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Highland Games

Field and track events, piping and Highland dancing competitions, and daring “heavy events” like the tug-o-war, the hammer throw and tossing the caber, all make up a traditional Highland Games. This is not simply a display of brawn (though the competitive element makes it, in some sense, an eccentric national sports

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