For almost 400 years Scotland couldn’t celebrate Christmas! In the days before Christ, the winter solstice was celebrated. This was the shortest day on the calendar and seemed be an important time in history. When the vikings raided Scotland they too celebrated the Winter solstice and it’s believed they celebrated their ancestors during this darkest …
In Episode No. 31 I share all about a Scottish Highland Tradition of the Waulking. Waulking songs are Scottish folk songs, traditionally sung in the Gaelic language by women while fulling cloth. This practice involved a group of women rhythmically beating newly woven tweed against a table or similar surface to soften it. Simple, beat-driven songs …
The best of Scotland provides engaging activities for your students to celebrate cultural diversity! I just returned from the Highland Echoes Scottish Music and Dance tour, so you are going to benefit here from my Scottish Highland Energy that is leftover from the tour. Over the next few weeks, I’m going to give you tons …
