Re: The Story of My Dreadlocks

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Posted by Kenzi on August 3, 2001 at 01:05:23:

In reply to: The Story of My Dreadlocks posted by Darlahood on August 2, 2001 at 22:46:58:

: Dreadlocks are not just for rastafarians. Dreads have been around
: for a long, long time and have been present in every culture at
some
: point. Something I just found out recently is that in England,
after
: the Conqueror did his thing in 1066, it became fashionable for men
to
: wear their hair really long, their tresses, moustaches, and beards
: became all dreaded! Finally some king dude, William II or
somebody,
: had to issue an edict (the church was riding his ass about it) to
get
: everybody to cut their hair a little shorter! Let's not even get
: started about how long the medieval chicas wore their hair, they
had
: braids tho, not dreads.
:
TNT showed a mini-series version of the Mists of Avalon a few weeks
ago and everyone had that kind of semi-dreaded hair. It was a cross
between dreads and earlocks. It looked pretty cool but I had to
wonder how historically accurate that is. I had never heard of it
before or seen it.

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: : Dreadlocks are not just for rastafarians. Dreads have been around : : for a long, long time and have been present in every culture at : some : : point. Something I just found out recently is that in England, : after : : the Conqueror did his thing in 1066, it became fashionable for men : to : : wear their hair really long, their tresses, moustaches, and beards : : became all dreaded! Finally some king dude, William II or : somebody, : : had to issue an edict (the church was riding his ass about it) to : get : : everybody to cut their hair a little shorter! Let's not even get : : started about how long the medieval chicas wore their hair, they : had : : braids tho, not dreads. : : : TNT showed a mini-series version of the Mists of Avalon a few weeks : ago and everyone had that kind of semi-dreaded hair. It was a cross : between dreads and earlocks. It looked pretty cool but I had to : wonder how historically accurate that is. I had never heard of it : before or seen it.
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