Each year the Barbados Celtic Festival celebrates the links between Barbados and the Celtic countries. The festival typically includes an array of musical and dancing events, visiting chefs, island tours and catamaran cruises.

The 2012 festival got underway yesterday evening with Pipers On The Boardwalk and a demonstration of Celtic dancing by the Celtic Fusion dancers from Canada. Here are some of the scenes:

Piping on the Barbados boardwalk!

The Celtic Fusion dancers from Canada

The crowd joins in the dancing

The crowd thoroughly enjoyed the start of the Barbados Celtic Festival 2012!

See the full schedule at http://pinterest.com/pin/148548487679503502/

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