«Highland Games»

How much do you know about “Highland Games”?

I/ “Field Events”

A/ Identify these games

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B/ Match

Tossing the sheaf
Tossing the caber
Putting the stone
Throwing the Weight for Distance
Throwing the Weight for Height
Throwing the Hammer / Its head is a round metal ball on a rattan cane handle. It is thrown from a stationary position behind a trig that cannot be stepped on or over. The athlete swings it around faster and faster, and then releases it.
The objective of this event is to get over a bar. Each competitor is given three chances at each turn until he or she misses three consecutive times and then they are eliminated.
It is called a “clachneart”; it weighs 16 and 32 pounds for men and 8 to 12 pounds for women. In this event, it is thrown for distance: it involves "putting" it as far as possible. It must be put from behind like a baseball, underarm like a softball, or overhead with two hands. It is thrown from behind a "trig," which is a straight piece of wood about the size of a railroad tie.
It is on a chain (56 lbs. and 28 lbs). The athlete spins before releasing it and is scored for distance. With a combination of balance, rhythm, and power, this is often considered a graceful athletic event.
It consists of throwing a bag of straw, weighing 20 lbs., over a bar with a pitchfork. The athlete gets three chances at each height and is eliminated after missing all three chances at any given height.
It is a wooden pole which ranges from 65 to 130 pounds and is 15 or 19 feet long. It is "picked", the athlete runs with it and then attempts to flip it so that it lands perfectly straight in front of them or pointing to 12 o'clock on an imaginary clock face on the ground.

II/ The dancing

A/ Match

1/ The Sailor's Hornpipe
2/ The Sword Dance
3/ The Highland fling
4/ The Irish jig / a/ It is a parody of an Irish washer woman in an agitated frame of mind. The dance represents the anger she feels with a group of young boys who have knocked her freshly hung laundry to the ground making it necessary for her to rewash the laundry.
b/ It was danced on the eve of battle: clansmen would cross their swords and if they could complete the war dance without touching the swords, it signified that they would be the victors.
c/ It is a victory dance performed by soldiers and clansmen on the small round shield carried in battle. The quick precise steps were necessary due to the sharp steel spike projecting from its centre, making one false step rather painful.
d/ Originally a Celtic dance, it is one of the traditional solo dances of the British Isles. The arm movements imitate many of the actions used by sailors in the days of wooden ships (hauling of ropes, rowing, climbing the rigging and saluting): it imitates a sailor's life aboard ship. The costume worn is based on a British seaman's uniform.

B/ Identify these dances

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‘Mysterious and Legendary Scotland’ [6]