Scottish Customs and Traditions
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Scottish Weddings
Usually a week before the wedding, the mother of the bride will conduct a show of presents for her daughter, words 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 clans tartan colors to the brides 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 , the traditional Scottish gamekeeper and outdoorsman.highland dress includes women's shoes, also called ghillies, that are tied in the same way but have thin soles for indoor wear and dancing. Traditionally, women and girls do not wear kilts but may wear ankle-length tartan skirts. A tartan sash or shawl may also be worn. Women may also wear dress tartans which are modified versions which include white in place of a more prominent colour.
Kilt
The kilt is a knee-length garment
Sporran
The Sporran is a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress , the ornamentation of the sporran is determined by the formality of dress worn with it. The sporran is worn on a leather strap or ch