Tie A Turban With Comfort

By Claudine MacDonald


A turban is a traditional headwear which is formed by winding the cloth. Tie a turban is one of the most important aspects of traditional dressing in some parts of the world. This is one of the important customs which finds various practices around the globe. India, Afghanistan, eastern Africa, south Asia, Jamaica and Middle East are the locations in which this practice is wide accepted.

This traditional wear may be found available in various styles and shapes which differ as the customs differs. These can be found in many colors and sizes. In some places the practice is to use a cloth winding to form this wear and the winding is needed for each use. Some of the locations which practice this kind of tradition can actually be listed as Sikhs, Middle East, central and south Asia. The size of this cloth strip is not constant at the entire place and the standard size of this cloth is around five meters.

In western countries, these are usually worn by women. In the early twentieth century western civilization women practiced to wear them and it is rarely seen nowadays. Western culture gave them a fair touch and sewn this wears to the base to use in handy as hats. African and West Indies women do wear the same type of head wears and are also called by the same name.

Kenyans uses a special style for this wear and they call it a valeti style. These people starch the cloth and makes distinctive folds on them for the purpose of easy knot. This Kenyan practice is also seen a lot in the UK. Different religions around the globe using their own methods of shaping this wear and it is hard to mention all the practices at once.

Colors are also considered as important factors. Almost all group practices different color patters. Some examples can be described as Indian Sikh community prefers colors like white, blue, saffron and black. In the same way UK people prefer black and blue colors. White are a distinctive color and almost all people around the globe preferred this color as this is a color of peace indicator. White is also symbolizes special purpose wear.

These wears comes in small and big sizes, history reveals the details of these wears in battle fields and we can see them today in offices. Each style and color are unique to that person and is considered as a crown in some religions. There is no wrong or right way to knot this head wear as different community has its own beliefs.

Tying can be said satisfactory if only it conceals not just the head but the hair too. Various people practices different tying styles and these styles can be listed briefly as the Kenyan, the damalla, ladies dastar, the double Patti, and many others. Kenyan style is most widely accepted one and this is brought forth by the migrated people of Kenya and Tanzania in UK. In that time, this was symbolized as a status of that profession.

Practice makes a man perfect and hence tie a turban is also falls in the same category. It is not easy to knot this wear perfectly but it comes with practice. There should be no starch for a perfect wrap and hence wash the cloth before use. Tying is convenient if the cloth is rough. New fashion touch made these wears most desirable.




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