A gathering of global cultures...

Braya Moore hurls a stone as she participates in a youth version of the Highland games for children between the ages of 5 and 11. The activities were significantly scaled down compared to those geared for more experienced athletes.

The world's new lightweight champion was honored on Saturday with another athlete setting a world record as the community hosted the Third Annual Mountain Home Highland Games and World Fair.

Stefan Dumitrica of Romania earned the title during the Light Weight World Highland Games Championship, which event organizer Polly Saulls compared to the Highland version of the world Olympics.

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Athletes representing countries in Europe and North America gathered in Mountain Home over the weekend in hopes of winning top honors at the Light Weight World Highland Games Championship -- the Highland version of the world Olympics.

The caber toss requires athletes to pick up, carry and then hurl poles weighing between 80 and 100 pounds. The game traces its origins to Scotish and Celtic history in which soldiers would throw logs across streams to allow their army to cross over.