Celtic culture
Ancient Irish traditions
Celtic culture refers to the traditions, languages, arts, and social customs of peoples historically associated with Celtic-speaking regions—Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany, and the Isle of Man.
The term encompasses both ancient practices (Druidism, distinctive metalwork, oral storytelling) and their modern descendants: Celtic music, Gaelic languages, and festivals like Samhain.
She studied Celtic culture in graduate school.
The boundaries of what counts as authentically Celtic remain debated, with some traditions more reconstructed than continuous.
- IrelandNorth Atlantic island republic
- ScotlandNorthern British nation
- BretonBrittany's Celtic language
- sean-nós singingTraditional Irish unaccompanied vocal music
- La TèneLate Iron Age culture
Beltane · Gaelic · Gaelic football · Irish step dance · harp · Tuatha Dé Danann · fairy ring · tribe · warrior queen · knotwork · bodhrán · triskele · green man · Galicia · Brittany · hillfort · crannog · insular art
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- European heritageEuropean architecture, wine, European art, cheese, European cuisine
- Cape BretonSydney, Inverness, fiddle music, ceilidh, ceilidhs
- Iron Age EuropeIron Age, Celts, Gauls, druids, iron tools
- EuropeAlbania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, France
- ancient sitesPompeii, Stonehenge, pyramids, Colosseum, Giza
Celtic cultureRoman culture
Ancient Italy's civilization
Roman civilization · Roman Empire · Mediterranean culture · Latin culture · Greek culture