3.7K views · 69 reactions | We're limbering up for International Dance Day with this archive footage of traditional Scottish sword dancing at a Highland Games event. The clip comes from the Scottish Television Film & Video Archive Project available on Scran.ac.uk - https://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-196-497-C | SCRAN | Facebook

20K views · 2K reactions | Competitors in the Scottish Highland Dancing Sword Dance during the 2022 Ballater Highland Games. These were held at Ballater in Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland on Thursday 11th August 2022. Note how the dancers watch their feet as they perform this dance. The Sword Dance or 'Ghillie Callum' is an ancient dance of war of the Scottish Gael, said to date back to King Malcolm Canmore (Shakespear’s MacBeth). | Aberdeenshire Scotland | Facebook

27K views · 1.2K reactions | You watch your feet in the Scottish Sword dance, as you can see from these young competitors, filmed during the 2024 Dufftown Highland Games. These were local competitors early in the day as people were arriving for the Games in beautiful Speyside, the malt Whisky capital of Scotland, on Saturday 27th July 2024. #dufftown #dufftownhighlandgames #highlanddance #scottishdance #sworddance | Scottish Highlands & Inverness | Facebook