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Head shaving

Removing all the hair on the head with a razor or close clippers, for style, faith, sport or mourning.

Also: shaved head, clean shave

Head shaving removes all the hair with a razor, or close to it with clippers. It is a fashion choice and a practical one, and it carries meaning in many faiths: Buddhist monks and nuns shave their heads at ordination, many Hindus shave as an offering or in mourning, and Muslim men on the Hajj or Umrah pilgrimage shave or trim their hair. Shaving was imposed on recruits and prisoners and also chosen in protest, and some people shave in solidarity with others during illness.

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