L'équipe de l'Orkney Uppies Jeu Ba eu lieu dans les rues chaque jour de Noël de Kirkwall Orkney continentale. 5829 SCO

• Contributeur: David Gowans / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: BGHD6J
• Taille du fichier: 60 MB (2,5 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 5620 x 3733 px | 47,6 x 31,6 cm | 18,7 x 12,4 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 24 décembre 2009
• Lieu: St Magnus Cathedral Kirkwall Mainland Orkney Highland Region Scotland.

Informations supplémentaires

Every Christmas Eve and Hogmanay, householders and shopkeepers along Kirkwall's winding central streets can be seen barricading doors and windows in preparation for the following days' ba' games. The Kirkwall Ba' is a mass-football game played out in the streets of the town every Christmas Day and New Year's Day. The game pits two rival "factions" against each other in a battle to secure a goal and win the game. The men and boys of Kirkwall are designated either "Uppies" or "Doonies", or "Up the Gates" and "Doon the Gates". This is thought to be a corruption of the Old Norse gata, meaning road. Whether you were an Uppie or a Doonie originally depended upon the individual's place of birth. Those born to the north of the Cathedral were a Doonies, with Uppies being those born to the south.

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