Do people wear tartan?
Although many people have moved from mainland Scotland to Shetland over the centuries, they don’t seem to have packed their kilts. For anyone who’s used to travelling around Scotland, tartan is conspicuous by its near-absence here. That said, Highland dress has increasingly featured at Shetland weddings and the Lerwick Pipe Band wears it. Shetlanders often wear kilts when they’re heading off to cheer Scottish sports teams at, say, Hampden Park or Murrayfield. But the Norse part of our heritage means that at other times – and maybe even at the same time – you may meet them wearing horned helmets.
