
Scottish clans: everything you wanted to know
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Tartan - A National Expression of Scottish Patriotism
Tartan began to be sociated with soldiers from scotland in the sixteenth century. It became a national expression of tishness into the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Loud colours, for example, were often used, but they were used as an expression of importance. To this day formal dress for men who wearing the kilt is very military,. with its epauletsts and its buttons. Its looks quasi regimental unti there is a link between the roll of scots and the british empire, particularly in the army. And the ethnocultural identification of the tartars signalling people who belong to clar families.
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