Cultural
| Type | Symbol | Description | Year | Image | Source |
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| Beverage | Milk | 2005 | |||
| Bluegrass song | Blue Moon of Kentucky by Bill Monroe |
Kentucky native Bill Monroe wrote this song in 1947 and performed it soon thereafter. Elvis Presley sung the song when he auditioned for the Grand Ole Opry and later recorded it for his first single for Sun Records. | 1988 |
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| Dance | Clogging | Clogging in the southern U.S. has its roots from early settlers. English clogging, Irish Jigs, African-American buck dance and Cherokee dance. | 2006 | ||
| Language | English | Over 95% of the state's residents are able to speak English. | 1984 | — | |
| Music | Bluegrass music | But it wasn't called bluegrass back then. It was just called old time mountain hillbilly music. When they started doing the bluegrass festivals in 1965, everybody got together and wanted to know what to call the show, y'know. It was decided that since Bill was the oldest man, and was from the Bluegrass state of Kentucky and he had the Blue Grass Boys, it would be called 'bluegrass.' —Don Harrison, | 2007 | ||
| Musical instrument | Appalachian Dulcimer | A stringed instrument that appeared in the south in the early 19th century | 2001 | ||
| Silverware pattern | Old Kentucky blue grass, the Georgetown pattern | 1996 | — | ||
| Song | "My Old Kentucky Home" | The song describes life on a Kentucky plantation. | 1928 | ||
| Sports car | Chevrolet Corvette | Since 1981, the Chevrolet Corvette has been manufactured in Bowling Green. | 2010 |
Read more about this topic: List Of Kentucky State Symbols
Famous quotes containing the word cultural:
“The primary function of myth is to validate an existing social order. Myth enshrines conservative social values, raising tradition on a pedestal. It expresses and confirms, rather than explains or questions, the sources of cultural attitudes and values.... Because myth anchors the present in the past it is a sociological charter for a future society which is an exact replica of the present one.”
—Ann Oakley (b. 1944)
“To begin to use cultural forces for the good of our daughters we must first shake ourselves awake from the cultural trance we all live in. This is no small matter, to untangle our true beliefs from what we have been taught to believe about who and what girls and women are.”
—Jeanne Elium (20th century)
“The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not “Am I really that oppressed?” but “Am I really that boring?””
—Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)