The Ceilidh Story - there are many ways to come to an understanding of ourselves and the Tales are just one - a powerful one
My favourite Cèilidh place in Łomża. Ognisko prepared for my 50th birthday. The photo was taken by me after the meeting.
I would like to write today about the beautiful Scottish tradition of Ceilidh. This tradition is well known all over the world. It has got different names but people are the same everywhere. We need to meet, be together and exchange stories. The stories and the Tales weave us together. They give the listeners a sense of who they are and where they come from.
According to Celtic tradition the old people had a way of coming together. These meetings were called Cèilidh (pron: "Kay-lee") and were a kind of social gathering to talk, eat, dance and tell the stories of course. They used to collect, young and old, around the hearth of one of the villagers. The oldest, or the Seanachaidh (storyteller) if present, started to tell the Tales he had learned from the elders.