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  2. List of hairstyles - Wikipedia

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    A crown braid or crown plait is a braided hairstyle historically popular with European women, usually worn by women with long hair, consisting of a braid wrapped up around the head. It is the signature hairstyle worn by Ukrainian politician Yulia Tymoshenko. It is also similar to some of the hairstyles worn by Frida Kahlo. See also braid or ...

  3. 19 Types of Braids for All Hair Textures, Lengths and Types - AOL

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    If there’s one hairstyle we can all rely on its braids. The classic pattern can be woven in many different ways and works well for every occasion. Whether you’re searching for a protective ...

  4. Braid (hairstyle) - Wikipedia

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    Braids have been part of black culture going back generations. There are pictures going as far back as the year 1884 showing a Senegalese woman with braided hair in a similar fashion to how they are worn today. [13] Braids are normally done tighter in black culture than in others, such as in cornrows or box braids. While this leads to the style ...

  5. 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.

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  7. Why this Black engineer makes a point of wearing braids in ...

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    Why this Black engineer makes a point of wearing braids in the lab: 'If you Google a scientist, I can promise you you're not going to get pictures of a Black woman with cornrows' Tayler Adigun ...

  8. Cornrows - Wikipedia

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    Since the early 5th century B.C., Ancient Greek and Roman art shows men and women with a characteristic melon coiffure, especially in the "Oriental Aphrodite" tradition, which may be confused with cornrows. [38] [39] [32] The traditional hairstyle of Roman Vestal Virgins, the sini crenes, also incorporates two braids that resemble cornrows. [40 ...

  9. Box braids - Wikipedia

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    Older women would gather with their girls and teach them how to braid. [5] 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.