Scottish Weddings
Usually a week before the wedding, the mother of the bride will conduct a show of presents for her daughter, similar to bridal shower in other cultures. Female guests will bring presents to help the new couple start their own new home. The presents are unwrapped before the guests. For the groom, there is a wild night party, where the groom and his male friends spend the whole night partying and drinking.Scottish bride will wear a traditional or contemporary white wedding gown, while the groom dresses in traditional Highland kilt, kilt jacket and sporran. The couple is either bag piped down the aisle or traditional Gaelic hymns are played as they walk to the altar. After the vows, which is recited in ancient Gaelic or modern English, the groom often pins a strip of his clan s tartan colors to the bride s wedding dress to imply that she is now a member of his clan. Later on the wedding reception will be held.custom that has been followed for more than 700 years is the custom of the groom carrying his new bride over the doorstep of their new home together. This ritual is considered to keep evil spirits from entering his wife through her feet.
Scottish clothing
The term Highland dress describes the traditional dress <# "justify"> Kilt
The kilt is a knee-length garment <# "justify"> Sporran
The Sporran is a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress <# "justify"> "Day Sporrans" are usually brown leather pouches with simple adornment. These "day" sporrans often have three or more leather tassels and frequently Celtic knot <# "justify"> "Dress Sporrans" can be larger than the day variety, and are often highly ornate. Victorian examples were usually quite ostentatious, and much more elaborate than the simple leather pouch of the 17th or 18th centuries. They can have sterling or silver-plated cantles <# "justify"> "Animal Mask Sporrans" are made from the pelts of mammals such as the badger, otter, fox, pine marten, or other small animals, with the head forming a flap that folds over the front and closes the opening at the top of the sporran.
"Horsehair Sporrans" are most often worn as a part of regimental attire. Pipers <# "justify"> Sgian-dubh
The sgian-dubh is a small, singled-edged knife <# "justify"> Balmoral
The Balmoral (more fully the Balmoral bonnet <# "justify"> Originally with a voluminous crown, today the bonnet is smaller, made of finer cloth and tends to be dark blue, black or lovat green . Ribbons in, or attached to the back of, the band (originally used to secure the bonnet tightly) are so...
