Editing Hairstyle (section)

===Religion===
Hair in religion also plays an important role since women and men, when deciding to dedicate their life to faith, often change their haircut. Baldness is likely chosen as a common spiritual symbol of dedication because it is perceived as a sign of aging and thus, undesirable. Cutting or shaving one's hair is a rejection of worldly pride and vanity.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jalal Jawad Al-Gawhari |first=Esraa |date=2017 |title=Cultural Connotations of Baldness in Selected Works |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325070758 |journal=Al-Adab Journal |issue=123}}</ref> There may be another layer of giving up sexuality as well, as hair is seen as a sex symbol, so the inverse of little or no hair could be a symbol of celibacy – a common oath for holy people.<ref name=":0" /> [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] nuns often cut their hair very short, and men who joined Catholic monastic orders in the eighth century adopted what was known as the [[tonsure]], which involved shaving the tops of their heads and leaving a ring of hair around the bald crown.<ref name="sherrow141"/> Many [[Buddhism|Buddhists]], [[Hajj]] pilgrims and [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism|Vaisnavas]], especially members of the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness|Hare Krishna]] movement who are ''[[brahmacharya|brahmacharis]]'' or ''[[Sannyasa|sannyasis]]'', shave their heads. Some [[Hindus|Hindu]] and most Buddhist monks and nuns shave their heads upon entering their order, and Korean Buddhist monks and nuns have their heads shaved every 15 days.<ref>[[Geri Larkin|Geraldine A. Larkin]], ''First You Shave Your Head'', [[Celestial Arts]] (2001), {{ISBN|1-58761-009-4}}</ref>

Conversely, there are also practices of keeping the hair long and/or uncut. One such example are adherents of [[Sikhism]] are required to wear their hair unshorn. Women usually wear it in a braid or a bun and men cover it with a turban also known as a [[Dastar|dastār]]. Other religions also have various kinds of head coverings. The three [[Abrahamic religions]], for instance all have some sort of religious writing on head coverings, particularly for women. In [[Islam]] women wear the [[hijab]] for modesty and covers the hair as well as chest.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Noble Quran |url=https://previous.quran.com/24:31?font=v1&translations=131%2C20 |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=previous.quran.com}}</ref> In [[Judaism]] (mostly orthodox), married women wear coverings such as the [[Head covering for Jewish women|tichel]], and in some branches men wear the [[kippah]] mostly in prayers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shulchan Arukh, Even HaEzer 115:4 |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Shulchan_Arukh%2C_Even_HaEzer.115.4?lang=bi |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=www.sefaria.org}}</ref> Meanwhile, due to the varied branches of [[Christianity]], not all Christian women wear coverings and there are [[Christian head covering|various kinds of head covering]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=oremus Bible Browser: 1 Corinthians 11:2–10 |url=https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=1%20Corinthians%2011:2%E2%80%9310&version=nrsv |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=bible.oremus.org}}</ref>