Tour Scotland Photograph Sword Dance Thornton Highland Gathering Fife

Tour Scotland travel photograph of a sword dancer at the Highland Gathering on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Thornton, Fife, Scotland. Scottish sword dances are ritualistic and combative dances that imitate epic deeds and martial skills and are a familiar feature in Scottish tradition and folklore.

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