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[auld argonian]

To take off on a tangent from Todd's comments about tartans other than Scots, you can't blame folks for wanting a distinctive fabric pattern that they can identify with...even before I became interested in the kilts I was looking into weaving...just curious and looking for a small loom to play around with...looking at it as a sort of meditation/zen exercise. The weaving of North American Indigenous People like the Navajo is, when you really get into it, fascinating. I did find myself looking at Kente cloth as well and learning about the techniques involved in its production...and as I've encountered some of my African American neighbors and gotten their reaction to the kilt, I've always asked if they have considered wearing traditional African fabrics as I was wearing fabric associated with my ancestry. Frankly, I'd love to see someone do a kilt form with some of that darn neat Kente cloth...everyone should have a kilt and if they can be made from tartan and solid fabrics, how about Kente? I can just picture a huge drum fest with the African contingent and the Euro contingent in their respective kilts wailing away on the skins...toss in a little bit of the pipes and some of that West African electric guitar stuff and you've really got a serious jam....

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AA