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Every year the Edinburgh Tattoo is a sell out, attracting visitors from all over the world. This spectacular show has seen performers from over 40 countries, including Uganda, New Zealand, China and Switzerland. Staged at Edinburgh Castle, the great oak gates sweep open and the swell of the pipes and drums crack through the night sky. As the massed bands march out in their hundreds across the drawbridge, emotions run high. These are Scotland's finest fighting men playing the stirring tunes that have given courage and inspiration on battlefields in every corner of the globe. Now a dazzling show is spread out on the Esplanade, with re-enactment of battles, and Highland dancers wheeling and swirling to a fiddle orchestra. For the finale all 1000 or so performers are on the Esplanade, column after column there for the sounding of the Last Post and the lowering of the flags. And finally, all eyes are drawn to the Castle ramparts, where a single spotlight cues the Lone Piper.