Hello dear Steemians,
Yesterday we have had a n interesting event in Kirkcaldy in Kingdom of Fife, the place where we live. Usually once a year we have Highland’s game on Seafront, once we have ow tide so games took place from 10 AM till 3PM. The weather was typical Scotish, cloudy, but dry with some wind, luckily not too stormy. For local people was absolutely lovely day!
In this post I am going to show you the pictures from Event done by @myskye with digital camera Sony RX10 and my painting that I have done by hte end of the day, full with emotions and impressions from my first LIVE Highland's game event.
Talking about Highland’s games, the oldest Highlands game is held in June in Ceres in Fife, they began under a Charter of Robert the Bruce in the recognition of the villager support at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
The opening of ceremony started with Piper band, of course dressed in traditional Kilts, that is also something I like, the colorful Kilts and the sounds of pipes and drumps, the combination of those two are so beautiful and distinct.
The rest of activities were on beach:
If in the past it was riding horses, this time we had riding racing cycles, the guys had it not easy on wet sand but they and of course we, people who watched have had a lot of fun.
The other, very cute performance was Highland's dance done by little girls, ages 4-10 years. It is a solo competition for dancers, originated from Galik folk dance, but formalized with the conventions of ballet, and has been subject to influences from outside the Highlands. Of course dance is accompanied by pipe music. The girls were very proud and happy, they received a lot of applauses. Somehow @myskye did not want to picture little girls :(
From the games I find the most interesting throwing heavy metal ball about 2,5 kg up to 6 kg as far as possible, later should be thrown above the plank which also slowly going up in height reaching 6 meters.
This athlet is originally from Kyrgistan, but if you do not know that you can't really guess, he looks like real Scots and Loves Highland's games
The highlight for me and possibly for everyone was Caber Toss, that is a trunk of a tall tree about 6 m and about 50-80 kg. The thrower takes the wide end upright with the hands put together, takes a short run with the caber and then stops and pulls the caber so that the large end hits the ground and the small end flips over and faces away from the thrower.
In this competition was only one winner from 6 athletes.
Because we were just in front of athletic game on seafront and probably I was one of the cheerful one we received a certificate of attendance, I am so happy for that and wanted to share it with you.
My day was full of excitement, so later a day I decided to do the painting for your.
interesting story and wonderful paint. thanks for sharing!
Thank you for feedback and I am glad you like my post :)
Hi @stef1 . :) Came here in a very very long time. The art illustration of caber toss is superb. My son is a big fan of highland games . And caber toss is his favourite. Follows it online and dreams of doing something like that some time :)
Hey @nehab, I hope you are well and your fmaily too. It was a nice surprise to see your name, I miss your posts and was already worried that you probably going to stop doing anyhting. Nowadays the activity on Steemit on its low, but if everybody stop doing anything then it will be really the end of Steemit.
I hope to see some news from you in near future, wish you a ncie Sunday :)
Wonderful art!
Thank you for viewing and your comment :)
Like the post, interesting activity and a nice painting 👍:)
Thank you @karja for your comment, I was always curious about that old tradition and sport activities, that is why I was glad to visit it and experience live how it is. We have had a lot fo fun and really enjoyed to be there despite of 5 hours being on the feet :)
What a beautiful painting, @stef1! And great photos, too! :-D
Thank you, nice that you like them, hope you also could feel the spirit of joy and fest.
Thank you for your support :)
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What an interesting subject of art, Stef :D.
I like that you decided to show us a person with unusual pose doing some strange sports activity, because I get to appreciate both the beautiful art and getting to know a sports I've rarely seen.
Thank you @scrawly, it is not easy to paint someone who is lifting such a heavy stuff and being probably so stressed himself under that pressure. I do not think anyone will look happy in this situation, but that is hte best I could do. I am glad I was able to bring this beautiful tradition a bit closer to you and thank you for wonderful comment :)
It's my pleasure. I like brave people, as I told you on discord and artists who draw unusual topic or pose are considered brave in my book :).
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Great detailed work!
Nice action shots! Looks like a great day! I also like the painting! :)
Gosh, I love this one so much, @stef1 !!! You captured the expression and struggle of the sportsman so well... and what a wonderful and unique sport ! It inherits the culture of such interesting people :D Thank you for putting the photos and the text together, also. It gives a beautiful context for your lovely painting !
Thank you @veryspider for your wonderful comment, I was full of emotions and excitement like a part of HIghland game team and wanted to share that feeling with everyone. I know many people know about such event but it is something different to be among those people and feel that atmosphere. Thanks for visiting this post, really happy for that :)
Hello @stef1, thank you for sharing this creative work! We just stopped by to say that you've been upvoted by the @creativecrypto magazine. The Creative Crypto is all about art on the blockchain and learning from creatives like you. Looking forward to crossing paths again soon. Steem on!
Thank you @creativecrypto, always nice to see your spontaneous visit, cheers up my day :)