Dreadlocks

[mushabooom]

I was reading a bit into the lifestyle of Rastafarians and they believe that Jah (God) wants them to be the way he created them. For ex. not cutting hair, just like sikhs. BUT!!! Jah also tells them that they can't comb thier hair or use unnatural products, because combing causes breakage. Thus making dreadlocks. And combing isnt natural anyways. Cavemen never combed their hair right? So the question is, shouldn't sikhs have dreadlocks too?

[japmans]

god didn't create us with tatoos, yet most rasta's gonna have a tattoo here or there.

and could it not go the other way? shouldn't rasta's wear turbans?

[ms514]

Sat Sri Akal:

Nah...getting them suckers done probably will damage your hair plenty...all that twisting... :wub: @ Either way, the Sikhs have been told to maintain the body. Combing can break off a few hair, washing the body can scrape off some healthy cells. But that is a part of life, that is the Rehat of the Guru, and that is what keeps us healthy. Guru Sahib would not advise the Sikhs to do things outside of God's Command.

Hey...Heera Singh... :e: any input... :nihungsmile:

[mushabooom]

Nope. Dreads form naturally. If you were to not touch your hair, they would form. True story. Happened to me.

And where did you pull this information about rasta's having tattoos????? Seriously, I think you just made that up

ALSO: there's nothing unhealthy about not combing your hair. Maybe it's just a way our society has twisted us. To be cleaner then we need to be...or something. I don't really know what I'm talking about.

[Pheena]

Dreadlocks

The wearing of dreadlocks is very closely associated with the movement, though not universal among (or exclusive to) its adherents. Rastas believe dreadlocks to be supported by Leviticus 21:5 ("They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in the flesh.") and the Nazarite vow in Numbers 6.5-6. Part of the reason the hairstyle was adopted was to contrast the kinky long hair of black men with the straighter hair of whites.

It is believed that the first Rasta dreadlocks were copied from Kenya in the 1940s, when during the independence struggle the feared maumau freedom fighters grew their "dreaded locks" while hiding in the mountains. However, there are ascetic groups within nearly every major religion that have at times worn their hair in this fashion. In addition to the Nazirites of Judaism and the Sadhus of Hinduism, there are the Dervishes of Islam and the Coptic Monks of Christianity, among others. The very earliest Christians may also have worn this hairstyle; particularly noteworthy are descriptions of James the Just, "brother of Jesus" and first Bishop of Jerusalem, who wore them to his ankles.

Also, according to the Bible, Samson was a Nazarite who had "seven locks". Rastas point out that these "seven locks" could only have been dreadlocks, as it is unlikely that seven strands of hair were meant.

Dreadlocks have also come to symbolize the Lion of Judah and rebellion against Babylon. In the United States, several public schools and workplaces have lost lawsuits as the result of banning dreadlocks. Safeway is an early example, and the victory of eight children in a suit against their Lafayette, Louisiana school was a landmark decision in favor of Rastafari rights.

Rastafari associate dreadlocks with a spiritual journey that one takes in the process of locking their hair (growing dreadlocks). It is taught that patience is the key to growing dreadlocks, a journey of the mind, soul and spirituality. Its spiritual pattern is aligned with the Rastafari religion. People who do not understand the process sometimes mock the dreadlock style and make comments about the cleanliness of the locked hair. The way to form natural dreadlocks is to allow hair to grow in its natural pattern, without cutting, combing or brushing, but simply to wash it with pure water.

Many non-Rastafari of black African descent have also adopted dreads as an expression of pride in their ethnic identity, or simply as a hairstyle, and take a less purist approach to developing and grooming them, adding various substances such as beeswax in an attempt to assist the locking process. The wearing of dreads also has spread among people of other ethnicities whose hair is not naturally suited to the style, and who sometimes go to great lengths to affect the look.

The word dread comes from Rasta terminology. For the Rastas the razor, the scissors and the comb are the three Babylonian or Roman inventions. So close is the association between dreadlocks and Rastafari, that the two are sometimes used synonymously. In reggae music, a follower of Rastafari may be referred to simply as a dreadlocks or Natty (natural) Dread, whilst those non-believers who cut their hair are referred to as baldheads.

[japmans]

pheena...veer..is there anything you DON'T know?

[Jaspaul Singh]

heera singh ...

baaaahahahahaahaaahahaahahahaha

i got dat after a while ms514 veerji pointed it out ..

(if anyones confused.. look at the new youth of the month interview)

:wub:

[Guest lowest of the low singhni]

lol...if sikhs weren't supposed to comb their hair, then why did Guru Gobind Singh Ji give us a kanga?

~l~

[ms514]

Sat Sri Akal:

"lol...if sikhs weren't supposed to comb their hair, then why did Guru Gobind Singh Ji give us a kanga?"

Simple yet deep...revel in the

[Akaali]

If God wanted us to get high and jap naam he would've put some weed inside the mother's womb, I mean come on, that ideology of staying natural, etc. etc. many people do that, even yogi's in India, doesn't mean that they understand God like Guru Nanak did.