A brief on Dread locks.

Dreadlocks to most is a black thing, after doing some research i found out that dread locks has been in somany cultures since ancient times. If you are interested to know more as i was, read on.

Ancient Times

Dreadlocks have been around since the dawn of time. Ancient Egyptians wore them , ancient Asian emperor´s wore them, cavemen wore them even John the Baptist and Samson wore them. The first writing available about dreadlocks is in the Veda scriptures of India , the earliest piece dated to 1800 Bc. Many people and tribes wore dreadlocks , the Germanic tribes, The Greeks the Nazorites, the Pacific people and the Naga Indians. The Mau tribe wore dreadlocks to intimidate the colonizers of Kenya in East Africa. Even Caesar claimed that the Celts wore dreadlocks by describing them as having ´hair like snakes´.

Slavery

The actual word dreadlocks comes from Jamaica, made up in the early movement of the Rastafarian, dreadlocks came from the word dread for meaning of fear and horror.

Capturing and enslaving people from India and other regions brought them together as they escaped to the Caribbean Islands and began appearing in places like Jamaica, where their knotty hairstyle and religious piety were noted and followed by the the burgeoning Rastafarian and holy men of the island. Dreadlocks have their roots from spiritual circles.

Dreadlocks in Pop culture

Thinking of dreads and pop who comes to mind always? Its clear to all the great Bob Marley. Rorbert Nesta was born on the 6th of February 1945 and died on the 11th of May 1981. He was a Jamacian singer and song writer. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer of the ska, rocksteady and reggae band. He remain the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music and is credited with helping spread both Jamaican and Rastafarian movement to the world.

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Recent times

Nowadays, more people wear dreadlocks not for any particular reason but just because the love the trends or want to stay natural. They have also been other ways to wear dreads such as sister locks. These are are tiny uniform locks that are the result of a precision parting grid and the use of specialized tool to place the hair into its locking formation. This method does not require the use of wax or gels. The small size and parting grid form about 400 easily styled locks, how amazing. Sister locks takes its origin from the Nyangatom tribe,they are located in the extreme southeast of south Sudan. Their locks are not necessarily long. They are also worn in different patterns.

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