Traditional Sports Festivals

Vibrant scenes capturing medieval and Scottish games, featuring dancers in traditional attire and equestrian performances, set against large cheering crowds and festive atmospheres.

England, Essex, Castle Hedingham. Two knights battle in a jousting tournament at Hedingham Castle.

Kiltmaker, kilt tailor, business, tailoring, kilt, tartan, Scotland, Duneden, Central Scotland, Oceania, Great Britain, New Zealand, Oceania

Scotland, West Lothian, Linlithgow. Warriors do battle with maces at a medieval re-enactment based around events at Scotland's royal court in 1503. Party at the Palace was held at Linlithgow Palace as a part of Homecoming Scotland 2009.

Highlandgames, highland games, pipeband, bagpipe band, piper, bagpiper, bagpipes, tartan, checks, Scotland, North America, America, Great Britain, Canada, North America

Morocco, El Jadida. The Salon du Cheval d'El Jadida, usually held in autumn, is a 6 day International thoroughbred Arabian event which highlights and promotes equestrian tourism in Morocco. (Editorial Use Only)

Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Strathdon. Young female highland dancers performing at the Lonach Highland Games.

Logger sports event - log rolling, British Columbia, Canada

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Trachtler at traditional Schnalzer competition in Saalfelden im Pinzgau, en, Salzburger Land, Austria, Europe

Scotland, West Lothian, Linlithgow. A knight on horseback in a jousting competition at a medieval pageant based around events at Scotland's royal court in 1503. Party at the Palace was held at Linlithgow Palace as a part of Homecoming Scotland 2009.

Highlandgames, Highland Games, Piping Competition, Bagpipe Competition, Piper, Piper, Bagpiper, Bagpipes, Judge, Tartan, Checks, Scotland, Great Britain

Blood ride, equestrian procession, riders on horses, Weingarten, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Ski parade with the Bulgarian flag downhill the Snezhanka peak Pamporovo, Bulgaria - March 03, 2024 - Skiing with Bulgarian flags at Pamporovo ski resort, Bulgaria. People dressed with traditional Bulgarian clothes celebrated by ski parade with the Bulgarian flag downhill the Snezhanka peak Copyright: xZoonar.com/GeorgixDimitrovx 21886922

Dancers at the Highland Games, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

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England, West Sussex, Arundel, Jousting festival in the grounds of Arundel Castle.

The Drum Major leading the bagpipe parade, Helmsdale Highland Games, Helmsdale, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Strathdon. Highland tug of war competition at the Lonach Highland Games.

Protection On Horses Legs For Polo

England, West Sussex, Arundel, Jousting festival in the grounds of Arundel Castle.

The Mongolian traditional wrestling event (is an untimed competition in which wrestlers lose if they touch the ground with any part of their body other than their feet or hands) at a local Naadam Festival in the Sagsai River valley, a remote valley in the Altai Mountains (Altay Mountains) near Altai Sum about 200 kilometers from Ulgii (լgii) in the Bayan-Ulgii Province in western Mongolia.

Highlandgames, highland games, highland dance, highland dance, tartan, plaid, Scotland, North America, America, Great Britain, Canada, North America

Traditional Pow Wow dance festival. A full day of dancing, drumming and performances. first nations, culture indigenous, canada traditional dancers

Medieval jousting tournament in France

Old style wooden arrows in the case of an archer

Switzerland, Canton Ticino, Gudo, Swiss wrestling

Scottish girl in tartan kilt dancing traditional dance at the Braemar Royal Highland Gathering, the Braemar Games in Scotland

Young people playing mud-soccer, European championship, town of Isafjordur, West Fjords, Iceland, Europe

Trachtler, drummer train, Isar valley, Wallgau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The Palio di Siena horse race on Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Kambala, traditional buffalo racing, Kerala, India

Kendo, German Championship in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Lu bove finto' The fake bull. Offida. Marche. Italy

The Mongolian traditional wrestling event (is an untimed competition in which wrestlers lose if they touch the ground with any part of their body other than their feet or hands) at a local Naadam Festival in the Sagsai River valley, a remote valley in the Altai Mountains (Altay Mountains) near Altai Sum about 200 kilometers from Ulgii (լgii) in the Bayan-Ulgii Province in western Mongolia.

Adult male dancer, 2nd Annual World Chicken Dance Championships, Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park, Alberta, Canada

Marching band in uniform walking in formation in parade

Switzerland, Canton Ticino, Gudo, Swiss wrestling

Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Strathdon. Highland dance girls in competition at the Lonach Highland Games.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. July 7th, 2023. Water honouring ceremony as Kjipuktuk (Halifax)welcomes the last stage of the Canoe Relay leading up to the 10th North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) which opens next week. The NAIG will be held from July 15 to the 23 with competitions in 16 sports within 21 venues across Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Dartmouth, Millbrook First Nation and Sipekne'katik. Credit: meanderingemu/Alamy Live News

Race to the Ring. Narni. Umbria. Italy

Detail of a bagpipe exibition during Highland Games

Pla games, galloping horsemen, Sant Joan festival. Ciutadella. Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Parade of the shooting club with dog pack, Hannoverscher Jagdklub von 1878 e.V., Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, shooting festival, Europe

Weesenstein Whitsun Knights Tournament

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Knights Tournament Altzella

Alphorn players, Diedamskopf, Schoppernau, Bregenzerwald, Bregenzer Wald, Vorarlberg, Austria, Europe

Competitors in the first round of the Mens Open in the Grand Cornish Wrestling Tournament on the picturesque village green of St Mawgan in Pydar in Cornwall in England in the UK.

Highland Games, Tug-o-War, Tug of War, Rope Pulling, Scotland, Great Britain, Antigonish, Novo Scotia, New Scotland, North America, America, Canada, North America

Weesenstein Whitsun Knights Tournament

Men archery competition, Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Asia

Celina Cada-Matasawagon of the Ojibway tribe performs at the World Championship Hoop Dance Contest at the Heard Museum in Phoenix Arizona

Person tossing the caber, Highland Games, Highlands, Scotland

Two men in traditional wrestling outfits stage a display as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends a �mini-nadaam� � a display of music, dance, archery, wrestling, and horse-riding � in a field outside Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, following bilateral meetings on June 5, 2016, with Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj and Foreign Minister Lundeg Purevsuren.

Weesenstein Whitsun Knights Tournament

Blood ride, equestrian procession, horses, Weingarten, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

England, West Sussex, Arundel, Jousting festival in the grounds of Arundel Castle.

Lady archer takes aim, National Archery Tournament, Archery Field, Naadam Festival, Ulaan Baatar (Ulan Bator), Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

At the end of a bull fight in Autol, young steers are released into the ring and local children and young men display their courage by enticing the steer to charge them before leaping to safety

traditional costume and shooting train at the Oktoberfest in Munich 2024 a Special Highlight of the Oktoberfest is the traditional costume and shooting train on the Opening WE

Highlandgames, highland games, highland dance, highland dance, sword dance, swords, kilt, tartan, plaids, plaid socks, Scotland, Great Britain

Tossing the caber, Highland Games, Newtonmore, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Participants of the 2011 Maldon Mud Race at Maldon, on the Essex coast, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View towards temporary Inflate structure. Inflate in partnership with New Balance at The Big Half, Greenwich, United Kingdom. Architect: Inflate, 2018.

People doing sport at the Grand Place, Grote Markt, Brussels, Belgium, Europe

Switzerland, - 12 October, 2019: children enjoying a bout of Swiss wrestling during a workshop, Europe

world championship road cycling, Varese, Lombardy, Italy

Seville, 04/21/2024. Real Maestranza. Miura bulls for David Fandilla "el Fandi". Manuel Escribano and Esaú Fernández. Photo: Raúl Doblado. Archsev.

stick dance, -ball de bastons-, Maçaners, Bergueda, Catalonia, Pyrenean mountain range, Spain.

Group of horses & riders - on bridle path in woods. Training Center of Chantilly - France.

Historic Palio horse race, leader, Duce representing the Contrada di Nicchio, Seashell District, Piazza di Prefettura, Siena, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Knights Tournament Altzella

Piper, Bagpiper, Bagpipes, Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, Great Britain

Dancers performing dance in stadium of shree shiv chhatrapati sports complex balewadi Pune Maharashtra Copyright: xSunilxKapadia/DinodiaxPhotox

Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Strathdon. A competitor tossing the caber during the Lonach Highland Games.

Piper at the Cowal Gathering - a traditional Highland Games near Dunoon on the Cowal Peninsula in Scotland

FRA - SPORT - NAUTICAL SIGHTS OF THE COUNTRY OF DINAN. On Sunday, July 9, the traditional nautical games are held at the port of Dinan. The 24 crews, disguised, clashes until the opposing player falls into the water.FRA - SPORT - JOUTES NAUTIQUES DU PAYS DE DINAN. Dimanche 9 juillet, les traditionnelles joutes nautiques ont lieu au port de Dinan. Les 24 équipages, déguisés, saffronte jusqu'à ce que le jouteur adverse tombe à l'eau.

Ski parade with the Bulgarian flag downhill the Snezhanka peak Pamporovo, Bulgaria - March 03, 2024 - Skiing with Bulgarian flags at Pamporovo ski resort, Bulgaria. People dressed with traditional Bulgarian clothes celebrated by ski parade with the Bulgarian flag downhill the Snezhanka peak Copyright: xZoonar.com/GeorgixDimitrovx 21886675

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Stone Put, a discipline in the Highland Games, Inverness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

BERLIN, GERMANY, MAY 18: Participants of the Zombie Run in Karlshorst on May 18, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Zombie run is an event where runners flee from zombies to save their virtual lifes

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Medieval jousting tournament in France

Finals 2022, Archery, Preliminary Round, Olympiapark Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Shooting match, Bergisch Gladbach-Schildgen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Traditional sword dance Ezpata-dantza in Puerto Urquiola, Basque Country, Spain, Europe

March of the Pipe Bands, Highland Games, Newtonmore, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

People flee the bull in a bullfight (tourada a corda) at Porto Martins. Terceira, Azores islands, Portugal

Spain, Catalunya, Tarragona City, Castellers Festival

California, Pasadena. 2009 Tournament of Roses Bandfest. Royal British Legion Youth Band from Brentwood, Essex, England.

WA, Seattle, Greenlake, Seafair, Milk Carton Derby. (Editorial Usage Only)

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Heros of Sparte

Grass dance competition at North American Indian Days in Browning, Montana, USA (Large format sizes available)

Dog and Man participating in World Championship Semi-Finals of Canine Frisbee Contest, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Holden Grimes, 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, plays corn hole during a Juneteenth celebration on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, June 17, 2022. Juneteenth is a federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.

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San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid), 08/26/2015. Running of the Bulls and Heifers. Photo: of San Bernardo Archdc.

Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Glen Coe. A Scottish piper in Glen Coe.

JAPAN, HOKKAIDO ISLAND, SHIRETOKO PENINSULA, UTORO, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PRACTICING JAPANESE TAIKO DRUMMING

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