Turban
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A turban is a type of headwear based on cloth winding. Featuring many variations, it is worn as customary headwear by people of various cultures. Communities with prominent turban-wearing traditions c
Rajasthani style
Sikh style
Pashtun style
Late fourth century Byzantine woman, wearing a phakeolis.
Dastar
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A dastār is an item of headwear associated with Sikhism and Sikh culture. The word is loaned from Persian through Punjabi. In Persian, the word dastār can refer to any kind of turban and replaced the
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…traditional "single turban", but not cut and sewn to make a double-width "Double Turban" (or Double Patti). Wearing turbans is common among Sikh men (Dastar), and infrequently women. They are also worn by Hindu monks. The headgear also serves as a religious observance, including among Shia Muslims, who…
Sikh man wearing a dastar or pagg
Preserved Dastar relic of Guru Gobind Singh
Contemporary or near-contemporary painting of Guru Hargobind
Nihang Abchal Nagar (Nihangs from Hazur Sahib), 1844. Shows turban-wearing Sikh soldiers with chakrams.