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[Links last checked: 19 Aug 2007]
Scottish Culture
- Soc.Culture.Scottish FAQ
– Frequently Asked Questions file started in 1994 for the
Soc.Culture.Scottish Internet news group – very useful.
See also the Soc.Culture.Celtic FAQ.
- National Library of Scotland
– Digital library features include online maps, Scottish history interactive timeline,
pages from "The Chepman & Myllar Prints" c1508.
- Dictionary of the Scots Language
– Dictionar o the Scots Leid for online reference.
- Gaidhealtachd
– Wikipedia entry describing the Gaidhealtachd, regions where
Scots Gaelic is spoken as a native language.
- Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS)
– A worldwide organization, founded in 1923. Patron Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth II.
- Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing
(SOBHD) – World governing body responsible for the standardization
of Highland Dancing.
- Burns Country
– Comprehensive Robert Burns site, includes the Burns Encyclopedia
online and the complete works of Robbie Burns.
- Scottish Tartans Authority
– Registered Scottish Charity established 1996 "with the major objective
of promoting a deeper knowledge of Scottish Tartans, their origins, manufacture, use,
history and development", maintains the International Tartan Index.
Useful FAQs.
- College of Piping
– "The international centre of the bagpipe world". Links!
- The Piobaireachd Society
– Formed in 1903 to encourage the study and playing of piobaireachd
('pibroch'), the classical music of the Highland bagpipe.
- Universe of Bagpipes
– Colourful site, regularly updated. Lots of links.
- TradTunes
– New pay download site for traditional, Celtic and roots music
by Uist Media Group. Free online Radio shows.
- MusicScotland
– Retail site with over 4,000 titles.
- Tartan TV (TTV)
– "Television from the heart of Scotland".
Website includes hours of video clips, gift shop.
- Caledonian Society of Norway
– There are historical Sinclair connections with Norway,
and our Chief is the Patron of this Society.
- Comunn na Piobaireachd NZ
– "Piobaireachd & Piping related information from
the Antipodes", New Zealand's pibroch society.
- Grandfather Mountain Highland Games
– Games and Gathering of Scottish Clans each July near
Linville, North Carolina at Grandfather Mountain
(Beinn Seanair).
- Stone Mountain Highland Games
– Official website of "the friendly games"
held each October near Atlanta, Georgia and
well-attended by Sinclairs.
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