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The Return of the Silver Chanter
The Great Highland Bagpipe is indigenous to the Gàidhealtachd – the most fundamental characteristics of its sound, tonality and musical forms stretching back over hundreds of years and interwoven with a wealth of related stories, historical legends, proverbs, poetic verse, and cultural associations preserved in literature and oral tradition.
Newly-Added Contributors from Highland Perthshire
A traditional crossing point of Highland and Lowland culture in Scotland, the county of Perthshire has always been a fascinating place for those interested in Scottish culture. At Tobar an Dualchais, we are delighted to have recently uploaded to our website a selection of newly-added contributors from Perthshire from the archives of both the School of Scottish Studies and the BBC.
Travelling folk and a rich well of tradition
To celebrate Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month, this month’s Tobar an Dualchais feature has been written by the author and storyteller Jess Smith. Jess is from a Scottish Traveller family and was privileged to sit round campfires enthralled by all kinds of tales and legends from the traveller tradition.
Did Gaelic kinship custom lock out women?
In March’s Tobar an Dualchais column we looked at what Gaelic proverbs could teach us about dùthchas, a Gaelic concept encompassing notions of kinship, ancestry, inheritance, and attachment to place. In this article Ryan Dziadowiec looks at another proverb related to dùthchas and women.
A Tale of Three Tales
As part of Scotland’s Year of Stories, Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches held a storytelling workshop in Edinburgh on Saturday 8 May. In his final blog, Donald Smith looks at the various factors which need to be considered when choosing a story, or indeed three stories, for an audience.