Sir Sean Connery in New York for Tartan Week - licenced to kilt

Tartan Week has become New York’s leading event celebrating Scottish history and culture - reports IOL.

Festivities in the annual event will centre on a replica Scottish Village built inside Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal and featuring zones such as tourism, food and drink, heritage, business and education.

On offer to the 250,000 Americans expected to take a look will be live music, fashion shows, culinary exhibitions and dance.

There will also be a display of kilts that have been worn by celebrities such as Ozzy and Jack Osbourne and Robbie Williams.

Also included will be the kilts worn by Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange in the hit movie Rob Roy.

The exhibitions are organised by VisitScotland.

Tomorrow, more than 3,000 runners will compete in a 10-kilometre run from Central Park, traditionally the last qualifier before the New York Marathon.

On Monday, a host of Scottish celebrities including Sean Connery and golfing legend Sam Torrance will be at the Dressed To Kilt event, which includes a star-studded fashion show highlighting top designers from Scotland.

Next Sunday, the Tartan Day Parade will see several thousand pipers and drummers make their way down 6th Avenue in the climax to the week’s events.

The US Senate passed a resolution recognising April 6 as National Tartan Day in 1998, in recognition of “the outstanding contribution of millions of Scots-Americans to our great nation”.

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