Highland games
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The Highland games are traditional Scottish sporting and cultural festivals featuring events like caber tossing, Highland dancing, and bagpipe music, celebrated as a symbol of Scottish heritage.
Aliases (6)
Statements (75)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural festival
→
multi-sport event → traditional Scottish sporting festival → |
| associatedWith |
Highland dance
→
Scottish clans → bagpipes → tartan culture → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Scotland
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| governingBody |
International Highland Games Federation
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Scottish Highland Games Association → |
| hasCompetitionLevel |
amateur
→
professional → |
| hasCulturalOrigin |
Scottish culture
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| hasDressCode |
Highland dress
→
ghillie brogues → kilt → sporran → tartan → |
| hasMusicType |
pipe band music
→
traditional Scottish folk music → |
| hasNotableEvent |
Braemar Gathering
→
Cowal Highland Gathering → Crieff Highland Gathering → Grandfather Mountain Highland Games → Inverness Highland Games → Lonach Highland Gathering → Pleasanton Scottish Highland Games → |
| hasSportType |
heavy athletics
→
track and field → |
| historicalRoot |
Scottish clan gatherings
→
military training exercises → |
| includesActivity |
Highland dancing
→
Scottish country dancing → Scottish craft stalls → bagpipe music → children’s games → clan gatherings → drumming competitions → pipe band competitions → solo piping competitions → traditional Scottish food stalls → |
| languageUsed |
English
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Scots → Scottish Gaelic → |
| notableVenue |
Braemar
→
Cowal → Crieff → Dunoon → Inverness → |
| practicedIn |
Australia
→
Canada → New Zealand → Scotland → United States → continental Europe → |
| purpose |
celebration of Scottish culture
→
community gathering → preservation of Scottish traditions → |
| requires |
heavy implements
→
judges → open field venue → pipe band → |
| season |
summer
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| spectatorSport |
true
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| symbolOf |
Scottish heritage
→
Scottish identity → |
| timePeriod |
annual events
→
|
| typicalEvent |
Hill race
→
Scottish hammer throw → caber toss → sheaf toss → stone put → tug of war → weight for distance → weight over the bar → |
Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Dunedin, Florida
("Highland Games")
→
Inverness ("Inverness Highland Games") → Maclean ("Easter Highland Games") → Orillia ("Scottish Festival and Highland Games") → |
hasCulturalEvent |
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Highland games
("Braemar Gathering")
→
Highland games ("Inverness Highland Games") → |
hasNotableEvent |
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Maclean
("Scottish Highland games")
→
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culturalTradition |
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Scottish Highlands
→
|
hasCulturalTradition |
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Royal Deeside
→
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hasEvent |