Tour Scotland Travel Video Dark Island Bagpipes Busker High Street Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a young Scottish busker playing Dark Island on the bagpipes on the High Street in the City Centre on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides is also known in Gaelic poetry as An t-Eilean Dorcha " the dark island ". The tune The Dark Island was written by accordionist Iain MacLachlan from Benbecula. Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places for gratuities. In many countries the rewards are generally in the form of money but other gratuities such as food, drink or gifts may be given. Street performance is practiced all over the world and dates back to antiquity. People engaging in this practice are called street performers or buskers.

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