Papa Stour Sword Dance
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Filmed by: Dr Albert Hunter
Date: unknown
Content: The boys of Brae Junior Secondary School perform the Papa Stour Sword Dance in the 1960's, accompanied by George PS Peterson. Unfortunately the film has no sound track.
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Filmed by: Fiona-Jane Brown
Date: 10 May 2009
Content: Dancers accompanied by fiddle perform the dance in the Shetland Museum & Archives. George Peterson introduced the performance with a brief history of the dance.
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Filmed by Kozetland1
Date: 6 June 2011, Aith Gala.
Sir Walter Scott published a description of the dance in his novel, The Pirate in 1831.
