presentation was prepared by: Irina Selishcheva

little about British culture Culture of the United Kingdom is rich and diverse. It has a significant impact on culture in the world. The UK has strong cultural ties with its former colonies, especially with countries where English is an official language. For instance, some English music performers significantly influenced the development of music in the world (Beatles). Significant contribution to British culture over the past half-century have immigrants from the Indian sub- continent and the Caribbean. In the formation of the United Kingdom it was composed of independent states of the former culture.

Polo in the UK Polo is in all respects and the British elite sport. And polo places heavy demands not only to the bank account the athlete. Among the essential attributes of polo - aristocratic upbringing and players. Begin to play polo at Eton and Mill field, continue in Oxford. In the UK, the passionate fans of the sport were representatives of many generations of the royal family, and the grandson of the seventh Duke of Marlborough, Sir Winston Churchill was one of the truly talented players: his personal handicap was six points on a scale.

Golf in UK Since the origin of the game of golf a legend about how the ordinary shepherd, wandering through the coastal dunes, having nothing to do hit with a stick on round stone and accidentally rolled it into a rabbit hole. Then he was joined by friends who liked the new fun. Later, the stones were replaced by balls, rabbit holes - holes, and instead sticks adapted putter. The title of home of golf, as is often the case, claimed by many countries. Still considered the birthplace of the classic golf small Scottish town of St. Andrews, named after the town's patron, Saint Andrew, whose tomb is in a dilapidated cathedral, which was built about six centuries ago.

Croquet in UK It is believed that the games, which use a wooden mallet and balls, came to England from Europe in the Middle Ages. Initially these games were unpretentious: required to score the only goal in a fairly wide gate. A prototype of the modern croquet was popular in France in the XIII Century: hitting balls with wooden mallets, French peasants sent them to the gates of wicker. Uniform rules at the time did not exist, and for centuries raised a set of options for the game. For example, in the XV century, it began to play on the tables indoors, it is believed that in this way there were billiard game.

Cricket in UK It is believed that cricket was originally a child's game, adults began to show interest in cricket in the early XVII century. Over the next century cricket is rapidly gaining popularity in the south- east of England. Since then, the preservation of the records of the meetings of teams of eleven players. Apparently, at that time, there were the first professional cricketers. In the XVIII century English cricket has become a national sport. A large role in this fast growing popularity played by the fact that the value of bets on the meetings was strictly limited. Wealthy citizens formed their own teams. Games gathered on the playing fields of the crowd of spectators.