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  2. Head covering for Jewish women - Wikipedia

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    Head covering is a sign of a woman's married status, which (among other things) could indicate to men that she is unavailable to them. [9] Head-covering indicates awe when standing before God, similar to the kippah for men. [9] Nowadays, head-covering also serves a sign of identification with the religious Jewish community. [9]

  3. Haredi burqa sect - Wikipedia

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    Woman of the Haredi burqa sect in Mea Shearim, a Jewish neighbourhood in Jerusalem, 2012 The " Haredi burqa sect " ( Hebrew : נשות השָאלִים Neshót haShalím , lit. ' shawl-wearing women ' ) is a community of Haredi Jews that ordains the full covering of a woman's entire body and face, including her eyes, for the preservation of ...

  4. Headscarf - Wikipedia

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    The custom of Jewish women to wear headscarves is an old custom, learnt from the Torah (Numbers 5:18) where a suspected adulteress is paraded before a priest and her head covering is removed. [13] By saying that the 'hair of the woman's head [shall] go loose' is to imply that she was wearing a head covering.

  5. Mantilla - Wikipedia

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    Side angle shot of a blond mantilla. A mantilla is a traditional female liturgical lace or silk veil or shawl worn over the head and shoulders, often over a high hair ornament called a peineta, particularly popular with women in Spain and Latin America. [1]

  6. Veil - Wikipedia

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    In Orthodox Judaism, married women cover their hair for reasons of modesty; many Orthodox Jewish women wear headscarves for this purpose. Christian Byzantine literature expressed rigid norms pertaining to veiling of women, which have been influenced by Persian traditions, although there is evidence to suggest that they differed significantly ...

  7. What Are Stylish Women Covering Their Heads With ... - AOL

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    The prevalence of head scarves extend far and wide, from Eastern European babushkas to hijabs worn by Muslim women to the assortment of bonnets and doobies worn by Black and brown women to make ...

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