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One of the universal phenomenons that have survived the onslaught of time, dreadlock has its origin rooted in many cultures. A unique example is the ancient Vedic Hindu culture. In the Hindu mythologies it is described that Lord Shiva took the force off the holy river Ganges coming to the earth on his dreadlock and thus saved the earth from destruction. Historically too the earliest evidence of dreadlock is found around 2500 years BC and have been mostly the favorite hair style of sages and monks. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Dreadlocks and Their Application in Society Today


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Dreadlocks and Their Application in Society Today
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The dreadlock Origin
Historically too the earliest evidence of
dreadlock is found around 2500 years BC and have
been mostly the favorite hair style of sages and
monks
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The immediate impact
In the Roman Celtic culture dreadlock was
referred to as hair knotted like snakes
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Other cultures
Dreadlock was used not only in Egypt, Rome, and
Greece but Germany, Mexico, Far East, Africa and
several other countries
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Other cultures
During 1950s in Jamaica the people followers of
Young Black Faith took heavily the style of
dreadlocks following the cue of poor people there
who had been using dreadlocks since the 1930s
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Why dreadlocks?
Due to their religious and spiritual convictions
like it is sacred among Hindu saints and monks
and at other time social and political
environments like used by the Mau Mau rebels
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-longer-considered-myth-south-africa
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