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The pith helmet, also known as the safari helmet, salacot, [a] sola topee, sun helmet, topee, and topi [b] is a lightweight cloth-covered helmet made of sholapith. [1] The pith helmet originates from the Spanish military adaptation of the native salakot headgear of the Philippines .
In the Indian subcontinent, it is called a topi (Bengali: টুপি, Hindi: टोपी, Urdu: ٹوپی) which means hat or cap in general. In Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and men usually wear the topi with kurta and paijama. In the United States and Britain, many Muslim merchants sell the prayer cap under the name kufi.
Dhaka ko Topi literately means a "headgear made of Dhaka cloth", a fine cotton cloth once exclusively imported from Dhaka, the present-day capital of Bangladesh. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Dhaka topi was a part of the Nepalese national dress, and a symbol of Nepalese nationality.
Thousands of people wearing Topi during Wari, Dehugaon, Maharashtra. The cap remains the most popular everyday headgear worn by men in rural parts of Maharashtra. [7] Anna Hazare protesting against corruption . In the "I Have a Dream" speech of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963, many people standing behind him on stage wore Gandhi caps. [8]
A small hat with straight, upright sides, a flat crown, and no brim. Pith helmet: A lightweight rigid cloth-covered helmet made of cork or pith, with brims front and back. Worn by Europeans in tropical colonies in the 19th century. The pith helmet is an adaptation of the native salakot headgear of the Philippines. Planter's hat
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Himachali cap (Bushehri topi, Pahari topi, Kinnauri topi) is a distinctive Indian headdress associated with the Himachali people, native to the state of Himachal Pradesh. It is a part of the traditional dress of many Pahari inhabitants.
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