vendredi 30 août 2013

Significance Of A 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.

It stands as recognition of teachings that Guru gave to his followers. It represents sovereignty, self respect and dedication on Sikhism. Sikhs regard it sacred symbol as it promotes equality in the religion. Hair scarves area mostly worn by men of Sikh religion hence acts as an identity feature. They do not cut their hair since it is going against the nature of creation.

Religious leaders in Islam religion are required to have hair scarves. Hair is moistly wrapped inside a cap, since it is easy to contain hair in it. Caps come in conical shapes, white color and various sizes. Most Islam followers use color white regarding it as hollies color according to Prophet Mohammed. Green is regarded as the paradise color.

Countries that are governed by Islamic rules require citizens to wrap scarves as a national dress. They have special ways of wrapping them so that people who do not belong to the religion will not misuse them. Members of the Taliban warp long scarves that have been intertwined with loose ends. The piece that is hanging is then let to hang on their shoulders. There are other special hats that act as alternatives to the scarves.

North African tribes residing along the Saharan desert cover themselves from dust and dirt by using scarves. In the desert, it is normally windy. Tribesmen disguise themselves by covering their faces with scarves and hence they are not easily traceable by their enemies. A color used by one, makes the identity of a tribe that he hails from known.

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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