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Is this true?, I asked him and he said it was a symbol of slavery. I told him for us it was a symbol of strength and freedom.

He said Shias wear a bangle thing and that they were called karras...

Also are Shias the shame (in characteristics) as the Sunnis? (I know their history is different btw)

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Is this true?, I asked him and he said it was a symbol of slavery. I told him for us it was a symbol of strength and freedom.

He said Shias wear a bangle thing and that they were called karras...

Also are Shias the shame (in characteristics) as the Sunnis? (I know their history is different btw)

Yeah, there are Muslims that do wear bangles. I never knew it had some religious significance (if it is a religious symbol) for Muslims.

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Karae’ are shastars they’ve been worn by all sorts of warrior and soldier traditions in history, but then some neo-Sikhs believe

“its to remind us of our link union with god”

then you get those that say

“it reminds us that god is forever going never ending”

and all that other pretty fairy nonsense that I cant be bothered to state. LOL.gif

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Whether we like it or not we have to acknowledge the Persian influence on our culture, especially in terms of language.

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Karae’ are shastars they’ve been worn by all sorts of warrior and soldier traditions in history, but then some neo-Sikhs believe

“its to remind us of our link union with god”

then you get those that say

“it reminds us that god is forever going never ending”

and all that other pretty fairy nonsense that I cant be bothered to state. LOL.gif

maybe you could explain to us more about the karae' then ?

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Karae’ are shastars they’ve been worn by all sorts of warrior and soldier traditions in history, but then some neo-Sikhs believe

“its to remind us of our link union with god”

then you get those that say

“it reminds us that god is forever going never ending”

and all that other pretty fairy nonsense that I cant be bothered to state. LOL.gif

maybe you could explain to us more about the karae' then ?

I agree with Dancing Warrior. Way too many Sikhs give out these elaborate explanations of our symbols that are based on no evidence. Plain fact, there are no in depth explanations of the 5 ks that can be traced to Dasmesh pitas time.

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