When is burns night 2017

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More info. Burns Night is tomorrow Wednesday January The day marks the th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns. Here is everything you need to know. Robert Burns, also known as Rabbie and the Bard of Ayrshire, has long been considered the national poet of Scotland.

Much of his work — which includes Auld Lang Syne well his re-written version of the Scottish folk song — is written in Scottish gaelic or English with a Scottish dialect and his influence grew widely after his death largely among socialism and liberalism. They made a pact to commemorate him on July 21 each year — the date of his death and this developed over time. Decades later and the date has been moved to January 25 his birthday instead but the principle is still the same: a celebration of Robert Burns and his work with a Burns Night Supper.

There are some other things that have caught on over time, including eating lots of haggis, reciting poems, Scottish dancing, bagpipes and drinking lots of whisky. The kilt thing, while many people often wear one for Burns Night, is in dispute however, with some claiming Burns would never have worn one as he was a lowlander. To begin there is usually a Scottish broth, followed by a main course of haggis — served on a silver salver with neeps and tatties turnips and potatoes and brought into the dining room to the sound of bagpipes and slow claps.

The evening centers on the entrance of the haggis a type of sausage prepared in a sheep's stomach on a large platter to the sound of a piper playing bagpipes. When the haggis is on the table, the host reads the "Address to a Haggis".

This is an ode that Robert Burns wrote to the Scottish dish. At the end of the reading, the haggis is ceremonially sliced into two pieces and the meal begins. Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Scotland, on January 25, He died in Dumfries, Scotland, on July 21, He was a bard poet and wrote many poems, lyrics and other pieces that addressed political and civil issues. Perhaps his best known work is "Auld Lang Syne", which is sung at New Year's Eve celebrations in Scotland, parts of the United Kingdom, and other places around the world.

Burns is one of Scotland's important cultural icons and is well known among Scottish expats or descendants around the world. Robert Burns acquaintances held the first Burns supper on July 21, the anniversary of his death, in Ayrshire, Scotland, in the late s.