Why Do We Celabrate Burns Day?
Burns Night is considered as the second National Day. It is celebrated on 25 January each year with Burns supper around the world. This event is celebrated to honor the great poet Robert Burns. The burns celebration is true memorial of his life and poetry. January 25 is the birth date of the poet and this date is the day of celebration mainly in Scotland. The first of this kind of event was held in Ayrshire towards the end of the 18th century by the friends of the poet on his death anniversary. The format of Burns night is the same as the first burns night. First of all the event starts with a general welcome and announcement followed by a grace. Then the piping and cutting of haggis, at this time his famous Address to a Haggis is read. After that the people have their supper. Then an overview of his life and work is given and the event concludes with the singing of Auld Lang Syne.
