1. Highland Games
Music and Dance

2. The Highland Games
 Events held throughout the year in
Scotland and other countries as a
way of celebrating Scottish and
Celtic culture and heritage
 The Cowal Highland Gathering is
the biggest of them all

3. The History
 The Origin - 11th century when King
Malcolm set up a race to find the fastest
runner in the land to be his Royal
Messenger.
 Highland Scots used the Highland Games
to train for combat in the Jacobite
Rebellions as the English had banned
them from training for war.

4. The Events
Caber Toss –athletes throw a
long wooden log.
Stone Put, an event very similar
to the modern Olympic Shot Put
Sheaf Toss, Competitors throw
large bundles of straw.
Etc.

5. Hammer throw

6. Sheaf toss

7. Caber Toss

8. Stone put

9. Weight over the bar

10. Famous Dances
 There are lots of famous
Scottish dances
including:
 The Highland Fling
 The Sword Dance
 The Highland Reel

11. Scottish Music
Music is a very important
part of Scottish Culture.
 The Main instruments in
Scottish music are:The
accordian, The bag pipes,
The fiddle,The guitar, The
Harp

12. The End