Day 2- Kilt Time!

Hi!

Today we decided to learn something about national Scottish costume. For this purpose we went to the Scottish Tartans Museum. There you can admire many originals and replicas of that costumes, starting with those at the end of the sixteenth century until today. There are also other exhibits in the museum, for example weapon or weaving machines and information about Scotland. We learned a lot of interesting things about that typical costume.

Everybody knows that Scots wear skirts, however not everybody knows their proper name, which is a "kilt". Kilt's made of long wide strip of checked material - tartan. Interestingly, each clan has its own pattern. Tartan's being frilled and made in the shape of the envelope skirt. In this form kilt appeared in the beginning of the eighteenth century. Today everyone can wear it but in the past it was only a male costume. Kilt is being worn at the celebrations.

It turns out that the typical Scottish costume doesn't consist solely of plaid skirt. Other than it, kilt contains many other elements.

The most important element of them is a sporran - a bag attached to the belt on the hips. It's made of the leather and the fur. Once it was serving a protective function and was a space for something valuable. We distinguish three types of sporrans :

-very formal with lots of decorations (dress sporran);

-less formal but still elegant (semi-dress sporran);

-usual casual made of leather, designed to be worn every day.

Other elements of the Scottish costume are :

-a belt with a decorative buckle;

-a kilt pin with the clan's symbol;

-kilt hoses with characteristic garter flashes;

-elegant shoes;

-a shirt;

-are smoetimes a jacket;

-a tie.

SEE YOU TOMORROW OUR LITTLE MONKEYS!