Highland games

E29176
cultural festival multi-sport event traditional Scottish sporting festival

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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Highland games canonical 9
Inverness Highland Games 2
Braemar Gathering 1

Statements (75)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural festival ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
traditional Scottish sporting festival ⓘ
associatedWith Highland dance ⓘ
Scottish clans ⓘ
bagpipes ⓘ
tartan culture ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
governingBody International Highland Games Federation ⓘ
Scottish Highland Games Association ⓘ
hasCompetitionLevel amateur ⓘ
professional ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin Scottish culture ⓘ
hasDressCode Highland dress ⓘ
ghillie brogues ⓘ
kilt ⓘ
sporran ⓘ
tartan ⓘ
hasMusicType pipe band music ⓘ
traditional Scottish folk music ⓘ
hasNotableEvent Highland games self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Braemar Gathering

Cowal Highland Gathering ⓘ
Crieff Highland Gathering ⓘ
Grandfather Mountain Highland Games ⓘ
Highland games self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
notableVenue Braemar ⓘ
Cowal ⓘ
Crieff ⓘ
Dunoon ⓘ
Inverness ⓘ
practicedIn Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
spectatorSport true ⓘ
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 (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scottish Highlands → hasCulturalTradition → Highland games ⓘ
Highland games → hasNotableEvent → Highland games self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Braemar Gathering
Highland games → hasNotableEvent → Highland games self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inverness Highland Games
Orillia → hasCulturalEvent → Highland games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Festival and Highland Games
Inverness → hasCulturalEvent → Highland games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inverness Highland Games
Maclean → hasCulturalEvent → Highland games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Highland Games
Maclean → culturalTradition → Highland games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Highland games
Dunedin, Florida → hasCulturalEvent → Highland games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Highland Games
Royal Deeside → hasEvent → Highland games ⓘ
Hielan’ Laddie → performanceContext → Highland games ⓘ
Highland dance → performedAt → Highland games ⓘ
International Highland Games Federation → field → Highland games ⓘ
International Highland Games Federation → relatedTo → Highland games ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Highland Games
Highland dress → wornFor → Highland games ⓘ
Scottish people → traditionalSport → Highland games ⓘ
historic county of Perthshire → hasCulturalHeritage → Highland games ⓘ
subject surface form: Perthshire
piobaireachd → isPerformedAt → Highland games ⓘ