Competitors in the Seann Triubhas or Sean Trews Scottish Highland Dance competition during the 2022 Aboyne Highland Games. These were held at Aboyne in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland on Saturday 6th August 2022. Seann Triubhas is a dance of celebration developed in response to the repealing by the English of the Act of Proscription in 1747, which restored to the Scots the right to wear kilts and play the bagpipes once more. The first slow part of the dance mocks the restrictions imposed

Competitors in the Highland Fling Scottish dance open heats during the 2022 Aboyne Highland Games. These were held on the Green in Aboyne, Deeside, Scotland, on Saturday 6th August 2022. The dancers included Hamish McInnes from Australia, a champion Highland dancer. Founded in 1867 and held annually on the first Saturday in August, Aboyne Highland Games is one of north-east Scotland’s leading traditional events. Featuring a programme of traditional highland games events, including highland danci