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，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)
- Emily Ann Donaldson, The Scottish Highland Games in America (Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, LA, 1986). .
- Joan F. Flett and Thomas M. Flett, Traditional Dancing in Scotland (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1964, 1985),
- John G. Gibson, Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping, 1745-1945 (McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1998). . 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),
- 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, .
- David Webster, Scottish Highland Games (Edinburgh, Scotland 1973)
外部連結
*[http://www.shga.co.uk The Scottish Highland Games Association]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120126093505/http://www.visitscotland.com/guide/see-and-do/events3/highlandgames/highland-games2011 Official Scottish Tourist Board Highland Games Calendar 2011]
*[http://www.cosca.net COSCA Council of Scottish Clans and Associations]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110105063631/http://www.cosca.net/gamesfaq.htm Highland Games FAQ: What to know before you go]
*[http://www.usscots.com US Scots: includes extensive listing of Highland games events]
*[http://www.invernesshighlandgames.com/ Tulloch Inverness Highland Games - Masters World Championships]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160308224555/http://highlandgames.ch/?c0=navigation&language=en&navigation=31 The Official Highland Games Swiss Championships]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7r7lEWhm0M What Are Highland Games?]
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