Award-winning journalist Peter Ross experiences the pomp and pageantry of the Bo’ness Fair, said to be the largest children’s fair in Europe.
This episode features the Clavie, a spectacular fire festival celebrated in Burghead on the Moray Coast. Peter Ross meets the ‘Clavie crew’, a group of brave men who carry a flaming barrel of tar on their backs through the streets of the ‘Broch’ in a ceremony that is believed to bring good luck and burn the evil spirit out of the village. The men carry far more than just their burning burden, rather they bear their heritage and identity aloft. As the forces of health and safety and modernity press in on their ancient custom, the stubborn Brochers are determined to continue their traditions unchanged.
Series where writers delve into lesser-known aspects of contemporary Scottish society. The first episode features the Clavie, a spectacular fire festival celebrated in Burghead.
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