Common Ridings
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Common Ridings are traditional annual festivals in the Scottish Borders that commemorate historic boundary riding and community defense through ceremonial horseback processions and associated celebrations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Common Ridings canonical | 1 |
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish custom
ⓘ
cultural tradition ⓘ traditional festival ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Coldstream Civic Week
ⓘ
Denholm Rideout ⓘ Duns Summer Festival ⓘ Galashiels Braw Lads Gathering ⓘ Hawick Common Riding ⓘ Innerleithen St Ronan’s Games and Cleikum Ceremonies ⓘ Jedburgh Callants Festival ⓘ Civic Week ⓘ
surface form:
Kelso Civic Week
Langholm Common Riding ⓘ Lauder Common Riding ⓘ Melrose Festival ⓘ Newcastleton Festival ⓘ Peebles Beltane Festival ⓘ Selkirk Common Riding ⓘ West Linton Whipman Play ⓘ |
| attracts |
local participants
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Central Lowlands of Scotland
ⓘ
surface form:
Lowlands of Scotland
|
| follows | annual cycle ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
medieval practice of riding town boundaries
ⓘ
need to protect common lands ⓘ |
| hasPart |
ceremonial horseback procession
ⓘ
civic ceremonies ⓘ community celebrations ⓘ concerts ⓘ dances ⓘ historical commemorations ⓘ parades ⓘ religious services ⓘ social events ⓘ sports events ⓘ wreath-laying ceremonies ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
commemoration of community defense
ⓘ
commemoration of historic boundary riding ⓘ preservation of local traditions ⓘ strengthening community identity ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Scottish Borders ⓘ |
| practicedIn |
Coldstream
ⓘ
Denholm ⓘ Duns ⓘ Galashiels NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawick ⓘ Innerleithen NERFINISHED ⓘ Jedburgh ⓘ Kelso ⓘ Langholm ⓘ Lauder ⓘ Melrose ⓘ Newcastleton ⓘ Peebles ⓘ Selkirk ⓘ West Linton ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Scottish equestrian traditions
ⓘ
border reiving history ⓘ riding the marches ⓘ |
| significance | important element of Scottish Borders identity ⓘ |
| typicalTimeOfYear |
late spring
ⓘ
summer ⓘ |
| uses |
banners
ⓘ
flags ⓘ horses ⓘ musical bands ⓘ sashes ⓘ traditional costumes ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.