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17th April 06, 11:09 AM
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Sikh...
 Originally Posted by ronstew
I have seen turbans on RCMP officers in full scartlet regalia and on Canadian soldiers in dress uniforms. I might have seen one on a Seaforth Highlander. Turbans with business suits or casual dress or sporting uniforms are such a common sight around here that you don't notice them.
I think that if a Sikh wanted to wear a kilt, he could look good in it - substituting his kirpan for a sgian dubh.
There are a couple of Sikh tartans, actually. One is the Singh tartan, designed and registered Lord Singh, who lived in Scotland and is quite the Burns devotee:
http://www.sikhspectrum.com/122002/tartan_tsher.htm
http://www.sikhspectrum.com/122002/tartan_scot.htm
A Sikh Regiment in the Indian Army, the heir to Rattray's Sikh Regiment from the days of the British Raj, has pipers that wear the Rattray tartan.
I have a picture of the Canadian journalist, T. Sher Singh, around somewhere, in full formal rig with a Singh tartan kilt and the traditional Turban, but now I can't find it.
The Scots and the Sikhs share many connections due to their service in the British Army the Raj -- same wi' the Gurkhas. And from what my grandfather told me about the Sikh policemen in India during the Second World War, if one was wearing a kilt you would regret laughing at him for sure! 
Cheers, 
Todd
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