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World's Largest Clan Meeting and Endinburgh Highland Games
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by Amy Judd | July 25, 2009 at 10:52 am
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The Gathering takes place this weekend in Edinburgh, with the world's largest clan meeting and the Highland Games. This marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, the national bard, and includes a parade, a pageant, and of course, the games themselves.
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100 of Scotland's clan chiefs have assembled together for the first time in recorded history, and hundreds of clan leaders from across the world are also in attendance. More than 20,000 people attended the Highland Games in Holyrood Park today.
It was officially opened by the Duke of Rothesay, who said it was a unique event.
"It seems to me that today's event represents the stirring meeting of Scotland's history and its living heritage," he said.
"Where else could you find a gathering of this scale?
"To which other country would so many have come from all over, and how else would you expect it to be celebrated, other than in the context of a great Highland Games?"
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at 12:50 on July 25th, 2009
All very cool... great event.
at 14:39 on July 30th, 2009
It was truely a great day to be a Scot. The clan parade was the best.