Wearing dreadlocks is supposed to bring good health and expresses domestic freedom and their attachment to the land. Their hair forms a religious ritual and an expression of their belief. For example, in India, dreadlocks are (almost) exclusively reserved for people of faith, and shamans of many ethnic groups. In Asia, particularly in China and India, dreadlocks were reserved for members of the noble society and ascetics. They are also very present in the Indian culture with the Vedism (Indian belief) and the Sâdhu. Dreadlocks can be found on mummies of ancient Egyptians, wigs, statues and other objects. Members of the Egyptian royal family and high political dignitaries wore this type of hairstyle, either naturally or in the form of a wig. The first traces of dreadlocks date back to ancient Egypt. Specifically, once the hair is not cut or brushed, it grows naturally, and begins to twist.
Nicknamed “dreads”, “locks”, “rasta”, “Jata” in Hindi, dreadlocks have become an essential hairstyle.ĭreadlocks are strands of hair, which tangle and form on their own if the hair grows naturally. They are present in many countries of the world. Dreadlocks in history: origin of Rasta hairstyleĭreadlocks are an ancestral hairstyle, which has crossed civilizations.
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