Seeing my picture being cited in evidence....

As I recall, the kilt the guy was wearing did seem to be made in light weight and thus could fly up during some of his moves but only, pardon the pun, briefly and it flew down just as quickly. He was also on a platform and thus higher up than the spectators. The camera is quicker than the human eye and can freeze a moment in a way that might not register when being observed. There is also a delay between pressing the shutter and the image being captured so I did not know I had captured it until I saw the result. Just as in Dumfries I captured someone mooning when they posing quite normally when I was actually composing the photo.

Martin's citing of regimental dancing with the much heavier military kilts may well indeed have a different result in regards of "lifting capabilities".

I have been to several ceilidhs in Edinburgh with a lot of swinging movements going on and most kilts being of the tank variety and n'er a glimpse of the mystery being revealed.