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In the last few years Scotland has joined Nabarra in the front line of the demand for self determination of the European nations trapped by the outdated but generalized conception of state. This is why we think it is positive that both nations send their own delegations so we can weave a tight net of solidarity so our voice is heard loud and clear in the European and international institutions.
For more information about the Inverness Highland Games visit their page.
Games to have international appeal
Record number of overseas competitors visiting Inverness for Masters World Championships
Jane CandlishThis year’s Inverness Highland Games will have an international feel, organisers said yesterday.
A record number of foreign competitors – more than 80 from 10 countries – will take part in the Masters World Championships, including the first participants from Japan and France.
And there will be a Basque feel to the whole afternoon as the Nazioen Mundua Display Team demonstrate their traditional games.
The Pyrenees group will take part in wood-chopping, stone-lifting, anvil-lifting, bale-lifting, tug o’ war and sawing.
The group made their debut in Inverness last year, with a display in Falcon Square.
The 65-strong Nazioen Mundua Party will also include traditional Basque dancers, singers and musicians and a team of Basque Yoaldunak marchers.
Yoalduna means “he who has the bells" and each marcher has two giant metal bells attached to their sheepskin jacket and the sound of ringing can be heard from some distance away.
The event, which is part of the Inverness Summer Festival, will start at the Bught Park at 11.30am on Saturday, with the shinty World Cup final between Fort William and Portree.
Heavy events will start at 1pm each day.
A spectacular opening ceremony will see the first appearance of the new official Inverness Highland Games tartan.
Inverness Provost Jimmy Gray will be the first wearer of the specially designed tartan.
The Inverness Highland Games will be the largest gathering yet staged in the Highland Capital since the event was revived in 1822.
More than 10,000 spectators are expected to attend the event, which will feature more than 600 competitors and performers.
In the last few years Scotland has joined Nabarra in the front line of the demand for self determination of the European nations trapped by the outdated but generalized conception of state. This is why we think it is positive that both nations send their own delegations so we can weave a tight net of solidarity so our voice is heard loud and clear in the European and international institutions.
For more information about the Inverness Highland Games visit their page.
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