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  2. Religious habit - Wikipedia

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    In Hinduism, religious clothing is a huge element of an individual’s life. [citation needed] Most Hindus are known to wear a religious pendant in their daily life to show their faith in God. Hindu women cover their heads with scarf as a sign of respect for not only religion but also their husbands. [citation needed]

  3. Cilice - Wikipedia

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    Hairshirt cilice of St. Louis at St. Aspais Church, Melun, France Ivan the Terrible's hairshirt cilice (16th century). The tsar wanted to die like a monk. There is some evidence, based on analyses of both clothing represented in art and preserved skin imprint patterns at Çatalhöyük in Turkey, that the usage of the cilice predates written history.

  4. Religious clothing - Wikipedia

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    The clothing includes a robe that fits over one shoulder, a sash, an apron, a veil (for women), and a cap (for men). All of the clothing is white, including shoes and neckties, except for the apron, which is green. [7]: 1:55 [8] It is common for Latter-day Saints to be buried in their temple clothes. [9]

  5. Digambara - Wikipedia

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    Digambara nuns, unlike the monks in their tradition, wear clothes. Given their beliefs such as non-attachment and non-possession, the Digambara tradition has held that women cannot achieve salvation (moksha) as men can, and the best a nun can achieve is to be reborn as a man in the next rebirth. [ 1 ]

  6. Jain monasticism - Wikipedia

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    Digambara monks wear no clothing. [22] Digambara nuns (or Aryikas) wear plain, seamless white saris. [7] All Digambara monks and nuns traditionally carry only three things: a mor-pichhi (peacock-feather whisk), a kamandalu (water pot) and shastras (scriptures). [23] Śvētāmbara monastics wear white, seamless clothing. They also carry ...

  7. Kasaya (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    Zen Buddhist monks wear a form of formal dress which is composed of two kimono, covered by the jikitotsu; and the kesa is finally worn on top of the jikitotsu. [ 15 ] Japanese buddhism kesa (袈裟) used to be worn covering the entire body beneath the head, including both shoulders, but now they are worn with the right shoulder exposed, except ...

  8. Rakusu - Wikipedia

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    The rakusu represents the garments that the Buddha put together to wear after he left his palace to seek enlightenment.According to Buddhist scripture, Siddhārtha left the palace where he was a prince, and collected rags from trash heaps, funeral pyres, and various other places. [3]

  9. Byzantine dress - Wikipedia

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    Monk's hair was long, and most clergy had beards, as did many lay men, especially later. Upper-class women mostly wore their hair up, again very often curled and elaborately shaped. If we are to judge by religious art, and the few depictions of other women outside the court, women probably kept their hair covered in public, especially when married.