His Turban!The crown inherited from his ancestors
Exhibits the respect earned over generations
Epitomize his most revered tribe
In recognition to his deeds and service
Adorns his head with pride & dignity
His Turban!
In Hindi, a turban is called a pagr, Sikhs call it dastar while it called peta in other parts of the country. The color, size, type and style of the turban are very significant. In India the turban is not worn as a head gear for protection, but it symbolizes his identity like his faith, status in the society etc.
Sikh Turban: The turban is usually associated with Sikhs. They are required to wear a turban to manage their long hair as cutting their hair is forbidden.
Rajasthani Turban: Jats and Rajputs wear distinctive turbans. Rajputs traditionally wear coloured turbans whereas Jats wear sober white colored turbans. The Marwari clan wear light coloured turbans.
Maharastrian Pheta: The turban worn in the Indian state of maharastra is distinctive and is called Pheta. Peasants usually wear the white turbans whereas the saffron colored phetas are worn to mark the special occasions like wedding.
Mysore Peta: This is a special turban given to people in honor or recognition of their work as an award. Also its worn during some special occasions such as marriage.
This sketch was done with a 0.5 mm micro tip pen.
3 comments:
I am running an online turban store www.pagrihouse.com selling sikh turbans across the globe.
nice sketches.
Indian Moustaches is another interesting thing in news lately.. would love to see some sketches and caricatures of it.. :)
Very interesting explanations. I did not know what each type of turban meant before.
Thank you for your nice comments on my old hairy boy.
Best of luck with your sketches and travels in the future
Trine
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