African/kenyan Style - Pagh/ Dastaar

[mcjalebi]

Hi

Does anybody here know how to tie African/Kenyan style turban?

Been trying to do it for a while but it is not happening.

I know you fold the material as in you fold a blanket, but when doing the pagh. tying it, is there a special fold aswell?

advice any one?

[njsingh1984]

wat do they look like? are they similar 2 dumallas?

[Khaalis]

Not quite, lol.

[Bundha]

BhaJi,

You bring the first laar over from the back of the head on the right hand side and bring it past your left eyebrow.

From here on in it is easy, you work the laar from behind building down on the right hand side

and building up on the left hand side. That is, the laar from behind the head now goes a few

cm's down on the right hand side and as it passes the mid point over to the left hand side it

goes up a few cm's above the previous one over the left eyebrow. (Does that make sense ???)

Then when you get to the last laar it now should come from behind on the right and should be

over the right ear, this laar is the final laar so needs to be nice and clean, then bring over

the front and up and tuck it in on top over the left hand side.

Not sure if it makes sense, why not try on youtube I am sure there will be a little video there.

[mcjalebi]

^^^^^^^^

Cheers Bruv!

just got to practice it so it hopefull will be sweet after loads of attempts....I want to get it nice and pointy lol

[sikh in melbourne]

any pics..??

[Amrit79]

[West London Singh]

Lets be quite honest about here people....The fact is the Kenyan style pagh (the most common and popular pagh in the UK among the younger generation) is more of a hat than a pagh. In fact its even more of a solid hat than a hat.

[immortalshaheed]

Lets be quite honest about here people....The fact is the Kenyan style pagh (the most common and popular pagh in the UK among the younger generation) is more of a hat than a pagh. In fact its even more of a solid hat than a hat.

Utter rubbish, a proper Kenya pagh is more stable than these India wale "jatt" paghs, they were worn in both world wars when the singhs in the British army didn't wear helmets so they are definetly Imcomparible to hats! Granted nowadays there is a version which is basically a hat because it's starched which is a joke but true Kenya pagh is fine

[West London Singh]

Lets be quite honest about here people....The fact is the Kenyan style pagh (the most common and popular pagh in the UK among the younger generation) is more of a hat than a pagh. In fact its even more of a solid hat than a hat.

Utter rubbish, a proper Kenya pagh is more stable than these India wale "jatt" paghs, they were worn in both world wars when the singhs in the British army didn't wear helmets so they are definetly Imcomparible to hats! Granted nowadays there is a version which is basically a hat because it's starched which is a joke but true Kenya pagh is fine

Thats strange. All my male relatives on both my mothers and fathers side, including grandfathers, great-grandfathers and great great grandfathers were in the British Army...all over the world,in places such as Hong Kong, Burma, Fiji etc...and every last one of them wore what you describe as 'jatt' style paghs. :o

Are you sure you're not confusing the proud Sikh soldiers that fought freely and bravely around the world...with the semi-indentured sikh labourers that were signed up and shipped to build the railways in east Africa ? Me thinks you are.