Turban training centre

Turban training centre or turban tying centre or dastar academy (Punjabi: ਦਸਤਾਰ ਸਿਖਲਾਈ ਕੇਂਦਰ, Hindi: दस्तार सिखलाई केंद्र, Urdu: پگڑی تربیتی مرکز) are training institutes opened by professionals, who train Sikhs in tying dastar on their heads.[1][2] They also tie dastar for those people who do not know how to tie a turban, charging fees.[3] Their regular clients include industrialists, businessmen, doctors, engineers, transporters and students.[1][4]

Turban training centers have opened mostly in main cities of Punjab, such as Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Bathinda, Patiala, Amritsar, Chamkaur, Moga[1] and nowadays in some Delhi and Haryana cities too.[4][5] Amritdhari male Sikhs cover their hair with a turban, while Amritdhari female Sikhs may do so. However, the trend of wearing turbans declined due to fashion, glamor and youngsters preferring to keep cut hair and a clean shaved face. Regional Punjabi film stars and Punjabi music icons such as Inderjit Nikku, Diljit Dosanjh, Lehmber Hussainpuri, Ravinder Grewal, Ammy Virk, Ranjit Bawa, Sidhu Moose Wala, Tarsem Jassar, Shubh, Kulbir Jhinjher, Surjit Bindrakhia, Himmat Sandhu who always wear Pag in their films and music videos, have inspired Sikh youths to wear turbans with various new styles.[6]

Some Sikh elites in the diaspora have also hosted turban-tying events at universities in North America to raise awareness about the Sikh headwear.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "He found his calling in turban tying". The Times of India. 17 November 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  2. ^ Singh, Pashaura (18 April 2019). "Dastār". A Dictionary of Sikh Studies. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192508430.
  3. ^ "Turban coaching takes a leap in Punjab". INDIA TODAY. 16 December 2021 – via India Times - The Times of India.
  4. ^ a b "Movies revive 'pag' connection". The Times of India. 13 February 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ^ Grover, Priyamvada (1 April 2018). "Young Sikhs Are Signing Up for a New Kind of Tuition: Turban Tying Lessons". ThePrint. India. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Movies revive 'pag' connection". Times of India.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ^ Singh, Pashaura (18 April 2019). "Dastār". A Dictionary of Sikh Studies. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192508430.
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