A dastār is an item of headwear associated with Sikhism and Sikh culture. The word is loaned from Persian through Punjabi. In Persian, the word dastār can refer to any kind of turban and replaced the original word for turban, dolband (دلبند), from...
Dəstər (also, Daster, Dastyr’, and Dostar) is a village and municipality in the Lerik Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 362.
Dastar bunga, or "towering fortress", also known as a Guja, is a style of turban used by a specific sect within the Sikhs, the Akali Nihangs (Immortal Crocodiles). As an essential part of their faith the warriors used the turban as a store for their...
Kani Dastar (Persian: كاني دستار, also Romanized as Kānī Dastār) is a village in Margavar Rural District, Silvaneh District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 82, in 18 families.
Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., 539 U.S. 23 (2003), was a copyright and trademark case of the Supreme Court of the United States involving the applicability of the Lanham Act to a work in the public domain.
Clothing in India varies with the different ethnicities, geography, climate, and cultural traditions of the people of each region of India. Historically, clothing has evolved from simple garments like kaupina, langota, achkan, lungi, sari, to...
In Sikhism, the Five Ks (Punjabi: ਪੰਜ ਕਕਾਰ, Pañj Kakār, Punjabi pronunciation: [ˈpənd͡ʒ.ˈkəˌka:ɾ]) are five items that Guru Gobind Singh, in 1699, commanded Khalsa Sikhs to wear at all times. They are: kesh (ਕੇਸ਼, keś, uncut hair and beard), kangha...
Sikhs (Gurmukhi: ਸਿੱਖ, romanized: Sikkh, Punjabi pronunciation: [sɪkkʰ]) are followers of Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the teachings of Guru Nanak. The term...
A turban (from Persian: دولبند, dolband; via Middle French: turbant) is a type of headwear based on cloth winding. Featuring many variations, it is worn as customary headwear by people of various cultures. Communities with prominent turban-wearing...
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. They...