Female clown, entertainer at Arbroath, Scotland, UK 5th April, 2014. Professional 'Candy Clown from Dundee a member of 'Circus Scotland' a performer at the Scottish Homecoming event held at Arboath Abbey on Scotland's Tartan Day. An attraction funded by the Scottish Government to promote attract tourism in the year of the Independence vote. Tartan Day commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath on the 6th April, 1320.
Tartan Day is a celebration Scotland at the heart of a global Tartan Day celebration, bringing to the world's attention to Scotland’s creativity, innovation, heritage, and people. Tartan Day was first celebrated in Canada. The Canadian Tartan Day celebrations were such a success, America decided to join in! In 2004, the House of Representatives decreed that April 6, the date of the signing of the 1320 Declaration of Arbroath, should be established as National Tartan Day, to recognise 'The outstanding contribution and achievements made by Scottish Americans to the United States'. Since then, Tartan Day has gone from strength to strength and, in 2004 Angus Council was the first council in Scotland to celebrate Scotland and all things Scottish with a week-long programme of special events leading up to April 6. Scotland's first Tartan Day was voted a success and, over the last three years, other areas of Scotland have also celebrated Tartan Day, which is now a national day of celebration!
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Location: Arbroath, Scotland, UK
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