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Festivals

Styles for Diwali, Onam, Eid, Christmas and carnival. 22 hairstyles on EveryHairstyle so far.

Festivals are a time for special hair. Women in Kerala wear jasmine in the hair with white and gold saris at Onam; across India flowers, buns and braids are dressed for Diwali, Pongal and Durga Puja. Eid brings new clothes and fresh haircuts, carnivals bring elaborate braids and headdresses, and folk festivals in Europe bring out traditional braids and crowns.

Festivals in South Asia

At Onam in Kerala, women in kasavu saris wear jasmine strands around a bun or along a plait. In Tamil Nadu, Pongal and temple festivals bring out jasmine and jewelled braids. In Punjab, women wear colourful parandas in their plaits for Lohri and Teeyan and the folk dance giddha. Before Eid, barbershops across South Asia and the Muslim world stay open late for fresh cuts, and Diwali brings new clothes and dressed hair across India.

Carnival and folk festivals

At carnival in Salvador and Rio de Janeiro, Afro-Brazilian blocos celebrate afros, braids and headwraps. Yoruba festivals and ceremonies call for named braids such as koroba and shuku. In Russia, Ukraine and Central Europe, folk ensembles and festival dancers wear long braids and flower crowns. Fula women dress their braids with amber and silver for celebrations. Festival hair often joins dress, jewellery and dance.

Famous festivals hairstyles

GajraJasmine for Onam, Pongal and Diwali

Head tieFestival headwraps of Africa and Brazil KorobaA Yoruba braid for ceremonies

Russian braidWorn by folk dance ensembles

Fulani braidsBraids dressed with amber and silver

AfroCelebrated at Salvador's carnival

Further reading

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Head tie: Dili Osuhor ( Teemages ), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Afro: Jason Melcher, CC BY 2.0, source
Fulani braids: François-Edmond Fortier (1862-1928), Public domain, source
Russian braid: Philip Budkin, Public domain, source
Surfer hair: Rachel Amarette, CC BY 2.0, source
Natural hair movement: livepict.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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