Glasgow 2014 opened with a celebration of Scottish folklore and identity, themes intrinsically associated with Highland Games.
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Read: Manly Games, Athletic Sports and the Commodification of Scottish Identity: Caledonian Gatherings in New Zealand to 1915, by Tanya Bueltmann, Scottish Historical Review 89.2