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🇮🇳 IndiaHead shaving in Hinduism
A ritual act of head shaving in Hinduism for purification, mourning, and devotion.Shaved · Any hair
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreGuan Li
A traditional Han Chinese coming-of-age ritual for men involving the wearing of a guan cap.Wrapped
🇮🇱 IsraelUpsherin
A first haircut ceremony for Jewish boys, typically held at age three.Cut · Any hair · 1600
🇮🇳 IndiaTonsure
A religious practice of cutting or shaving scalp hair to signal devotion, humility, or clerical status.Shaved · Any hair
🇮🇳 IndiaShikha
A traditional Hindu tuft of hair kept at the crown after shaving the rest of the head.Shaved · Any hair
🇯🇵 JapanNihongami
Traditional Japanese hairstyles characterized by upswept buns and side wings.Updo · Straight hair · 1603
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tonsure: Pietro Perugino, Public domain, source
- Head shaving in Hinduism: Napoleon is back, CC0, source
- Shikha: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, source
- Nihongami: 都新聞社 Miyako Shinbun, Public domain, source
- Upsherin: Vered Peer, CC BY 4.0, source