Can Sikh women wear turbans?

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Can Sikh women wear turbans?.How is it exactly that you get to wear turbans in Sikhism?.From what I’ve heard you eventually earn a full turban after accomplishing some steps before that?.However I’m curious if women can also wear turbans.Would they get earn one by going through the same process as the men do?.
 
Wikipedia, though not a great source, does mention that some Sikh women wear Turbans. Personally I know nothing on the subject, but it is an interesting question.
 
I work with a number of Sikh Drs. and have seen a wife or two and they did not wear turbans. The wife of one of our Drs. is also an MD and wears nothing on her head at work. But I really don’t know if they can. I have seen the male children and adolescents wear a small white cap perched on their head; it does not resemble a turban, it is small and puffy. I’ve always assumed they wear these until a certain age. Sikh men do not cut their hair nor shave their beards. If their beards are very long, they roll them under and secure them with something like a hair pin.They also wear a simple metal bracelet all the time that has some symbolism, I forget what. The couple of women I’ve seen had long hair also, but I don’t know if that is customary. They are strict monotheists and believe in absolute equality of men and women. I got this info from one of the Dr’s.

They are unfailingly polite and well-mannered and peaceful, despite the fact that they are actually warriors, according to the Dr. The ones I know are very dedicated to their work as they see it as serving God. The father usually chooses the profession his children will go into but that seems to be changing here in America. As a nurse, I enjoy working with them
because of their kindness and humility and dedication to their patients, and how they treat everyone with respect and dignity, including nurses;)
 
sidetrack said:
Can Sikh women wear turbans?.How is it exactly that you get to wear turbans in Sikhism?.From what I’ve heard you eventually earn a full turban after accomplishing some steps before that?.However I’m curious if women can also wear turbans.Would they get earn one by going through the same process as the men do?.
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It is also called a pug. It is all explained very clearly here:

youtube.com/watch?v=uX3rM5cHKbI
 
sidetrack said:
Can Sikh women wear turbans?.How is it exactly that you get to wear turbans in Sikhism?.From what I’ve heard you eventually earn a full turban after accomplishing some steps before that?.However I’m curious if women can also wear turbans.Would they get earn one by going through the same process as the men do?.
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Hi Sidetrack: I am not Sikh, but this looks rather informative:

sikhwomen.com/turban/index.htm

BTW, it is also called a pug.

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sidetrack said:
Can Sikh women wear turbans?.How is it exactly that you get to wear turbans in Sikhism?.From what I’ve heard you eventually earn a full turban after accomplishing some steps before that?.However I’m curious if women can also wear turbans.Would they get earn one by going through the same process as the men do?.
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Ask me again in a month:D I’ve just started reading a book on Sikhism.
 
So a Sikh woman can wear a turban, but it looks a bit different, more like a coif.
 
They can, and I know several who do. But, if I remember correctly, it is a principle of Sikhism that the woman be allowed to chose whether or not to cover her hair, and she must not be forced to. So the majority of Sikh women do not wear the Dastar.
 
woman be allowed to chose whether or not to cover her hair, and she must not be forced to.
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That probably has a lot to do with their belief in the equality of women, and a reaction against Islam.
 
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Pug is more commonly used for the topknot that you see young Sikh boys wearing, not a full turban, just a piece of clothe covering a topknot.
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Thank you for that piece of information. I never knew what that headpiece the boys wear was called.
 
CB_Catholic said:
Thank you for that piece of information. I never knew what that headpiece the boys wear was called.
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I don’t know if that’s what it’s actually called. Though in the UK especially that’s what you’d hear it called.

Not sure if that’s how it is over in the States or even in India.
 
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Pug is more commonly used for the topknot that you see young Sikh boys wearing, not a full turban, just a piece of clothe covering a topknot.
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Hi LDN Catholic: My sense is that you’re probably right in terms of what they might be called in the proper sense, but it seems to me that for the most part I have heard the two terms used interchangeably among my friends who wear them.

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Sufjon
 
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