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    Re: First attempt to make a kilt - Czech National

    Looks great! Amazing result for a first attempt. And I really like the Czech national tartan. Nice colors. Is there a description of why those colors were chosen?

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    Re: First attempt to make a kilt - Czech National

    Quote Originally Posted by KiltedCodeWarrior View Post
    Looks great! Amazing result for a first attempt. And I really like the Czech national tartan. Nice colors. Is there a description of why those colors were chosen?

    Oh, and welcome to XMarks!
    I agree. Some day I will also have a kilt in this tartan. The explanation of the colours is on the Czech "Kilt" website, but I'm afraid it's all in Czech.

    Additional details are offered on the official tartan register website: http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tar....aspx?ref=5516

    Translation of the original follows:

    Here is the explanation of the makeup of this tartan: The basic colours of the tartan are made up of green and blue -- the colours of water and forests, so widespread throughout the Czech Republic that these words are sung in the national anthem. The central motif is the Czech tricolor, between which are interspaced two yellow lines. These are representative of two historic lands -- Moravia and Silesia. The black lines remind us of two historic events of the 20th century that negatively impacted the development of the Czech Republic -- the Nazi occupation and the the era of "life behind the Iron Curtain."

    A zde je vysvětlení podoby tohoto tartanu. Základní barvy tartanu tvoří zelená a modrá - barvy vody a lesů, které jsou pro Českou republiku tolik typické a o nichž se zpívá i v české hymně. Centrální motiv tvoří barvy české trikolóry, které se střídají se dvěma linkami žluté barvy, jež jsou na tartanu jako zástupci dvou historických zemí - Moravy a Slezska. Černé linky připomínají dvě historické etapy 20. století, které negativně ovlivnily vývoj České republiky - nacistická okupace a období "života za železnou oponou".

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