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Thứ Sáu, 30 tháng 8, 2013

Significance Of The Head Turban

By Amanda Baird


The head turban is a piece of cloth normally wrapped on heads of the wearers. It has significance and uses in various parts of the world. People who use them have several reasons to do so depending on their culture, religious beliefs and medical reasons. Generally, the piece of cloth is used to cover heads to keep hair clean from dust and any other form of dirt.

For the Sikhs, these scarves are seen as part of the skull wear by people from the community. They cover their heads suing the cloth in a bid to respect their beliefs and cultural practices. The practice symbolizes their respect towards their creator. They must wear it as they visit the temple because the place is sacred and must be respected. They also believe that God id everywhere so they have to wrap the scarves all the time.

The teachings of Guru do require Sikhs to maintain a hair cover. Followers are required to show sovereignty, self respect and dedication by wearing scarves. Scarves act as symbol of sacredness and equality in the religion. Men use scarves in wedding gears hence supplementing as an identity tool. Sikhs observe that cutting or trimming hair, is going against the creation of God.

In the Islam community, religious leaders must wrap their heads with these scarves. The caps are used to contain hair because of their shapes. They have a conical shape and are mostly white in color. They come in various sizes to suit the needs of each wearer. The Islam community wears white scarves because they regard the color as holly. Green on the other hand is regarded to as a paradise color.

Countries that are governed by the teachings of Islam do require nationals to use scarves as national dress. Different wrapping styles are adopted as prescribed by them and this helps distinguishing the nationals from foreigners. Members of the Taliban community, use long scarves twinned together and having loose ends on them. Loose ends rest on shoulders. Governments in such countries do provide that hats be used as alternatives for scarves.

North African men mostly located along the Saharan Desert do use long scarves to cover themselves from dust and sand. This is because of wind blowing occasionally in the desert. Nomadic tribes like the Tuareg use scarves to disguise themselves from their enemies. Different colors used by them, represents different tribes and is easily spotted across the sand dunes.

Indian citizens on the other hand use turbans to segregate members based on their class in the society, their profession and caste. They wear them to signify wealth and power. Political leaders warp them to signify power. The mode of wrapping them is determined by the type of scarf. Styles and colors also vary from one region to another.

Rastafarian also wraps them for religious reasons. They use the head turban to cover their dreadlocks. They use a hand knitted scarf made of three colors.




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