mardi 3 septembre 2013

Turbans For Men And Why They Are Worn

By Kate McMahon


Peaked turbans for men are worn by Sikhs for the purpose of covering their long hair, which is never shaved due to the respect they have for Gods creation. Devout Sikh men also do not cut down their beards. Instead, most of them decide to comb out their beard, twist and tuck it up within their turbans together with their long hair.

Muslim religious clerics often wear turbans draped around caps known as Kalansuwa in Arabic. Such caps can be conical or spherical, solid white or colorful, with their styles varying widely from region to region. Additionally, the color of these turbans wrapped around a kalansuwa also varies. White is considered to be the purest turban color by some Muslims, based on a legend that a white turban was worn by Prophet Muhammad.

Other Muslims also favor green since they consider it the color of paradise. Not all Muslims however wear a turban. In fact, in some western nations they are perceived as old fashioned and are rarely worn by those living in major cosmopolitan areas in the Muslim world.

Men in Afghanistan wear a wide range of turbans, the only difference being the way they cover their heads using them. The Taliban, which is the oppressive Islamic government ruling most parts of the country, provides a good example. Taliban members often wear quite a lengthy turban, in some instances intertwining two of them together in a way that an end hangs loosely over one shoulder. Taliban diplomats to Afghanistan usually wear a plain black turban folded over their foreheads.

Some afghan men do not wear a turban at all, instead choosing quite a distinctive afghan hat. Leaders from Iran wear a white or black turban wrapped in a circular flat style. The term turban is thought to have originated from the Persians living in the region now referred to as Iran, who called it a dulband.

In some instances, Indian men wear a turban to denote their religious affiliation, profession, class or caste. This headpiece can be quite intricate in India. However, the headgears manufactured using woven fancy clothing and embellished with jewels are not just an Indian specialty. Men have used these headgears to show off their wealth and power as further away as Turkey.

The kaffiyeh is not actually considered a turban. In the real sense, it is a rectangular clothing piece folded diagonally and then adorned across the head, rather than being wrapped the way a turban is done. The kaffiyeh has been popularized in recent times by Yasser Arafat, the late Palestinian leader. However, this headpiece not exclusively restricted to Palestinians. Men in the Persian Gulf states, Jordan and Saudi Arabia wear kaffiyehs in colors and styles matching the regions fashion statements. Jordanians for example wear a white and black kaffiyeh while Palestinians prefer multicolored ones. Men in Saudi Arabia most likely wear their headpieces in a manner that is different from Jordanians.

Desert people have long used turbans for men to keep sand out of their faces. Tribesmen of nomadic communities have also used them to disguise themselves. In some cases, the color of peoples headgear can be used to identify their tribal affiliation from afar.




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