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2. Wreath (attire) - Wikipedia

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   A wreath worn for purpose of attire (in English, a "chaplet"; [1] Ancient Greek: στέφανος, romanized: stéfanos, Latin: corona), [2] is a headdress or headband made of leaves, grasses, flowers or branches. It is typically worn on celebrations, festive occasions and holy days, having a long history and association with ancient pageants ...

3. Chaplet (headgear) - Wikipedia

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   A chaplet is a headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring. [1] It is typically worn on festive occasions and on holy days. In ancient times a chaplet also served as a crown representing victory or authority .

4. Wreaths and crowns in antiquity - Wikipedia

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   Different wreaths were worn, depending on the god or goddess to be propitiated. [1] Laurel wreaths were appropriate Apollo and his father Zeus , as well as for Aphrodite . The mother-and-daughter fertility goddesses Demeter and Persephone (Ceres and Proserpina) were honoured with crowns of ears of corn. [1]

5. Stephane (headdress) - Wikipedia

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   Bust of an empress, possibly Vibia Sabina, wearing a stephane, c. AD 134 –147. A stephane (ancient Greek στέφανος, from στέφω (stéphō, “I encircle”), Lat. Stephanus = wreath, decorative wreath worn on the head; crown) was a decorative headband or circlet made of metal, often seen on depictions of high-status ancient Roman and Greek women, [1] [2] [3] as well as goddesses. [4]

6. Laurel wreath - Wikipedia

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   A laurel wreath is a symbol of triumph, a wreath made of connected branches and leaves of the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), an aromatic broadleaf evergreen. It was also later made from spineless butcher's broom ( Ruscus hypoglossum ) or cherry laurel ( Prunus laurocerasus ).

7. Sehra (headdress) - Wikipedia

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   The act of tying the sehra around the groom's head right before he leaves for the bride's house is called sehra bandi.Typically the groom's sisters, female cousins, Bhabhi or sister-in-law are the essential performers of sehra bandi.