Mánička
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Mánička is a Czech term used for young people with long hair, typically men, in Czechoslovakia through the 1960s and 1970s. Long hair for males during this time was considered an expression of political and social attitudes in communist Czechoslovakia.
Screenshot from an episode of the propagandistic TV series Thirty Cases of Major Zeman, showing "máničky" as a harmful, criminal and drug-using social class.
The Plastic People of the Universe, veterans of the Czech cultural underground scene. Their performances were regularly visited by the long-haired "máničky" in the 1960s and 1970s.
Secular laws regulating hairstyles exist in various countries and institutions.
Out of respect to their religion, Sikhs are allowed to grow beards in the Indian army.
Admiral D.K. Joshi of the Indian Navy with designer stubble.
A 19th-century samurai with a chonmage
A Japanese barbershop in the 19th century