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2. Artificial hair integrations - Wikipedia

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   The braided hair is then sewn down and the hair weft extensions are sewn onto the braids. A weave can consist of a few tracks, or the whole head can be braided for a full head weave. With a full head weave, the braids are sewn down or covered with a net. Extensions are then sewn to the braids. The number of tracks used depends on the desired look.

3. Braid (hairstyle) - Wikipedia

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   Among the Maya, women had intricate hairstyles with two braids, while men had a single large braid that encircled the head. [ 29 ] In Jamaica , the Rastafari movement emerged in the 1930s, a Christian faith practiced by descendants of African slaves who often wear dreadlocks and untrimmed beards, in adherence to the Old Testament prohibition on ...

4. Head covering for Jewish women - Wikipedia

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   Today, many wigs used by Jewish women come with a hechsher (kosher certification), indicating that they are not made with hair originating from rituals deemed to be idolatrous. [47] Kosher certification also implies that the sheitels are recognizable as wigs, no longer than the top vertebra of the spinal cord, and appear neat and modest.

5. Cornrows - Wikipedia

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   In some African nations, regularly changing hairstyles can be seen as a sign of social status for a woman, while advertising continues to promote straighter hairstyles as fashionable. Braids provide a way for women to maintain their hair, and are sometimes used with Chinese or Indian wigs to rotate hairstyles. [55]

6. Wig - Wikipedia

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   The rejection by some rabbis of wigs is not recent, but began "in the 1600s, when French women began wearing wigs to cover their hair. Rabbis rejected this practice, both because it resembled the contemporary non-Jewish style and because it was immodest, in their eyes, for a woman to sport a beautiful head of hair, even if it was a wig."

7. Box braids - Wikipedia

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   Older women would gather with their girls and teach them how to braid. [5] Box braids are also commonly worn by the Khoisan people of South Africa [6] and the Afar people in the horn of Africa. [7] [8] In Africa, braid styles and patterns have been used to distinguish tribal membership, marital status, age, wealth, religion and social ranking.