dundee and the east, and The Press and Journal serving Aberdeen and the north.

Scotland has its own BBC services which include the national radio stations, BBC Radio Scotland and the Scottish Gaelic language service BBC Radio nan Gaidheal. There are also a number of BBC and independent local radio stations throughout the country. In addition to radio, BBC Scotland also runs three national television stations: the Scottish variant of BBC One, the BBC Scotland channel and Gaelic-language TV channel BBC Alba. Much of the output of BBC Scotland Television, such as news and current affairs programmes, and the Glasgow-based soap opera, River City, are intended for broadcast within Scotland, while others, such as drama and comedy programmes, aim at audiences throughout the UK and further afield.

Two ITV stations, STV and ITV, also broadcast in Scotland. Most of the independent television output is the same as that transmitted in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with the exception of news and current affairs, sport, comedy, cultural and Scottish Gaelic-language programming.

As one of the Celtic nations, Scotland is represented at the Celtic Media Festival (formerly known as the Celtic International Film Festival). Scottish entrants have won many awards since the festival began in 1980. Scottish sponsors and partners of the event include Highlands and Islands Enterprise, BBC Scotland, MG Alba, Scottish Screen, STV and Bòrd na Gàidhlig.[49][50]

Addressing the haggis during Burns supper:
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!

## Food and drink

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Main article: Scottish cuisine

Although the deep-fried Mars bar is jokingly said to exemplify the modern Scottish diet, Scottish cuisine offers traditional dishes such as fish and chips, haggis, the Arbroath smokie, salmon, venison, cranachan, the bannock, stovies, Scotch broth, tattie scone and shortbread.

Scotland is also known for its Scotch whisky distilleries, as well as for Scottish beer.

The soft drink Irn-Bru is cited by its manufacturer, A.G. Barr, as Scotland's 'other' national drink owing to its large market share in Scotland, outselling major international brands such as Coca-Cola.

## Philosophy

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Scotland has a strong philosophical tradition. Duns Scotus was one of the premier medieval scholastics. In the Scottish Enlightenment Edinburgh was home to much intellectual talent, including Francis Hutcheson, David Hume and Adam Smith. Other cities also produced major thinkers at that time, such as Aberdeen through Thomas Reid.[citation needed]

## Folklore

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Main articles: Scottish folklore and Scottish mythology

Halloween, on the night of 31 October, is a traditional and much celebrated holiday in Scotland.[51] The name Halloween was first attested in the 16th century as a Scottish shortening of All-Hallows-Eve,[52] and according to some historians it has its roots in the Gaelic festival of Samhain, when the Gaels believed the border between this world and the otherworld became thin, and the dead would revisit the mortal world.[53] In 1780 the poet John Mayne noted Halloween pranks: "What fearfu' pranks ensue!", as well as the supernatural associations of that night, "Bogies" (ghosts).[54] The bard of Scotland Robert Burns' 1785 poem Halloween is recited by Scots at Halloween, and Burns was influenced by Mayne's composition.[54][55] In Scotland, traditional Halloween customs include: Guising — children in costume going from door to door demanding food or coins — which became established practice by the late-19th century,[56][57] turnips hollowed out and carved with faces to make lanterns,[56] and parties with games such as apple bobbing.[58] Further contemporary imagery of Halloween is derived from Gothic and horror literature (notably Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula), and classic horror films (such as Hammer Horrors). Mass transatlantic Irish and Scottish immigration in the 19th century popularized Halloween in North America.[59]

## Language and religion

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Main articles: Languages of Scotland and Religion in Scotland

Scotland also has its own unique family of languages and dialects, helping to foster a strong sense of "Scottish-ness". See Scots language and Scottish Gaelic language. An organisation called Iomairt Cholm Cille (Columba Project) has been set up to support Gaelic-speaking communities in both Scotland and Ireland and to promote links between them.[60]

Forms of Christianity have dominated religious life in what is now the Scotland for more than 1,400 years.[61][62] Scotland retains its own national church, separate from the Church of England. See Church of Scotland and Religion in the United Kingdom. There is also a large minority of Roman Catholics, around 16 per cent of the population.

The patron saint of Scotland is Saint Andrew, and Saint Andrew's Day is celebrated in Scotland on 30 November. Saint (Queen) Margaret, Saint Columba and Saint Ninian have also historically enjoyed great popularity.

## Interceltic festivals

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See also: List of Celtic festivals

Pipers at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient.

As one of the Celtic nations, Scotland is represented at interceltic events at home and around the world. Scotland is host to two interceltic music festivals – the Scottish Arts Council funded Celtic Connections, Glasgow, and the Hebridean Celtic Festival, Stornoway – that were founded in the mid-1990s.[63][64][65][66]

Scottish culture is also represented at interceltic festivals of music and culture worldwide. Among the most well known are Festival Interceltique de Lorient – held annually in Brittany since 1971 – the Pan Celtic Festival, Ireland, and the National Celtic Festival in Portarlington, Australia.[67][68][69]

## National symbols

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Main article: National symbols of Scotland

## See also

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* Architecture of Scotland
* A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle
* Bard's blessing
* Homecoming Scotland 2009
* Scots language
* Scottish cringe
* Scottish Gaelic language
* Scottish mythology
* Scottish national identity
* Scottish people
* Tartanry and List of tartans

* Scotland portal
* Society portal

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Ancient Celtic ethnic groups
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Modern Celtic ethnic groups|

* Bretons
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* Gaels
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Celtic diaspora|

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Related ethnic groups|

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* Proto-Celtic religion
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Mythology|

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Society|

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* Ireland (Éire)
* Isle of Man (Mannin)
* Scotland (Alba)
* Wales (Cymru)

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Other claimants|

* Asturias
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Culture

| Literature|

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National cultures|

* Brittany
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Art|

* Bell shrines
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Clothing|

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Regional cultures|

* Gaelic culture
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Music|

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Festivals|

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Sport|

* Bando
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Autonomy|

* Cornish devolution
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Independence|

* Breton independence
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Pan-Celticism|

* Celtic League
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Languages

Brittonic|

* Breton
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Goidelic|

* Irish
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Mixed|

* Shelta
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Ancient Celtic languages|

| Extinct|

* Proto-Celtic
* Proto-Brittonic
* Proto-Goidelic
* Celtiberian
* Gaulish
* Galatian
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* Lepontic
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