Kerchief
A kerchief (from the French couvre-chef, "head cover"), also known as a bandana or bandanna, is a triangular or square piece of cloth tied around the head or neck for protective or decorative purposes. The popularity of head kerchiefs may vary by culture or religion, and may vary among Orthodox Jewish and Christian, Catholic, Amish, and Muslim people.
The neckerchief and handkerchief are related items.
Contents
1 Types
1.1 Bandana
1.2 Pañuelo
1.3 Headscarves
2 See also
3 Citations and references
4 External links
Types
Bandana
A bandana or bandanna (from Sanskrit बन्धन or bandhana, "a bond")[1][2] is a type of large, usually colourful kerchief, originating from the Indian subcontinent, often worn on the head or around the neck of a person. It is considered to be a hat.[1] Bandanas are frequently printed in a paisley pattern and are most often used to hold hair back, either as a fashionable head accessory, or for practical purposes.
Bandanas originated in India as bright coloured handkerchiefs of silk and cotton with spots in white on coloured grounds, chiefly red and blue. The silk styles were made of the finest quality yarns, and were very popular. Bandana prints for clothing were first produced in Glasgow from cotton yarns, and are now made in many qualities. The term, at present, generally means a fabric in printed styles, whether silk, silk and cotton, or all cotton.[3]
The word bandana stems from the Hindi words 'bāndhnū,' or "tie-dyeing," and 'bāndhnā,' "to tie." These stem from Sanskrit roots 'bandhnāti,' "he ties," and Sanskrit 'bandhana' (बन्धन), "a bond."[4] In the 18th and 19th centuries bandanas were frequently known as bandannoes.[5]
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Girl wearing a bandana on her head to support Portugal in soccer, in the colors of that country's flag
Red and blue bandanas in traditional paisley patterns
Bandanas hanging out
Pañuelo
Pañuelo (from Spanish paño + -uelo) or alampay in the Philippines were lace-like embroidered neck scarves worn around the shoulders over the camisa (blouse). They were traditionally made from piña or abaca fiber. They were an intrinsic part of the traditional traje de mestiza women's attire, along with the tapis and the abaniko fans. They were worn in the 18th and 19th centuries but are rarely used today in modern versions of the terno dress.[6]
La Bulaqueña, an 1895 painting of a woman wearing a traje de mestiza with a pañuelo
Early 19th century pañuelo in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Filipina mestizas from the early 1800s with pañuelos over baro't saya, by Paul de la Gironiere
Headscarves
Kerchiefs are also worn as headdresses by Austronesian cultures in maritime Southeast Asia. Among Malay men it is known as tengkolok, it is worn traditional occasions, such as weddings (worn by the groom) and the pesilat.
See also
Other neckwear:
| Other headwear
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Citations and references
Citations
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^ "Bandanna from Dictionary.com". Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
^ Curtis, H. P. (1921). Glossary of Textile Terms. Marsden & Co. Ltd.
^ "Bandanna from Dictionary.com". Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 2017-06-10.
^ Yule and Burnell (2013), "Bandanna", p.78.
^ "Terno". SEASite. Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
References
Yule, Henry, & A.C. Burnell (2013 Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India. (OUP Oxford). ISBN 9780191645839
External links
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