Comments on: Kilt

By: Dary

Dary — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:20:15 +0000

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By: Mathews Solocam

Mathews Solocam — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:29:54 +0000

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By: Finally Woken

Finally Woken — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:07:00 +0000

@Mulia: thanks to my mum, I (sometimes) actually wear kebaya encim (but with jeans, not sarung), in summer

By: mulia

mulia — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:43:00 +0000

true mba. that’s exactly what i mean. how many modern indonesian now going out with sarung or konde? wel..in kondangan or at home sometimes. but other than that, rada gensi kan..

when i was in Ireland, they had rugby match and the bar were full of people wearing kilts. and i was amazed. i wish indonesian are just that proud of our culture, and not so carried away by the homogenization of the world which makes local culture become weird, strange or so called out-dated.

i should start with me ya..i’l use more baju kurung ijo deh-to express my betawian

By: Finally Woken

Finally Woken — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:58:00 +0000

@Elyani: kilt doesn’t swing, normally. It is at least 4 kg weight, because it’s made of thick wool. Only if the wind blows so hard we might be lucky enough to peek what’s underneath *wink.

@Colson: you’re right. I’ve had a picture taken with at least 12 men wearing kilt, never been happier!

By: Finally Woken

Finally Woken — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:51:00 +0000

@Mulia: how you do think foreigners looking at the konde or sanggul? Some say it looks like helmet, big hair tucked at the backside on woman's head. Or man wearing sarung (sarong) or jarik. Or the man behind reog ponorogo mask who has young man as his wife. Or bat-eating habit in Manado.

I think weird is a concept developed in our head based on our background, experience, and encounter with other cultures.

Nothing is definite or absolute.

By: colson

colson — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:08:00 +0000

Now at last we’ve arrived at the very heart of Scottishness. It’s strange, how somehow these Scots men manage to look very manly wearing them.

@elyani: Oh, oh, naughty, naughty girl..

By: Elyani

Elyani — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:01:00 +0000

Well, there’s nothing like the feel of your kilt swinging in the breeze. Better yet if you can have stand them over a blowing fan and do the Marilyn Monroe thing

By: mulia

mulia — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:18:00 +0000

I found it amazing how the Scottish keep the proud of their tradition even when the world found it so weird.

I salute them for that, really.
And btw, i drop by to also say: Happy Women’s Day !