Mòd
mòd festival scottish gaelic song art culture historically gaelic word mòd scottish gaelic mɔːt̪ came old norse mót refers viking age thing similar kind assembly local mòds annual national mòd royal national mòd mòds run auspex comunn gàidhealach term come gaelic word parliament congress common use lordship isle mòd largely take form formal competition choral event gaelic solo choir traditional music including fiddle bagpipe folk group dominate spoken word event include childrens adult poetry reading storytelling bible reading category ancient folk tale humorous monologue child also present original drama competition written scottish gaelic literature unlike national mòd local mòds usually last day two attract much smaller crowd notable social event winner ceilidh fewer competition national mòd ceilidh often like traditional ceilidh dancing guest singer winner performance culturally mòds comparable irish feis seachtain na gaeilge welsh eisteddfod british columbia gaelic society vancouver held local mòd biannually first u national mòd organized donald f macdonald founder grandfather mountain highland game north carolina held alexandria virginia u national mòd held part annual highland game ligonier pennsylvania sponsored comunn gàidhealach ameireaganach american scottish gaelic society royal national mòd aberdeen mòd caithness sutherland mòd dalriada mòd lochgilphead area easter ross mòd east kilbride mòd edinburgh mòd glasgow mòd harris mòd inverness mòd islay mòd kyle mòd lewis mòd lochaber mòd based bunsgoil ghàidhlig loch abar oban mòd mull mòd perthshire angus mòd skye mòd stirling mòd uist mòd wester ross mòd ardnamurchan mòd nova scotia gaelic mod vancouver mòd see canadian gaelic u national mòd held annually part highland game ligonier pennsylvania sponsored comunn gàidhealach ameireaganach american scottish gaelic society mòd grand pré nova scotian light opera two act libretto watson kirkconnell music ea collins wolfville nova scotia celtic festival list celtic choirsscotland list celtic festival comunn gàidhealach information royal national mòd provincial mòds picture