Turban facts for kids
A turban (from Persian دولبند, dulband; via Middle French turbant) is a type of headwear based on cloth winding. Featuring many variations, it is worn as customary headwear by people of various cultures. Communities with prominent turban-wearing traditions can be found in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, the Middle East, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Central Asia, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, and amongst some Turkic peoples in Russia as well as Ashkenazi Jews.
A keski is a type of turban, a long piece of cloth roughly half the length of a traditional "single turban", but not cut and sewn to make a double-width "Double Turban" (or Double Patti).
Wearing turbans is common among Sikhs, including women. The headgear also serves as a religious observance, including among Shia Muslims, who regard turban-wearing as Sunnah fucadahass (confirmed tradition).
The turban is also the traditional headdress of Sufi scholars. Additionally, turbans have often been worn by nobility, regardless of religious background. They are also sometimes donned to protect hair or as a headwrap for women following cancer treatments.
Images for kids
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Afghan Lungee presentation
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Paag of Mithilalok
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Nepalese Sardar Bhakti Thapa, a Gorkhali nobleman wearing aristocratic white Shirpau turban.
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Camila Batmanghelidjh wearing a turban and matching robe
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Vietnamese musicians in old Saigon wearing traditionally wrapped turbans
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A Christian mukurinu (singular form of akurinu) on the Swahili Coast wearing a turban.
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A Sikh with a Darbara Singh Dumala
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Akali turban cotton over a wicker frame, steel overlaid with gold. Lahore Mid-19th century, "A tall conical turban provided convenient transportation for a number of sharp steel quoits – edged weapons hurled to lethal effect by the practised hand of the Akalis."
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A Sikh man and woman both with turbans
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Late 4th century Byzantine Woman, wearing a phakeolis.
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14th century Byzantine, Theodore Metochites, presenting a model of the renovated Chora Church, while wearing a striped turban.
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16th century, Suleiman I, wearing a large Turban.
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16th century, Selim II, wearing the Ottoman imperial Turban.
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Guru Gobind Singh with followers.
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Late 17th century Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb wearing a Turban and its ornaments.
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20th century Somali Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire of the Warsangali Sultanate wearing a turban, 1905.
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In the Ottoman Empire, Muhammad's numerous descendants formed a kind of nobility with the privilege of wearing green turbans.
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A Georgian Muslim imam from Tbilisi wearing a turban.
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Habib Umar bin Hafiz (left) of Yemen wearing a white turban.
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Bikram Singh, former Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee of India.
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Fauja Singh, a centenarian marathon runner.
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Diljit Dosanjh, an actor, singer, television presenter and social media celebrity.
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Harjit Singh Sajjan, the Minister of National Defence of Canada
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A Orthodox Sikh Nihang with a Dastar Bunga
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Cdt. Sarabjot Anand, OCdt. Sarbjeet Nijher and OCdt. Saajandeep Sarai represent Royal Military College of Canada at Sikh Remembrance Day 2013
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A Sikh Woman with a turban
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Mewa Singh the man who spearheaded the Ghadar Movement
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See also
In Spanish: Turbante para niños
