Men proudly wear kilts, toss cabers at the Oklahoma Scottish Festival.
Men in kilts.
Everyone mentioned in this article matches that description.
Or at least they did Saturday, when they as well as thousands of other people descended on River West Festival Park to get in touch with their inner Scot.
The occasion was - and is - the Oklahoma Scottish Festival, which will conclude Sunday.
It’s the kind of event where the consumption of haggis is discussed openly, where cabers are tossed with impunity, and, yes, men wear skirts with pride, albeit with varying degrees of confidence.
Barry Anderson, 42, said Saturday was the first time he had been out in public while sporting a kilt. The early returns were positive.
“I walked into QuikTrip and no one giggled,” Anderson said.
Of course, one would have to be rather foolhardy to snicker at a man whose skills include being able to use a pitchfork to hurl a heavy burlap bag over a horizontal bar.
That’s known as the sheaf toss, one of the Scottish games on display this weekend.
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