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The original Sikh turban of the Khalsa Fauj, the Dastar Bunga. The Nihang's pharla is being covered at the tip of the turban. Dastar bunga, or turban fortress in Persian, is a style of turban used by a specific sect within the Sikhs, the Akali Nihangs (egoless immortals). As an essential part of their faith the warriors used the turban as a ...
Shiah clergies today wear white turbans unless they are descendants of Muhammad or Sayyid, in which case they wear a black turban. Many Muslim men choose to wear green, because it represents paradise, especially among followers of Sufism. In parts of North Africa, where blue is common, the shade of a turban can signify the tribe of the wearer. [12]
A Baul from Bangladesh wearing white Thobe and Turban, playing a Dotara. Sufi mystics of Bangladesh, known as "Baul Fakirs", can often be identified by their distinctive clothes. Men typically wear long tunics, known as Alkhallah and turbans known as "Pagri". [3] Women usually wear white Handloom saris, jewelleries, can sometimes also be ...
The word is loaned from Persian through Punjabi. In Persian, the word dastār can refer to any kind of turban and replaced the original word for turban, dolband (دلبند), from which the English word is derived. Among the Sikhs, the dastār is an article of faith that represents equality, honour, self-respect, courage, spirituality, and piety.
Exchanging turbans is a glue that can bind two individuals or families together for generations. [2] Earlier the tradition of wearing turbans was common throughout India, and each community or sub-caste had a different style of turban, when doing the Turban Exchange the two have to wear each other's turban in that particular style of turban. [3]
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Captain Simratpal Singh has been granted a long-term religious accommodation to wear a beard, turban and uncut hair in uniform.
In 2009, Resham Singh, a Punjabi student in Melbourne, Australia, was attacked by a group of teenagers who tried to remove his turban and cut his hair. [ 12 ] In 2010, Basant Singh, a Sikh youth in Penang , Malaysia, woke up discovering his hair was cut by 50 cm when he was asleep in his dormitory while serving the Malaysian National Service ...