高地運動會

高地運動會

高地運動會（Highland games）是每年春季和夏季在蘇格蘭舉辦的一項活動，也是慶祝蘇格蘭和凱爾特文化的活動之一，特別是蘇格蘭高地文化。許多比賽項目都是眾所周知的蘇格蘭象徵，如風笛、蘇格蘭裙、長木柱擲遠。於每年8月在鄧農舉辦的Cowal高地聚會（Cowal Highland Gathering）是世界規模最大的高地運動會^[1]，吸引約3,500名運動員參加，以及約23,000名觀眾。

參考資料

• Michael Brander, Essential Guide to the Highland Games (1992) ISBN 0-86241-302-8
• Emily Ann Donaldson, The Scottish Highland Games in America (Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, LA, 1986). ISBN 0-88289-474-9.
• Joan F. Flett and Thomas M. Flett, Traditional Dancing in Scotland (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1964, 1985), ISBN 0-7102-0731-X
• John G. Gibson, Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping, 1745-1945 (McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1998). ISBN 0-7735-1541-0. See esp. chapter 15, "Highland Games and Competition Piping"
• Ian R. Mitchell, "Rheumatism, Romanticism and Revolution: Victoria, Balmorality and 1848" in History Scotland (Vol. 5, #5, September/October 2005)
• John Prebble, The King's Jaunt (Edinburgh: Birlinn Ltd,1988., 2000), ISBN 1-84158-068-6
• Hugh Trevor-Roper, "The Invention of Tradition: The Highland Tradition of Scotland." in The Invention of Tradition ed. Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983, ISBN 0-521-24645-8.
• David Webster, Scottish Highland Games (Edinburgh, Scotland 1973)

外部連結

• The Scottish Highland Games Association （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
• Official Scottish Tourist Board Highland Games Calendar 2011
• COSCA Council of Scottish Clans and Associations
• Highland Games FAQ: What to know before you go
• US Scots: includes extensive listing of Highland games events （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
• Tulloch Inverness Highland Games - Masters World Championships （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
• The Official Highland Games Swiss Championships
• What Are Highland Games? （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）