Highlands, the
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The distinguishing features of its culture were the style of dress (including the kilt and tartan) and the clan system, now in disuse except for historical observances.
It is famous for its rugged beauty.
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Set in the Scottish Highlands, the contestants complete a number of challenges to win money for the prize pot and must try to root out and banish the traitors at a roundtable discussion each night.
From BBC
In southern and eastern England, the likelihood increased by 10% for the period 1991 to 2020 as compared to the previous 30 years, while in the Scottish Highlands the chance of Christmas snow has decreased by 30% in the same period.
From BBC
In the Highlands the three-vehicle also crash happened on Friday, near the village of Auldearn.
From BBC
But for some communities in western Kenya's fertile highlands, the injustices caused by British colonisation are as much present-day realities as historical memories.
From Reuters
Ruling over a massive swath of western South America along the Pacific coast and Andean highlands, the Inca saw their rich and powerful empire fall to Spanish invaders in 1532.
From Reuters
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