Mari El and Scotland

The Aim of the project
To study the most vivid features of the Scottish and the Mari cultures
To find out similarities and prove that different nationalities may have common features

Topicality
Membership of an ethnic group tends to be associated with shared cultural heritage, ancestry, history, homeland, language(dialect) or ideology, and with symbolic systems such as religion, mythology, and ritual, cuisine, dressing style,
physical appearance, etc.
So we are going to study some of these points and to prove that all nationalities have common features

Fact file
Scotland
Area
Population
Capital
Symbols
Patron saint
Nickname
78770 square kilometres
5 mln
Edinburgh
Flag, Coat of Arms, Thistle
St. Andrew
Caledonia/Alba

Fact file
Mari El
Area
Population
Capital
Symbols
Patron saint
Nickname
23, 8 square kilometres
690 000
Yoshkar-Ola
Flag, Coat of Arms, Bear
Virgin Maria
The Land of Lakes

Geography
Scotland
31000 lakes – lochs
The biggest – Loch Lomond 71,1 sq km
The deepest – Loch Morar (309 m)
The most famous – Loch Ness
Mari El
689 lakes
The biggest – Yalchik 1,8 sq km
The deepest – Tabashinskoye (Zryv) (56 m)
The most famous – Sea Eye Lake (Morskoy Glaz)

Great Lakes of Scotland & Mari El
Loch Morar
Loch Ness
Sea Eye Lake
Lake Yalchik

History
The Scottish King James VI became king of England in 1603
Scotland & England united in 1707
1440s – was incorporated into the Khanate of Kazan
1552 after the fall of Kazan was occupied by Russia

Scottish Celebrations
Samhain /ˈsɑːwɪn/
a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year.
It is celebrated from sunset on 31 October to sunset on 1 November
Beltane or Beltain /ˈbɛlteɪn/
30 April–1 May
It marked the beginning of summer

Mari Celebrations
Shyzhe Pazar (Шыже Пазар)
To mark the end of the harvest season
21 November
Agavairem (Агавайрем)
To mark the end of the spring work in the field
5 June

Musical instruments
Bagpipes
Drums
Harps
Gusli

Scottish National Cuisine
Haggis
Scotch Pie
Porridge
Cock-a-leekie soup
Whisky
Ale

Mari National Cuisine
Soup with dumplings (лашка)
Подкогыльо
Sausage with fat and blood (сокта)
Flacky dumplings (команмелна),
Cheesecakes (туара)
Porridge
Beer (пура)
Strong honey drink (пӱрӧ)

Conclusion

Resources
www.wikipedia
http://lifestripes.ru
http://www.12rus.ru/
http://mari.ter12.ru/
В. Ф. Сатинова Читаем и говорим о Британии и британцах. – М., Высшая школа. 1996
В. М. Павлоцкий Знакомимся с Британией. – Ст. Петербург, «Оракул», 1998
Москвина Л.П., Петухова Г.Н., Никитина Ю.М. История и культура народов Марий Эл: учебное пособие для 7 класса. - Йошкар-Ола: Марийское книжное издательство, 2012. - 128 с.