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Highland Games Some say that Highland Games originated as a clan chieftain's way of choosing the best bodyguards and the fittest of fighting men. Not all the chief's requirements were warlike - musicians and dancers were important for the prestige of his household. Choosing staff and supporters was done by holding competitions - good runners for couriers, strong men for defence and a range of entertainers to while away the winter evenings. Many events at today's Highland Games still use items which would have been part of everyday life in the Highlands of old eg. round stones from river beds probably provided the original shot-putts while a Scots pine trunk shorn of its branches is still the caber as tossed today. Highland Games in their modern form still offer a unique mix of athletics and musical skills. Events include tossing the caber, throwing the hammer, the shot, tug-o-war which are known as the heavy events; dancing and piping events; and athletics, track and field events, known as light events. Easily found throughout the summer season in the Highlands, the spectacle of Highland dancers and pipers against a background of colourful and majestic Highland scenery make great entertainment, are very photogenic and are an unique experience in your Highland holiday. There are Highland Games in
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