EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's capital kicked off its New Year "Hogmanay" festivities on Monday with a traditional ceilidh folk music dance for kilt-wearing revellers under Edinburgh Castle. A whisky-fuelled street party was due to be attended by tens of thousands of people in the main Princes Street thoroughfare before a concert by Glasgow indie-rockers Franz Ferdinand and a firework display. "Hogmanay" is the Scots word for "last day of the year" and its origins stretch back to celebrations of the winter solstice by the Vikings in late December.
from Latest News World on Firstpost http://bit.ly/2BWjmin
via IFTTT
No comments:
Post a Comment