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Why do Muslim men wear turbines on their head?
They look uncomfortable and hot. Not much of a fashion statement either.
They look uncomfortable and hot. Not much of a fashion statement either.
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Best Answer: They are not turbines. A turbine is the fan blade arrangement in a jet engine that sucks air through it. Anyone sticking their head into a turbine would lose it instantly.
The headgear muslims wear on their heads is called a "turban". This is a better starting point for your question.
Sikh men commonly wear a peaked turban that serves partly to cover their long hair, which is never cut out of respect for God's creation. Devout Sikhs also do not cut their beards, so many Sikh men comb out their facial hair and then twist and tuck it up into their turbans along with the hair from their heads.
Iranian leaders wear black or white turbans wrapped in the flat, circular style. The word turban is thought to have originated among Persians living in the area now known as Iran, who called the headgear a dulband.
Indian men sometimes wear turbans to signify their class, caste, profession or religious affiliation.
The kaffiyeh is not technically a turban. It is really a rectangular piece of cloth, folded diagonally and then draped over the head — not wound like a turban. Yasser Arafat, the now dead ex-Palestinian leader, has made the kaffiyeh famous in recent times.
Desert peoples have long used the turban to keep sand out of their faces. And sometimes, the color of a person's turban can be used to identify his tribal affiliation from a distance across the dunes.
Muslim religious elders often wear a turban wrapped around a cap known in Arabic as a kalansuwa. These caps can be spherical or conical, colorful or solid white, and their styles vary widely from region to region.
Source(s):
From the AEN "How to Get Along in Life Handbook"
The headgear muslims wear on their heads is called a "turban". This is a better starting point for your question.
Sikh men commonly wear a peaked turban that serves partly to cover their long hair, which is never cut out of respect for God's creation. Devout Sikhs also do not cut their beards, so many Sikh men comb out their facial hair and then twist and tuck it up into their turbans along with the hair from their heads.
Iranian leaders wear black or white turbans wrapped in the flat, circular style. The word turban is thought to have originated among Persians living in the area now known as Iran, who called the headgear a dulband.
Indian men sometimes wear turbans to signify their class, caste, profession or religious affiliation.
The kaffiyeh is not technically a turban. It is really a rectangular piece of cloth, folded diagonally and then draped over the head — not wound like a turban. Yasser Arafat, the now dead ex-Palestinian leader, has made the kaffiyeh famous in recent times.
Desert peoples have long used the turban to keep sand out of their faces. And sometimes, the color of a person's turban can be used to identify his tribal affiliation from a distance across the dunes.
Muslim religious elders often wear a turban wrapped around a cap known in Arabic as a kalansuwa. These caps can be spherical or conical, colorful or solid white, and their styles vary widely from region to region.
Source(s):
From the AEN "How to Get Along in Life Handbook"
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