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GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN â Every first Saturday in September, thousands of people descend upon a small village in Northeast Scotland for what is highly touted as the best and most significant Highland Games in the world: the Braemar Gathering.
Dating back 900 years (and with its modern roots being traced to 1832), the Braemar Gathering is renowned for its athletic displays of incredible might, the many world-class bagpiping bands that march through its fields and the cultural significance that brings Scots from all over the world on a pilgrimage-like journey to this small village in Aberdeenshire.
The gathering is known to leave quite the impression on those who venture to this vibrant and scintillating affair. In fact, Queen Elizabeth has visited the gathering each year they have been held since she first stepped foot on the fields in the Scottish highlands when she was just seven years old in 1933.