Highland Dancing - Ghillie Callum

The most well-known of the Highland dances is an ancient dance of war. In the Scottish sword dance, the dancer crosses two swords on the ground in a 'X' shape and dances around and within the 4 quarters of it. The legend of the origins of the dance comes from Ghillie Callum (or Malcom Canmore) a Celtic prince who crossed his sword over his defeated enemy, MacBeth's Chief, at the Battle of Dunsinane in 1054 and danced around and over his enemy to celebrate his triumph.
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