Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.It shares a border with England to the south, and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south-west. In addition to the mainland, the country is made up of more than 790 islands, including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.

 Location of  Scotland  (dark green)

                   MUSIC IN SCOTLAND

Bagpipe or bagpipe or touloumi or vessel is a type of bagpipe, that kind of traditional musical wind instrument musical instrument consisting of a bag and a wooden part. The bagpipe is a traditional instrument throughout Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The bagpipe consists of the bag, mouthpiece and audio production department. The latter consists of two separate glottidofonous lumens. One, short with holes, produce the melody and the other, long without holes, produces a phoneme which keeps equal.

Kilt the scotland skirt

The kilt has developed over the 19th century by the Nobles of England and Scotland.

People wear it with:

•Hoses(κάλτσες)

•Flashes(καλτσοδέτες)

•Brogues(παπούτσια)

•Kilt(σαν φουστανέλα)

•Sporran(σακίδιο)

•Kilt pin

•Jacket & vest(σακάκι & γιλέκο)

•Sgian dubh(μαχαίρι)

It has its origins in the early history of Scotland and Ireland. Called else and philabeg and has its roots in an older garment called << zone plaid>>. The Irish word for tartan is breacan meaning colored. Each tartan features colorful stripes that identify race, family or the constitution.

            FOOD IN SCOTLAND

Scotland is famous for the natiolan dish Haggis.Haggis is made from lamp’s offal(liver,heart and lungs)mixed with onions,herbs,spicies and suet,all packed in a skin bag,traditionally made of a sheep’s stomach.

Βιβλιογραφία:

Βιβλιογραφία: wikipedia the free encyclopedia: Scotland