UK is an
affluent in its culture, traditions and norms. UK being a very vintage country
is rich in its history. It carries a lot of aspect to be looked upon. UK is a
developed island country, a major power and a true liberal democracy. It is the
composition of 4 countries including England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and
Wales. Each of these four countries has their own values, customs and
symbolism.
As UK's
culture is quite goofy, so it has a great taste of literature, arts, history,
food, sports, cinema, media, architecture and education. These are some of the
important aspects of British culture. The UK is also pretty advance in science
and technology and it has the most famous scientist in the world which amends
the world through their inventions and findings. UK is thought as a "cultural
super power" and London as among the most beautiful cities and as world
cultural capital.
Let as we
take a look on different cultural norms of UK which surely depicts its culture
and history. First comes its language , the official language of UK is English
and 95% of the people use to speak English while Welsh, Scottish, Gaelic,
Cornish and Irish are also the language which are spoken up in 4 countries of
UK.
There is a
lot about Arts and Literature in UK. The History is full of the glory of Arts.
From very past till today the English literature is non match able in its poetry,
novel writing, poems, dramas and theater. English land is luckiest to have the
most remarkable people. How could one don't know about William Shakespeare, who
was regarded as national poet of England. Robert Burns is often called as
national poet of Scotland. Now comes its theater since the formation of UK in
1707, it had a vibrant culture of Theater, inherited from England and Scotland.
UK's people are very fond of Theater and till now it highly reflects UK's
history of culture.
If one does
not know Charlie Chaplin, he is surely do not know about comedy. This great man
was born on land of UK, so cinema has also a wide range of greatest actors,
which were and which are the survival keys of their cinema. Alfred Hitchcock,
Charlie Chaplin, David Lean, John Gielgud, Rich Burton are some of those great
actors.
Broadcasting
has been the forefront for the development of UK. BBC (known as British
Broadcasting Corporation) is one of the most authentic and well known channel
in the world.
As UK is
rich in its history, so architecture includes many features early from
Stonehenge to the Giant Ring. UK is always eminent for its castles; Windsor
Castle, Stirling Castle, Bodiam Castle, Warwick Castle, and Caenarfor Castle
are some of the beautiful castles which are worth mentioning.
UK is dainty
advance in science and technology from the very vintage ages till now. Isaac
Newton, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Stephen Hawking are few of the
scientist who totally revamp the world with their inventions.
At the early
ages, UK was created as an Anglican country so the religion was Christianity
and it was a tiny minority in Scotland. Now the religion of UK is Christianity
followed by Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism.
If we don't
talk about the cuisine of a country, then its culture is not completed yet.
British are pretty taste lovers and bit choosy in what they eat. Fried egg,
sausages, puddings, bacon, mushroom, tomatoes, toasts and baked beans are
preferred as breakfast. Traditional British cream tea is the most popular
beverage in UK. Also cheese is the most used dairy product and British will
love to have cheese and butter in their meals.
The most
amateur sport in UK is football. England is famous for cricket. Golf is the
modern game of Scotland. How people of a country dresses up shows its culture.
4 of the countries of UK have different costumes. Scotland has the kilt and Tam
o'chanter and tartan clothing depicting the Gaelic culture. A traditional welsh
costume with welsh hat worn by women. There is not any specified dress of
England where smock frock is considered as national dress of England.
