Kilts and Austria

[MacDhunadh]

Hi together!

@Morris: Yes, i know some people who believe in this story. Last year i've seen the alpine highland games in tv. It was only 15 minutes, but all the the carinthian competitors told this crazy story as a true fact, this people believe in it. Not everyone does, but much do. It was the bavarian TV and some bavarian competitors were interviewed too and they told the same story. And the most stupid thing at austrian highland games is the fact, that it is forbidden for competitors, to wear underwear because this isn't authentical. what a rubbish if you don't wear underwear it is regimental, that's ok, but if you come to original scottish highland games, the competitors wear boxer shorts under their kilts, nobody is without underwear. I don't know how it is in the Unitedt States, or in Germany, but in Austria underwear is forbidden and if they catch one of the competitors with underwear, they hold him and take away his pants and burn them and then they call this stupid action authentical. But it's only regimental and the original highland regiments wear underwear since 3 or 4 years or longer.

Most of the austrian kilt and highlandfans don't know anything about scottish history, or the history of the kilt and what's authentical and what is not. So people like Rettl can tell them anything, they will believe it.

@Mipi: Yes, this are my words, it's good to spread the knowledge about kilts, but it must be the true knowledge and not some stupid stories. The Celts lived nearly everywhere in Europe, so in Austria and Germany too, but to tell everyone, the ancient Celts 2000 years ago and earlier did wear the kilt, only to make a good business isn't very fair, because as you can read here, much people believe this rubbish and that's no serious history.

@Galician: In Austria you can find at nearly every highland games some nice kilted girls and at the alpine games, where all the austrian competitors meet every year, you can see dozens of this girls :o). But you also will see much photographers, who hope, that the girl fall to the ground during tug-of-war *g*. Our girls are also forbidden to wear underwear. I always think, that's the whole malicious trick behind all this "authentic" story. They all have seen to much Braveheart and think Hollywood is an authentical source ;o).

Ok, that's it for now ;o)

wish you a nice weekend,

greetings from Austria

MacDhunadh