Gaelic-Scotland.co.uk

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Gaelic Scotland - Official Tourism Portal

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They say languages are man's greatest cultural achievements and for that reason they should be cherished. Each language has an associated culture and the richness and variety of such cultures further reinforces the need to protect languages for the future.The wealth of Gaelic's associated culture belies the small numbers actually speaking the language.

It has resources in terms of music, songs, dance, poetry and story-telling which dwarf those of languages which are much stronger numerically.

Throughout the ages Gaels have placed great store in their culture. Clan chiefs, among others, were active patrons of harp-playing, piping, poetry and story-telling and this did much to ensure that these arts survived and thrived

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