Singhs Tying their Jooras at the Backs of Their Heads and Wearing Bandanas

[singh245]

In Canada you see it everywhere now. All over these guys have their patkas tied durag style and have fitted caps on top.

From what I've seen, most of these guys are wanna be gangsters. Just yesterday I saw a singh, if you can call him that, wearing a durag style patka, smoking next to his car with the speakers blasting music.

He was very cool......

Yo that was my buddy manmeet... he owes me five dolla... next time you see him you will holla at him for me right?

[canadagoose]

yup kids at my school do this, they wanna be kale. some even have ears pieced!

[Singh23]

Yo that was my buddy manmeet... he owes me five dolla... next time you see him you will holla at him for me right?

sure. If I get shanked, hopefully I'll have enough time to post on SS letting you know when/where to pick it up.

[S1ngh]

Low self-esteem

[jio]

yup kids at my school do this, they wanna be kale. some even have ears pieced!

yea they just try to act like a kala or (FOB)

and all try to act tough and wanna be gangsters

LOL

[Sherdil]

I know a guy who ties his joora at the back and wears a bandana...

He looks like a pirate, or a ninja turtle.

[pedrorizzo]

At least they still keep their kesh and have some loyalty to Sikhi. A patka is a just a small keski after all, I dont really know what the big deal is. A patka takes about three seconds to put on compared to a dastaar which takes alot longer. It is more secure, more practical, more comfortable and less likely to fall off when doing physical activity or in a fight for example.

Dont get me wrong, the dastaar is what it should be. Dastaar is the crown of a Sikhi and looks better. However, peoples reasons for choosing to wear a patka from a practical perspective does not seem absurd to me.

[kullykhalsa]

incorrect a dastaar tied correctly shouldnt really be coming off your head easily

patka i think is fine if your going gym or footy but otherwise should be a dastarr

[californiasardar1]

At least they still keep their kesh and have some loyalty to Sikhi. A patka is a just a small keski after all, I dont really know what the big deal is. A patka takes about three seconds to put on compared to a dastaar which takes alot longer. It is more secure, more practical, more comfortable and less likely to fall off when doing physical activity or in a fight for example.

Dont get me wrong, the dastaar is what it should be. Dastaar is the crown of a Sikhi and looks better. However, peoples reasons for choosing to wear a patka from a practical perspective does not seem absurd to me.

You are right that they are still keeping their kesh. Wearing a patka or bandana is not a violation of the Sikh religious code. I wear a patka when I'm exercising (but never at any other time).

However, they are running away from the typical Sikh look and trying to "hide". It makes it look like they are ashamed to be Sikhs with uncut hair and that they are trying to disassociate themselves from other keshdhari Sikhs. It makes them look like they have low self-esteem, and it reinforces the notion that sardars are unattractive and that the sardar "brand" (as you put it some time ago) is not something one would want to be associated with.

When a Sikh wears a nicely tied pag, it says that he/she is proud to be Sikh and wants the whole world to know it. I think if you are going to be a Sikh with uncut hair, you should go all out and do it right.

[canadagoose]

I know a guy who ties his joora at the back and wears a bandana...

He looks like a pirate, or a ninja turtle.

ninja turtle, haha