The Papa Stour Sword Dance, or Shetland Sword Dance, is a British linked sword dance involving seven dancers, who represent the Seven Champions of Christendom:...
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Papa Stour is one of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, with a population of under fifteen people, some of whom immigrated after an appeal for residents...
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English Theatre, 43 (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2022), p. 116. "Scott's Papa Stour Sword Dance - 1788 | Folk Play Research website". folkplay.info. Retrieved 22...
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same. The Papa Stour sword dance may be of Norse origin and a description of the dance appears in The Pirate by Sir Walter Scott. Papa Stour is also the...
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