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Held across across Scotland during the summer months, the Highland Games are a huge celebration of the country’s culture. While music, dance and food play a big part, it’s the historic “heavy events” and their tests of strength that best symbolise the games.
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Highland games (Scottish Gaelic: geamannan Gàidhealach) is a competitive strength sport with events held in spring and summer in Scotland and several other countries with a large Scottish diaspora as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture, especially that of the Scottish Highlands.
Highland Games are an iconic Scottish event. Find out which games and sports are taking place and if you are up for the challenge.
Scotland's Highland games are usually one-day events taking place in outdoor spaces across the country. They feature traditional Highland sports such as the caber toss, tug o' war and the hammer throw, Highland dancing and music, and lots of family fun such as food and craft stalls and games.
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Scotland’s Highland Games are events which take place across the country. They usually comprise a programme of field and track events, piping and Highland dancing competitions. They also include traditional Highland sports and 'heavy events' like the tug-o-war, the hammer throw and tossing the caber.
With the first Highland Games events for the year soon to get underway, we take you through what you can expect to see at a Highland Games and why attending one is a must.
Our Annual Highland Games event is a celebration of Scottish culture and heritage. As a part of this celebration the following events and activities take place: Continuous entertainment featuring national and regional artists. Pipe Band competition. Heavy Athletic competition. Highland Dance competition
Highland Games, which take place from Cowal to Tomintoul and all points in between, are a unique mix of sporting, cultural and social events. Highland Games – Did You Know? Scotland's Highland Games, with the associated traditions of caber throwing and hammer tossing, are renowned worldwide.