Selasa, 14 Mei 2013

Information On The Importance Of The Indian Turban

By Jennie Sandoval


The turban, bulle, or dastar is worn as a headgear in some cultures including: India, Afghanistan, North Africa, Jamaica and parts of the Middle East, South Asia, and East Africa. The Indian turban or Pagri is a preferred headwear of men in India and Pakistan. For many men it is a symbol of their heritage. There are nearly seventy different types of turbans.

The headdress isn't just a symbol of culture, but to some it's a mark of the way they worship. The Sikhs tribe, originally from Punjab use the name Dastar when referring to the turban. To this tribe, it is sacred and forms part of their appearance in public.

The importance of the headdress is illustrated in the real life of a man who has joined the Royal Canadian Mounted police, and had blatantly refused to exchange his for a police hat. He proclaimed that he had incorporated the headgear to his work uniform. His ply went to court and the judiciary concluded that it would be a violation of his human rights to force him to be without his turban.

There are some religions where both men and women put on the white headdress. This head gear first mentioned in the writings that were done during the fourteenth century. In those parts of Afghanistan which are dominated by the Taliban, any man found refusing to wear the headdress was beaten.

The turban has many features that are important, and color is one of them. One of the most famous prophets in religion, Prophet Muhammad is shown as wearing a white one. This is because white is depicted as the holiest of colors. Most Muslim men however wear headdress in green; their belief is that green symbolizes paradise.

There is an art to donning the Indian headgear. The cloth - usually not longer than five meters - is manually tied. There are several styles. Each tells the wearer's region or religion. It varies in shape, size and color.

How it is worn is that a knot must be tied at the top of one's head, the fabric must then be wrapped around the knot, with just one end of the turban behind the ear. A safety pin is then used to ensure that the headdress is securely in place. Whatever is left of the fabric, it is twisted and wrapped around the head again.

No one is sure where the Indian turban got its start. In earliest times, the Persians wore a cone-shaped cap around which were wrapped bands of cloth. Historians hypothesize this cap may have morphed into a form of today's turban.




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