Highland Fling - Genuine Scotish Highland Dance

Filmed at McTavishes highland restaraunt in Fort William.
If you want to take up highland dancing, this is what you've got to live up to.

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• scottish
• country
• ethnic
• bagpipes
• droning

[Semiomniscient]

I can understand your issue. However, to be an expert on Highland attire or dance you needn't speak Gaelic, but it indeed would do you good to interact with those living in the Highlands. You however seem to disregard the fact that Highland culture lives and spreads not by those who have remained in the Highlands, but by those who've left for one reason or another. Thus, because that emigration has been occuring for a while now it is not surprising that a difference exists.

[Semiomniscient]

I didn't ask for anyone's qualifications, just sources of information--because that can be verified. I am a Scottish dancer and have been since I was seven. (Scottish Country Dance--not Highland.) I've read about the subject and heard various things by word of mouth most of my life. I'm not claiming to be an expert, but I'm certainly not unfamiliar with the dancing. People carry their traditions with them, so I am blessed enough to participate. (I haven't verified Ellaphail's gender.)

[Kezzaahho9]

Helloo.. :)

Itt Sayss att thee Topp Highland Fling but itss /the Swordss,, [

Byee,, x

[NeverMindBird]

That's actually the sword dance.

[TheArdRigh]

Interesting sport, certainly not "genuine" culture though.

smurf4u2, seems to me you're way out of your depth. I know a bit of the Scottish toungue, and as far as I can tell ellaPhail seriously knows what she is talking about.Perhaps you should enter in a spirit of learning rather scathing her salient observations.

There conceptions of time in Gaelic which cannot be expressed in the english language, does that make it crap?

[Semiomniscient]

Great. I appreciate the swift and knowledgeable response.

[donnchadhban]

It's no doubt of the same origin. The Lowland Scots word "widdershins" is equivalent to the Gaelic word "tuathal" and means a counterclockwise movement and also implies negativity.

[Semiomniscient]

Question: Does the Gaelic custom of clockwise rotation for the sword dances go along with the old legend that I've heard in Scottish Country Dance that "only witches make their circles to the right?"

[smurf4u2]

better informed dont make me laugh being able 2 speak gaelic doesnt make you better informed about dancing history or scottish history, your rant about the dances was so far off it was laughable. Do you wear the traditional Kilt 8 yrds of cloth or the english invention the modern kilt with straps and buckles, like i said things get changed & refined but it doesnt make it wrong, just different from how it originally was, same with the dances or you just want men dancing equality is here 2 stay

[ellaphail]

The Gaelic for aeroplane is "iteolan", which is an purely Gaelic construct. English uses the cognate word which is not of native origin. Smurf, you might consider learning to write English correctly before spitting venom at Gaels better informed than yourself. Thalla 'is bog.

[smurf4u2]

Ellaphails been going round the dance videos attacking anything not to ellaphails taste or idea of what is scottish got to laugh at how narrow minded people can be. select the bits of history you like and discard the rest everything should stay the same, never change, cant think of anything much that has not changed, been refined or altered in some way that includes gaelic, how do you say aeroplane in gaelic you cant so how do they report the news in gaelic they add an english word for it,

[JenTrenshaw]

This dance isn't the Highland Fling this is the Sword Dance. Note the swords crossed on the stage.