Historic Highland Games

Highland Games began hundreds of years ago in Scotland, and they still take place there every year from May to September. The Games include traditional sports, as well as dancing and music competitions, and they attract hundreds of competitors and thousands of spectators. Events you can expect to see include caber tossing (flipping a trimmed tree trunk), dancing, hammer throwing, running races, tug-of-war and wrestling. Piping involves groups of musicians playing the bagpipes – an instrument with a long tradition in Scotland. Some Highland Games also offer young people the chance to get involved. The Braemar Junior Highland Games took place earlier this summer in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland. The goal of the event was to give children and young people the chance to try different activities with help and support…

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