Highland games

Tartan sporting festival

Highland games are traditional Scottish athletic competitions featuring events like caber tossing, stone putting, hammer throwing, and tug-of-war.

Originating in the Scottish Highlands, they typically include bagpipe music, Highland dancing, and clan gatherings.

The games are held worldwide in Scottish diaspora communities: We go to the Highland games every summer.

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tossing · sporran · caber toss · strongman · sheaf · ceilidh · Scottish heritage · Celtic traditions · clans · Gaelic · Scottish clans · put · stone · heather · throw · Scotland · tug-of-war · thistle

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