The world around us is constantly changing and we are changing with it, new technologies allow us to walk with the times, there are holidays, the existence of which we had no idea 5 years ago;
But there is in the world a nation which, despite all the changes, retained its core and identity. Today we talk about the proud Scots.
In Scotland, it is very fond of telling visitors an anecdote: after the creation of Scotland, the Lord called to him the angel Gabriel, and said: "Look, what a great country has turned out! The climate is great, the mountains - gorgeous, bold men, women beautiful music - enchanting and some whiskey make the "Archangel Gabriel tasted marvelous drink and asked the Lord:" Do not be too good at all of them it turns out?! Spilled same razbaluyutsya "To which the Lord replied," You have no idea what I had slipped them neighbors! "
Indeed, it turned out that almost the entire history of Scotland is associated with opposition to the British. And even if not the first hundred years under the rule of the country, the Scots have not lost the pride and strength of spirit, their customs and traditions once again showing how they are skeptical about the prim Englishmen.
People in Scotland open, friendly and cheerful. Music they noisy, bright and unusual clothes. And their mountains they adore. Speaking about the Scots, it is impossible to bypass the national dress - kilt (men's plaid skirt), and indeed the precious tradition of wearing it. There are two types of kilt - big and small.
big kilt It represents the segment of woolen fabric checker (tartan) at 13 meters, folded in a special way so that the result reached skirt and cape on the forearm. Under it, always wear a white linen shirt. Sometimes cape hood function performed and generally unwinding after tartan used by mountaineers as a plaid, which could take refuge in the cold season. Today is the big kilt in Scotland, almost no one has - folding technique is really complicated and very few people can remember.
small kilt - a skirt with pleats stitched with the mandatory accessories, called "sporran" and is a small bag, which stores small personal belongings. Sporran is also considered essential and complementary to a large kilt and is divided into two types - day (made of leather) and evening (leather, but with a furry).
Required Unlike all the kilts - the color of the tartan and the order of cross lines in the figure, reporting a owner supplies a kilt to a particular clan, whom Scotland still remained decent number.
Complement Kilty, besides shirts, jackets, stocking (gaiters) and a special cap, is a knife (skin dy). It is worn under the mattress definitely right foot on the outside. If the skin is and do a little "peeps" on the inside of the legs due to the stocking - this, according to tradition, it is already regarded as a declaration of war. By the way, almost all Scots - excellent soldiers, in particular archers. Today, there is a special guard of archers, which is charged with the duty of guarding the Queen, when she arrives on the territory of Scotland.
Despite the fact that the Scots are respected intelligence, courage and honor of God, on occasion, they love to indulge and melancholy. The benefit of this nature helps. Just imagine, beyond the threshold of the house - moorlands, buried in fog, snow-white cap cloud covered mountains, clean air rings like crystal!
Until now, any woman in Scotland is required to be able to stuff the pillow itself, cook the jam and associate members of the household socks. The man, in turn, even if served as general office clerk, is quite able to score the deer and cut wood from the next stand tall spruce. At the same time quite well, if all of the above will turn out beautiful, tastier, more interesting than your neighbor. The fact that the spirit of competition in the Scots literally in the blood. There are even some large cities such as Edinburgh and Glasgow, compete with each other. But at the same time, if a native of Scotland will meet countryman in a foreign land, it will be more akin to blood relation to him. It does not matter from what city or village, the main thing - the two Scotland!
Scottish wedding --examining unusual nature. In the church, the bride and groom to the guests behave stiffly and traditional. In general, the official part is practically no different from any other European wedding. But the peculiarity is that the groom (with friends), be sure to dress kilt clan colors. At the conclusion of the wedding fabric of the same color as the bride throws on the shoulders of the bride (now wife).
During the wedding celebration it is obligatory to fight with swords. His suit or the groom and his friends, or specially invited for this people. This battle strikes visitors with its frenzy and dynamism. But before the wedding, be sure to hold a bachelor / bachelorette party so that the memories for a long time and all!
Despite the current progressive time and pressure of the Church in Scotland is not forgotten pagan rituals. For example, the Scots still celebrate Beltane (May 1), symbolizing the cattle pasture to pasture; Imbole (early February) - the day when the kids sheep Lugnas (1 August) - the harvest and the summer solstice (June 21). And in the day of the winter solstice (December 21) every Scot believes: that's when all the witches gather on the Sabbath, and the fairies dancing in the forest clearings.
