THE AIGNLAND VANIL
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good sports person?
bored with modern sports? Then come to the Highland Games in
Stand and discover traditional Scottish sports. The Games celebrate Scottish
ureand also include Scottish dance competitions and typical local food.
From May to September there are Highland Games in towns and villages across Scotland.
Men women and children travel from all over the world to watch.
Nobody knows when the Games started. But in the 11" century, King Malcolm III of
Send held a race to find a fast runner to take his messages. Maybe this was the first
Highland Games. Some historians say that the Victorians invented The Games in the
199 century
Competitors at the Games do a lot of different events. There are special 'heavy athletic
sports. One famous event is the caber toss. A caber is a heavy wooden pole. Contestants
throw the caber. The winners are very strong! Other events are the stone put - contestants
throw a big stone - and the hammer throw - they throw a metal ball on a long stick. Another
popular event is the Tug o' war. In this event, rival teams pull a rope in opposite directions!
Local Scottish athletes wear traditional tartan kilts similar to skirts. Tartan is a colourful
material. In the past, Scottish people wore tartan to show which family they were from.
Nowadays, people from all round the world
compete in the events. So why don't you come
FACT! There are Highland Games all
too and experience the magic of the Highland
round the world. The first Highland Games
Games?
in the USA took place in New York in 1836.
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