Tour Scotland Video The Saltire Flag Flying St Andrew's Day Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of an illuminated Saltire Flag flying on the wall of a church on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
The Flag of Scotland, called The Saltire or Saint Andrew's Cross, is a blue field with a white saltire. According to tradition, it represents Saint Andrew, who is supposed to have been crucified on a cross of that form, called a crux decussata, at Patras. The flag is in the form of a diagonal cross, like the shape of the letter X in Roman type. Saltires are also seen in several other flags, including the flags of Grenada, Jamaica, Alabama, Florida, Jersey, Logroño, Vitoria, Amsterdam, Breda, Katwijk, Potchefstroom and Valdivia, as well as the former Indian princely states of Khairpur, Rajkot and Jaora. The design is also part of the Confederate Battle Flag and Naval Jack used during the American Civil War. Arthur L. Rogers, designer of the final version of the Confederate National flag, claimed that it was based off the saltire of Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Scots Celebrating St Andrew’s Day Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Scots celebrating St Andrew’s Day on a very cold day in the city centre on King Edward Street on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Saint Andrew is Scotland's patron saint. In Scotland, and many countries with Scottish connections, Saint Andrew's Day is marked with a celebration of Scottish culture with traditional Scottish food, music and dance. The celebration of Saint Andrew as a national festival is thought to originate from the reign of King Malcolm III. Saint Andrew's Day is the feast day of Saint Andrew who is represented in the New Testament to be the disciple who introduced his brother, the Apostle Peter, to Jesus as the Messiah. He is the patron saint of Cyprus, Scotland, Greece, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, San Andres Island, Colombia, Saint Andrew, Barbados, and Tenerife. In Germany, the feast day is celebrated as Andreasnacht, in Austria with the custom of Andreasgebet, and in Poland as Andrzejki, in Russia as Андреева ночь.

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Tour Scotland Video Clanadonia St Andrew’s Day Scottish Winter Festival Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Clanadonia in front of the stage at the St Andrew’s Day Scottish Festival on a very cold day in the city centre on King Edward Street on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Clanadonia are the greatest tribal drum and pipe band to come out of Glasgow.

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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Ceilidh Band St Andrew’s Day Scottish Festival Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Scottish Ceilidh Band on the stage at the St Andrew’s Day Scottish Festival on a very cold day in the city centre on King Edward Street on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A cèilidh is a traditional Scottish or Irish social gathering. In its most basic form, it simply means a social visit. In contemporary usage, it usually involves playing Gaelic folk music and dancing, either at a house party or a larger concert at a social hall or other community gathering place.

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Tour Scotland Video Bagpipes Music Red Hot Chilli Pipers St Andrew’s Day Scottish Festival Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of bagpipes music and dancers of the of Red Hot Chilli Pipers on the stage at the St Andrew’s Day Scottish Festival on a very cold day in the city centre on King Edward Street on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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