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Payot. Sidelocks in English, or pe'ot in Hebrew, anglicized as payot[a] (Hebrew: פֵּאוֹת, romanized: pēʾōt, "corners") or payes (Yiddish pronunciation: [peyes]), is the Hebrew term for sidelocks or sideburns. Payot are worn by some men and boys in the Orthodox Jewish community based on an interpretation of the Tanakh 's injunction ...
Shikha. (hairstyle) Hindu male (left) wearing his hair in a shikha. A shikha (Sanskrit: शिखा, romanized: śikhā) is a tuft of hair kept at the back of the head by a Hindu following tonsure. [1] Though traditionally considered to be an essential mark of a Hindu, [2] today it is primarily worn among Brahmins, especially those serving as ...
Upsherin, Upsheren, [1] Opsherin or Upsherinish (Yiddish: אָפּשערן, romanized: opshern, lit. 'shear off', Judeo-Arabic: חלאקה, romanized: ḥalāqa[2]) is a first haircut ceremony observed by a wide cross-section of Jews and is particularly popular in Haredi Judaism. It is typically held when a boy turns three years old.
Undercut (hairstyle) The undercut is a hairstyle that was fashionable from the 1910s to the 1940s, predominantly among men, and saw a steadily growing revival in the 1980s before becoming fully fashionable again in the 2010s. Typically, the hair on the top of the head is long and is often parted on either the side or center, while the back and ...
Thailand. Male Thai police and military personnel, as of 2017, are required to keep a hairstyle known as the "904 cut". The style means shaving the sides and back of the head, leaving just a suggestion of hair on top. The corresponding hairstyle for female police officers and female soldiers, in case of long hair (shoulder level), must keep ...
A bowl cut is a simple haircut where the front hair is cut with a straight fringe (see bangs) and the rest of the hair is left longer, the same length all the way around, or else the sides and back are cut to the same short length. [1] It is named so because in medieval times, when it was popular in Europe, a bowl would be placed on the head ...
Chonmage. A 19th-century samurai with a chonmage. The chonmage (丁髷) is a type of traditional Japanese topknot haircut worn by men. It is most commonly associated with the Edo period (1603–1868) and samurai, and in recent times with sumo wrestlers. It was originally a method of using hair to hold a samurai kabuto helmet steady atop the ...
Hi-top fade is a haircut where hair on the sides is cut off or kept very short while hair on the top of the head is grown long. [1] The hi-top was a trend during the golden age of hip hop and urban contemporary music of the 1980s and the early 1990s. [2] It was common among young African American males between 1986 and 1993 and to a lesser ...