Norwegians are really into their national dress and it is not unusual, especially for women, to own one. It is usually gifted when they are confirmed as teenagers and is made to last a lifetime and can be rather pricey. Many Norwegians wears their national dress for festive occasions like weddings instead of modern attire. In Denmark national dress is virtually nonexistent outside of folk dancing circles and it has a dusty and unsexy image. The Faroese and the Inuit of Kalaallit Nunaat sometimes wears national dress at state functions as a way to assert their identity to their colonial overlords.
Norwegians are really into their national dress and it is not unusual, especially for women, to own one. It is usually gifted when they are confirmed as teenagers and is made to last a lifetime and can be rather pricey. Many Norwegians wears their national dress for festive occasions like weddings instead of modern attire. In Denmark national dress is virtually nonexistent outside of folk dancing circles and it has a dusty and unsexy image. The Faroese and the Inuit of Kalaallit Nunaat sometimes wears national dress at state functions as a way to assert their identity to their colonial overlords.