Turbans

A turban (from ‌, ; via ) is a type of headwear based on cloth winding. Featuring many variations, it is worn as customary headwear by people of various cultures. Communities with prominent turban-wearing traditions can be found in the Punjabis, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Central Asia, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, and amongst some Turkic peoples in Russia.

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A chelengk (; , ) was a military decoration of the Ottoman Empire.

head scarf worn by women in Africa and tthe African Diaspora

thumb|Shah Abbas I of [[Safavid Persia]] thumb|Sarpech (Turban ornament) with Safed chalwan back The sarpech (/, from Persian), is a turban ornament that was worn by significant Hindu, Sikh and Muslim princes. Sar means "head" or "front" and pech means "screw", giving the word "sarpech" the literal meaning "that which is screwed onto the front (of the turban)". The sarpech was also worn in Persia, where it was known as jikka or jiqa (), meaning "crest" or "tuft", and in Turkey, where it was known as the sorguch, a name considered a corrupt form of the Persian word .

type of turban

ancient Jewish headdress

a bonnet worn by priests

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thumb|Incan head with llawt'u and maskapaycha (symbol of power) The '''llawt'u or llawthu' (Quechua, Hispanicized spellings llauto, llautu'') was an outfit of the ruling Sapa Incas. It was a variety of turban with the colours of the Tahuantinsuyo. The llawt'u was traditionally woven from vicuña wool with different-colored plaits. On the front was a stripe of wool called the maskapaycha. The symbol of the quriqinqi was displayed on the front. It has been said that small dried frogs were worn under the garment as part of a tradition whose origins have been long lost.

Headgear from the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia

thumb|right|A 1902 drawing of a Hausa man from Yola, Nigeria|Yola in an AlashoAlasho is an indigenous Hausa long turban, worn across the head and neck. It is near identical in length, colour and dimensions to that of the Tuareg tagelmust, but is wrapped differently to the Tuareg method, leaving the sides of the head and some of the lower neck free. A similar style turban is worn by Songhai men, known as 'fatalaa' in Zarma.

ceremony in Northern India

style of turban used by a specific sect within the Sikhs, the Akali Nihangs

traditional head tie native to Yoruba women

type of turban