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    The Sword dance is one of the best known of all Highland dances, an ancient dance of war. Performance of sword dances in the folklore of Scotland is recorded...
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    sword dance include: solo dancers around swords – such as the traditional Scottish sword dances. This general form also encompasses non-sword dances such...
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    dress Ghillies (dance shoes) Highland games Irish dance Scottish country dance Scottish sword dances Step dancing Specific highland dances Highland fling...
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    United States[citation needed] Dirk dance and Scottish sword dancesScotland European sword dance or weapon dance of various kinds Haka - Māori people...
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    rapper swords form an unbroken chain connecting the dancers. The dance is related to the Long Sword dance of Yorkshire, as well as other sword dances in Europe...
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    enjoyment of all.) List of Scottish country dances Scottish Highland dance English Country Dance Four Scottish Dances Dirk dance Ghillies Gillidh Callum...
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  • list of dances. It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a...
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  • Dances List of Scottish country dances Scottish country dance Scottish highland dance Scottish sword dances Arnold, Malcolm. Four Scottish Dances. Scores on...
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    a caller. Modern western square dance is often confused with barn dancing in Britain. Barn dances, as social dances, were popular in Ireland until the...
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    A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region. Not all ethnic dances are folk dances. For example, ritual...
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    currently spoken in Scotland is Scottish Gaelic. It is widely spoken in the Outer Hebrides, and also in parts of the Inner Hebrides and Scottish Highlands, and...
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    Highland Fling (category Scottish Highland dance)
    film footage of the Seann Triubhas, Highland Fling, and Sword Dance from 1915 Film Scotland's Dances shows a Highland Fling at a Braemar Gathering, commentary...
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    Britain, Ireland and North America. In Scottish country dancing, the reel is one of the four traditional dances, the others being the jig, the strathspey...
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    Up Helly Aa (category 1878 establishments in Scotland)
    "helly", The Scottish National Dictionary, Designed Partly on Regional Lines and Partly on Historical Principles, and Containing All the Scottish Words Known...
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  • Lilting (category Scottish folk music)
    lilting found increased popularity in local dance events known as "house dances" and "crossroads dances". Beginning the mid-1900s, lilting was increasingly...
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    and just preference of which dances to perform. Among the most common dances are the Highland Fling, the Sword Dance or the Ghillie Callum, the Seann...
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  • 1789. List of Scottish country dances Lamb, William (2013). "Reeling in the Strathspey: The Origins of Scotland's National Music". Scottish Studies. 36:...
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    Jig (redirect from Slide (dance))
    jig (Irish: port, Scottish Gaelic: port-cruinn) is a form of lively folk dance in compound metre, as well as the accompanying dance tune. It first gained...
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    October 2023. "Scottish bank holiday dates". www.gov.scot. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023. St Andrew's Day Bill Scottish Government Text...
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    music. Traditional Scottish music comprises a variety of different styles such as ballads, reels, jigs and airs. Traditional Scottish music is closely associated...
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    Scottish folk music (also Scottish traditional music) is a genre of folk music that uses forms that are identified as part of the Scottish musical tradition...
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    country of Scotland or Scottish culture. As a rule, these national symbols are cultural icons that have emerged from Scottish folklore and tradition,...
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    Scottish cuisine encompasses the cooking styles, traditions and recipes associated with Scotland. It has distinctive attributes and recipes of its own...
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    The Scottish people or Scots (Scots: Scots fowk; Scottish Gaelic: Albannaich) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged...
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  • Eisrevue - Scottish Ballet - Scottish country dance - Scottish highland dance - Scottish sword dances - Seguidilla - Sequence dance - Serpentine dance - Shakespearean...
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    Language (Scotland) Act 2005 established a language-development body, Bòrd na Gàidhlig. The Scottish Parliament is considering a Scottish Languages Bill...
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    Edinburgh, 2006 Scottish Inventors . . . who keep the world in touch, Global Friends of Scotland (a Scottish Executive website) Scottish Inventors and their...
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    the most Scottish golf tournament of all?". www.golfinternational.com. Golf International. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2024. "Scottish Events,...
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    A Scottish clan (from Scottish Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense...
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    Saining (category Scottish folklore)
    p26-37 Macbain, Etymological Dictionary of Scottish-Gaelic, 1998, p309. Polson, Alexander (1932). Scottish Witchcraft and Lore. Inverness: W. Alexander...
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