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2. Braid (hairstyle) - Wikipedia

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   Later in 2019, Assembly Bill 07797 became law in New York state; it "prohibits race discrimination based on natural hair or hairstyles." [11] Braiding is traditionally a social art. Because of the time it takes to braid hair, people have often taken time to socialize while braiding and having their hair braided.

3. Cornrows - Wikipedia

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   Often favored for their easy maintenance, cornrows can be left in for weeks at a time if maintained through careful washing of the hair and natural oiling of the scalp. Braids are considered a protective styling on African curly hair as they allow for easy and restorative growth; braids pulled too tightly or worn for longer lengths of time and ...

4. Crown Braid - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] The hair can either be pinned up with bobby pins, or braided around the head in a technique similar to the dutch braid or french braid, adding strands of hair continously while braiding around the head. The crown braid was worn by women for centuries to keep long hair safe during farm work. Thus, it became associated with folk styles.

5. Box braids - Wikipedia

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   Box braids are a type of hair-braiding style that is predominantly popular among African people and the African diaspora. This type of hairstyle is a "protective style" (a style which can be worn for a long period of time to let natural hair grow and protect the ends of the hair) and is "boxy", consisting of square-shaped hair divisions.

6. French braid - Wikipedia

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   A Dutch braid, otherwise known as an inverted French braid. The braid is above the hair instead of beneath it like normal French braids. The phrase "French braid" appears in an 1871 issue of Arthur's Home Magazine, used in a piece of short fiction ("Our New Congressman" by March Westland) that describes it as a new hairstyle ("do up your hair in that new French braid"). [2]

7. Ply-split braiding - Wikipedia

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   Ply-split braiding is an ancient art that is practiced for making elaborate camel girths and other animal regalia of hand-spun goat hair, wool or sometimes cotton in northwestern India. The first written description of the technique appeared in 1976 with Virginia Harvey's "Split-Ply Twining". [ 1 ]