Wearing the kilt in Scotland

[TheOfficialBren]

Hehe - whereas we are taught that the War of 1812 was the day we came together and had our first real nation defining moment prior to confederation, where the loyalist and colonial proto-Canadians of British North America fought valiantly and turned back the imperialist tide of Manifest Destiny.

Unfortunately, I can't really add much to the OPs question about wearing the kilt in Scotland but I can say that when competing at the World University Debating Championships, countries are asked to wear their National dress periodically and some wear it the whole time.

I wore the kilt and my debating partner who is indo-Canadian wore his kurtha pajama and the Scottish delegation was very pleased that I chose to do that and the Indian delegation was equally proud of my debating partner. The Scots were curious about my story but they were very warm about it and I could tell that they were OK with it (and me) by the amount of parties I was invited to and the number of those gents with whom I am still in contact on occasion.

The Canadian delegation was thrilled about it because they thought we represented Canada's multicultural identity perfectly.

Here we are:

And now the hatchet is buried in the ground where it should and shall remain, my friend.



For all of your enlightening and valuable posts I owe you a dram if we ever cross paths in the real world, Nathan.