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2. Box braids - Wikipedia

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   Box braids are also commonly worn by the Khoisan people of South Africa [6] and the Afar people in the horn of Africa. [7] [8] In Africa, braid styles and patterns have been used to distinguish tribal membership, marital status, age, wealth, religion and social ranking. [citation needed] In some countries of Africa, the braids were used for ...

3. Braid (hairstyle) - Wikipedia

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   Cornrows: Braids that are braided close to the scalp in straight or intricate patterns. Knotless Braids: A variation of box braids, starting with natural hair and gradually adding extensions, reducing scalp tension. Crochet braids: Extensions are crocheted into cornrowed natural hair, offering a variety of styling options.

4. Discrimination based on hair texture - Wikipedia

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   In 2016, a mixed race woman in Scarborough, Ontario, who was working at the retail chain ZARA, was asked to remove her box braids because her hair style was considered unprofessional. [14] In another case, an African-American woman living in Montreal, Quebec, was sent home from a restaurant and denied shifts, because her hair was in cornrows.

5. Hair - Wikipedia

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   Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis.Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals.The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and fine vellus hair.

6. Lucet - Wikipedia

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   Lucet may unravel if cut, but is easily fixed with a small knot. Unlike other braiding techniques such as kumihimo, finger-loop braiding or plaiting, where the threads are of a finite length, lucetted (or knitted) [a] braids can be created without pre-measuring threads and so it is a technique suited for very long cords.

7. Bun (hairstyle) - Wikipedia

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   A Sikh boy with a rishi knot wearing a patka. Footballer Gareth Bale wearing a man-bun during a match in 2015.. Men in ancient China wore their hair in a topknot bun (Touji 頭髻); visual depictions of this can be seen on the terracotta soldiers in the Terracotta Army sculptures.