Competitors in the Highland Fling Scottish Highland dance during the 2022 Kenmore Highland Games. These are held by Loch Tay at Kenmore in picturesque Perthshire, one of the only evening Highland Games in Scotland. The Highland Fling is one of the most famous Scottish dances performed at competitions and championships throughout the world. It is said to have been inspired by the sight of a stag jumping around a hillside. The dancers movements; the arms held aloft like antlers, the feet dancing f

Local Perthshire competitors in the Flora MacDonald's Fancy Highland Dance competition during the 2022 Kenmore Highland Games. These are held by Loch Tay at Kenmore in Perthshire, the only evening Highland Games in Scotland. Flora MacDonald helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape to the Isle of Skye on his way to France in 1746, after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden. Such heroism won her the admiration of the Scottish people who honoured her in this dance. | Scotland Online

Competitors in their distinctive costumes for the Irish Jig, one of the last dances of the Highland Dance competitions at the 2019 Oldmeldrum Sports and Highland Games in Aberdeenshire Scotland last weekend. This is a Scottish National Dance and one of only two dances that have their own costumes rather than the Highland outfits. Majestic Aberdeenshire | Scotland Online

Graceful competitors in a Highland Reel Scottish dance during the 2022 Aboyne Highland Games. This was held on Aboyne Green in Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland on Saturday 6th August 2022. The dancers are wearing the Aboyne Dress, the outfits worn by female highland dancers, and 2022 marked the 70th anniversary of the introduction of this outfit. The Aboyne Dress, introduced in 1952, consists of a skirt of light-weight tartan worn over a white petticoat, with a plaid of the same tartan material