- Dotaman
"Dotaman" (Scottish Gaelic for "spinning top") was the first
Scottish Gaelic children's TV programme for pre-schoolers. It began17 October 1985 and was written by and starred Donnie Macleod, formerly ofNa h-Oganaich .Hats
Donnie had a different silly
hat for every song, with something relevant to the song on it. One of his most famous was a hat with a red telephone on it. [http://www.houseofscotland.org/class.html]ongs
The
song s were about things every day to the children watching while the style and structure of the songs were traditionally gaelic.Influence
It could be argued that most young gaelic speakers today learned much of their early vocabluary from the programme. Many young singers and musicians were influenced by the style of the music to write and play in their own tradition.
References
External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/aboutus/wirelesstoweb/decades/clip_display.shtml?decade=80s&clip_name=dotaman&size=v&media_type=video Clip on BBC Scotland]
* [http://www.houseofscotland.org/class.html Gaelic Class]
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