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 11th century, King Malcolm III of
Scotland 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
19th 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. Anoth
popular event is the Tug o' war. In this event, rival teams pull a rope in opposite direction
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
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compete in the events. So why don't you come
too and experience the magic of the Highland
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