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When:
Aug 4 , 2012
Where: Aboyne Green, Aboyne Village, Scotland , United Kingdom
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Once a year on the first Saturday of August, the Scottish town Aboyne (its resident call it a village) become a center of traditional sport contests that include in addition to sport, parades and impressive ceremonies.
The Scottish Highland Games started in 1892 and since they take place all over Scotland and among Scottish concentrations in USA, New-Zealand, Australia, etc...
The traditional games include contests that are not known on worldwide sport. Contests in throwing boles, heavy hammers, iron balls, rocks, etc...
The music played by the bagpipes is heard all day over the place. Thousands visitors enjoy being hosted in colorful giant tents and offered lot of whisky and beer.
The judges and part of the participants wear Kilt, the traditional Scottish skirt.
The tents, the joy, lot of whisky and the peculiar contests create a unique traditional atmosphere that promises exciting experience to all the visitors.
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Aboyne Highland Games
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United Kingdom details
Location: Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France. |
Languages:
English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland). |
Climate:
Temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast. |
Capital:
London |
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Call Code:
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