welsh kilts
General Discussions ( Anything Goes )
hehe... where to begin? First, I am of Welsh, Scots, Irish, and Swiss ancestry... Celts all. The "accident" of my birthplace doesn't change that. Being born here only means that I am free to define who I am and to what culture(s) I wish to subscribe.Second, British law and European statute are of little concern to me. The Welsh and Scots are Celts, and first cousins at that... the English are Angles, Jutes and Saxons, with a smattering of Roman. And the English have a long history of poor behavior towards the Welsh and the Scots... Lucky for me, I am physically removed from such nonsense. The English do not define me... I define me, and I am Celt.I like the image of a Japanese person wearing lederhosen! That person would at least have a sense of humor, and may in fact be honoring that culture. By the way, the last time I checked, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo wasn't booting the Nepalese Ghurkas who were there playing bag pipes and wearing kilts, and they are most definitely not Scots nor were they born in Scotland.Also, I should like to point out that the Scots wool milling industry has done a mighty good job of selling tartan goods to the world, and they might be in serious trouble if only Scots born in Scotland were allowed to play (pay). Applied to the Scots whisky industry, one might only wonder how many distilleries would never have come into existence were only Scots born in Scotland allowed to indulge. I did my bit for the Scots wool industry a few years back and designed a tartan, then had a kilt made: the pattern to honor my Welsh ancestry, and the kilt to honor my Scots. My support of the Scots whisky industry is legendary in these parts... thank the gods I didn't have to be born there in order to have some! lolI suspect that you are proud of your culture, and you should be. I am proud of my Scots ancestry in much the same way, likely as not. However, the demise of the Celts as a culture was in large part a result of their regional short-sightedness... an unfortunate outlook which has been repeated in Europe countless times over the centuries. They saw themselves as Carnutes or Silures or Lepontii or whatever, and therefore were defeated one at a time by Rome and others. I rejoice in how the Scots and Welsh and Irish and Swiss differ, but it saddens me greatly that they cannot seem to find delight and pride in their common Celtic heritage.I hope that you can rejoice in our diversity as well as revel in our common ancestry. May the gods bless you and yours this day.Brian
