Scotland/Highland Games

Highland games are events held in spring and summer in Scotland and other countries as a way of celebrating Scottish culture, especially that of the Scottish Highlands.

Task

Watch the videos and read the texts.
Then do the Interactive Exercises and check if you've understood everything.

Heavy Events

In the heavy events the men compete to show who is strongest.

Putting the stone

Tossing the caber

Tug of War

Tug of war (also known as tug o' war) is a sport that pits two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certain distance in one direction against the force of the opposing team's pull.

The sport was part of the Olympic Games from 1900 until 1920, but has not been included since.