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Nova Scotia's Cultural Heritage Mosaic

Nova Scotia's Cultural Heritage Mosaic

Explore Nova Scotia culture and heritage and search your genealogy. This video features our four founding cultures.

The hearts of our founding cultures are still beating, proud and strong, in Nova Scotia. The centuries of vibrant Mi’kmaq, Acadian, Celtic, and Africian cultures give Nova Scotia its distinctive voice and character.

Acadian Culture in Nova ScotiaThe spirit of l’Acadie runs deep here. From the towering churches of the seaside villages to the beauty of the masterfully-created hooked rugs, Acadian culture infuses much of Nova Scotia with its vibrancy, jaunty rhythms and the romance of its history and language.

African Culture in Nova ScotiaSince the 1780s when Black Loyalists began an exodus from the United States at the close of the War of Independence. Nova Scotia has been both a safe haven for slaves, refugees, and immigrants of African and Caribbean descent, and a hard place to make a home. That history is honoured here and the influence of Black Nova Scotians spreads far and wide.

Gaelic Culture in Nova ScotiaThroughout the 18th and 19th centuries, tens of thousands of Scottish and Irish immigrants chose these shores on the edge of a budding new world as the place they would call home. The strength of the Gaelic culture, music, history and language has endured here for three centuries, living and breathing in everyday life.

Mi'kmaq Culture in Nova ScotiaFor ten thousand years, this rugged, sea-swept peninsula has been home to the Aboriginal people. One of four founding cultures of Nova Scotia genealogy, the gifts of the Mi’kmaq people – their legends, art, music, spirituality, history, and language - enrich the very essence of this maritime province.
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On Oct 18 I was finally able to get out on the road for a bit of leaf peeping. Left Halifax and ...

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Although the leaves have fallen off the tree on the Island that I was watching, there are lots of ...

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16-Oct-2011 12:05 PM
I was too late getting a shot of the beautiful colours of a few trees on the island near the bridge ...

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16-Oct-2011 12:00 PM
The cabot trail from Cheticamp to Ingonish was pretty green last weekend (Oct 8) when I drove it. I ...

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Lots of nice bright reds and yellows today (Oct 15) on Highway 14 from Elmsdale to Windsor and ...

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