What is the history of dreadlocks throughout mankind? I'm really interested in the cultures that contain dreadlocks, religions, and such.
I just want to see the different cultures uses of them, more then just hearing that this and that culture used/had them.
Dreads are as old as humans (or well actually even older i suppose, depends on the definition of "humans").
I have wikipedia'd, and google'd; all it shows is all these how to dreadlock websites, and a few actual culture ones, that only briefly speak about them.
Weird. I Googled "dreadlock history" and brought up what seems to be a fair bit of information. I actually have not read any of those sites but gathered up bits of history by reading books.
A lot of these sites don't reference what they say. What ends up happening is one site copies the others and people read it as if it's true, when it may not be. You'll probably have read that egyptians wore locked wigs, and the celts had 'hair like snakes'. If anybody has a link to any properly researched history book which says this could you please post a link, cause I cant find it anywhere.
I'm pretty sure that it talks about one of Jesus's desciples having dreadlocks in the Bible. it says he has "16 locks" or something like that...
Samson had seven, im sure everyone knew that, not, sure if it is dreadlocks though. I'd have to look at the hebrew word for "lock", I know in english it just hair ingeneral, maybe groups entangled together, not necessarily dreadlocks, but ya I think you're talking about James the Just, I'm pretty sure he had some, or was said to.
Gerasimus is right though, didn't see his post til now. Ive noticed that alot, most the articles are taken from eachother or were taken from one spot, I never see actual proof, closest thing is wikipedia, which isnt very detailed in it, in my opinion.
it does somewhat give a direction for where to look. For example it refers to egypt so you can check out about Egyptian culture and its relation to locks (wigs I thought)
well egeyptions invented the comb and brish thgerefore all cultures predating that woulda been dreaded unless they were shaved
from wiki The first known examples of dreadlocks date back to ancient dynastic Egypt. Examples of Egyptians wearing locked hairstyles and wigs have appeared on bas-reliefs, statuary and other artifacts.[1] Mummified remains of ancient Egyptians with locks, as well as locked wigs, also have been recovered from archaeological sites.[2] The locked Hindu deity Shiva and his followers were described in the scriptures as wearing "jaTaa", meaning "twisted locks of hair", probably derived from the Dravidian word "caTai", which means to twist or to wrap.[citation needed] The Greeks,[citation needed] the Pacific Ocean peoples,[citation needed] the Naga people and several ascetic groups within various major religions have at times worn their hair in locks, these include the Nazirites of Judaism, the Sadhus of Hinduism, the Dervishes of Islam and the Coptic Monks of Christianity,[citation needed] among others. The very earliest Christians also may have worn this hairstyle.[citation needed] Particularly noteworthy are descriptions of James the Just, first Bishop of Jerusalem, who wore them to his ankles.[citation needed] Locks may have also been part of Mexican culture before the 16th century Spanish conquest. In a description of an Aztec ritual, Historian William Hickling Prescott referred to locked Priests of the Aztec civilization, a Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th century, 15th century and 16th century. "On the summit he was received by six priests, whose long and matted locks flowed disorderly over their sable robes, covered with hieroglyphic scrolls of mystic import. They led him to the sacrificial stone, a huge block of jasper, with its upper surface somewhat convex." (William H. Prescott, History of the Conquest of Mexico) In Senegal, the Baye Fall, followers of the Mouride movement, a sect of Islam indigenous to the country which was founded in 1887 by Shaykh Aamadu Bàmba Mbàkke, are famous for growing locks and wearing multi-colored gowns.[3] Cheikh Ibra Fall, founder of the Baye Fall school of the Mouride Brotherhood, claims that he was "the first dread in West Africa". A young woman with thick locks In Jamaica the term dreadlocks was first recorded in the 1950s as a term for the "Young Black Faith", an early sect of the Rastafari which began among the marginalized poor of Jamaica in the 1930s, when they ceased to copy the particular hair style of Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia and began to wear dreadlocks instead[citation needed]. It was said that the wearer lived a "dread" life or a life in which he feared God, which gave birth to the modern name 'dreadlocks' for this ancient style[citation needed]. Most Rastafari still attribute their dreadlocks to Selassie as well as the three Nazarite vows, in the Book of Numbers, the fourth of the books of the Pentateuch[citation needed]. All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. (Numbers 6:5, KJV) Nazarites for life who wore locks and were mentioned in the Bible include the Nazarites Samuel, John the Baptist, and probably the most famous biblical figure with locked hair, Samson, who, according to scripture, had seven locks and lost his great strength when they were cut[citation needed
hehehe you are just the ultimate knower of all things dread-like. I feel that you are the wise one, and most (if not all) of this community looks up to you. even if you go to wiki ;o)
im just good at pretending to know what im talkin sbout.. :0 besides whats thgere to know about dreading? do nuthing dreads happen its so complicated i need a phd in dreadology
