Competitors in the Highland Fling, Scottish Highland dance open during the 2022 Aboyne Highland Games. These were held on the green at Aboyne, in Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on Saturday 6th August. This dance included two local champion dancers, Rachael Walker and Michelle Gordon. The dancers are wearing the Aboyne Dress, introduced in 1952, which consists of a skirt of light-weight tartan worn over a white petticoat, with a plaid of the same tartan material and a tight fitting sleeveless

Competitors in the Sword Dance Highland dancing competitions during the 2022 Drumtochty Highland Games. These were held in the grounds of Drumtochty Castle at Auchenblae in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on Saturday 25th June 2022. The Sword Dance or 'Ghillie Callum' is an ancient dance of war of the Scottish Gael, said to date back to King Malcolm Canmore (Shakespear’s MacBeth). Malcolm Canmore, King of Scotland, fought a battle near Dunsinane against one of Macbeth’s chiefs in 1054 and either he or