The mission of the Highland Village Museum/An Clachan Gàidhealach, a living history museum, is to research, collect, preserve and share the Gaelic heritage and culture of Nova Scotia and represent it accurately and vibrantly. There is a strong focus on the reconstruction of Gaelic language in Nova Scotia and you can find out more at
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/hv/index.html ....this was my day in Iona....
....these are some of the staff - they forced me to dress up.....
...I clearly hated it.
this was the local store......
....a wee ceilidh...
...some toe-tapping piping and fiddling....
.....some step dancing.....
....some more step dancing......
....and the see-saw, which was a compulsory social activity for pioneers at this time
...it's not so easy side-saddle.
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