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  2. Mom's 'bubble braids' are the perfect summer hairstyle for ...

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    To create the adorable braids, Diana begins by making two ponytails one above the other on the top right side of her daughter’s head. She takes the top ponytail, splits it in half, and feeds the ...

  3. Protective hairstyle - Wikipedia

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    Before that, many slaves used their braiding hairstyles as maps of the land and storage for small grains and nuts. With this, many laws were created to prohibit braids and other cultural and protective hairstyles. [citation needed] These laws were not overturned until the Black Power Movement in the 60s and 70s. Even after the laws were ...

  4. Braid (hairstyle) - Wikipedia

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    Braids have been part of black culture going back generations. There are pictures going as far back as the year 1884 showing a Senegalese woman with braided hair in a similar fashion to how they are worn today. [15] Braids are normally done tighter in black culture than in others, such as in cornrows or box braids. While this leads to the style ...

  5. Box braids - Wikipedia

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    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. [citation needed] In some countries of Africa, the braids were used for ...

  6. African hair threading - Wikipedia

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    Chika Lann in threaded hairstyle . African hair threading [1] (also known as hair threading/ threading) is a traditional hairstyling technique deeply rooted in African culture.

  7. Incoming Trump admin looks to expand use of ankle monitors ...

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    The "Alternatives to Detention" program is tracking more than 25,000 migrants using ankle and wrist-worn monitors, which costs taxpayers an average of nearly $80,000 each day, according to ICE data.

  8. Nassau County flags not lowered to half-staff for Jimmy Carter

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    MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Republican official who oversees Nassau County on New York's Long Island has seemingly refused to lower flags to half-staff in memory of the late Democratic President Jimmy ...

  9. Nude swimming - Wikipedia

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    Nude swimming is the practice of swimming without clothing, whether in natural bodies of water or in swimming pools. A colloquial term for nude swimming is " skinny dipping ". In both British and American English, to swim means "to move through water by moving the body or parts of the body". [ 1 ]