Red Haired Indians.

kneemos

Why do some Indian men dye their hair red?or is it a natural colour?

Nodin

kneemos wrote: »

Why do some Indian men dye their hair red?or is it a natural colour?

I think muhammed was meant to be a ginger.....

WoollyRedHat

Better red than dead... or something.

The_Valeyard

Nodin wrote: »

I think muhammed was meant to be a ginger.....

Can you show me a pic of this?

Boom! Ha.

Never heard about that Nodin. Pretty cool if true, could explain his fiery nature

Panthro

Red indian curry joke

tomwaterford

Nodin wrote: »

I think muhammed was meant to be a ginger.....

only issue is Indians are usually hindus
:p:p

The_Valeyard

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Better red than dead... or something.

Otherway around...

USA
Anti-communist hysteria

"Better dead than red"

RobYourBuilder

It's a tradition in parts of India to use henna, a type of natural hair dye, to cover up grey hairs.

The Moldy Gowl

Why does any one dye their hair?

WoollyRedHat

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Otherway around...

USA
Anti-communist hysteria

"Better dead than red"

Nope, both are correct, they were opposing slgoans used in the 1950s/60s.

Balls back in your court Baxter.

Nodin

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Can you show me a pic of this?

Boom! Ha.

Never heard about that Nodin. Pretty cool if true, could explain his fiery nature

I'm not sure if he was red bearded or dyed it. Wore eyeliner too.

Sheep Lover

How?, whiteman

nokia69

Nodin wrote: »

I think muhammed was meant to be a ginger.....

I doubt it, there are can't be many ginger arabs then or now

Wibbs

Henna? Though you get redheads among some middle eastern folks. I knew two Jewish lads who were redheads and we're talking 1960's John Hinde postcard red. Now in fairness they were Irish, but Woody Allen isn't and he is/was a ginge. Native Australians can have the odd redhead(and blonds) though usually only as kids. IIRC there's a big pocket of the ginge in the Urals. And even some African folks can have red hair, but IIRC that's due to some form of albinoism going on? Going back further some Neandertals had the ginge, though it was down to slightly different genes.

heldel00

Saw a show a few weeks ago, a tribe along the river Nile colour their hair using cow pi$$!!!
Just stick their head under the cow's tail when she mid-flow. Hair goes a blondey/reddy colour. Sure if it keeps them happy, let them at it I suppose!

nokia69

Wibbs wrote: »

Henna? Though you get redheads among some middle eastern folks. I knew two Jewish lads who were redheads and we're talking 1960's John Hinde postcard red. Now in fairness they were Irish, but Woody Allen isn't and he is/was a ginge. Native Australians can have the odd redhead(and blonds) though usually only as kids. IIRC there's a big pocket of the ginge in the Urals. And even some African folks can have red hair, but IIRC that's due to some form of albinoism going on? Going back further some Neandertals had the ginge, though it was down to slightly different genes.

lots of red haired jews in eastern europe, the Ukraine ect, in some places if you have red hair people will assume you are jewish

nokia69

heldel00 wrote: »

Saw a show a few weeks ago, a tribe along the river Nile colour their hair using cow pi$$!!!
Just stick their head under the cow's tail when she mid-flow. Hair goes a blondey/reddy colour. Sure if it keeps them happy, let them at it I suppose!

some indians drink cow piss :eek:

now that really is strange

Wibbs

nokia69 wrote: »

I doubt it, there are can't be many ginger arabs then or now

IIRC a few descriptions in the hadith(stories of early Islam) mentioned his hair as of a reddish hue.

In one case being a ginge changed history. Hernando Cortes, he of the conquistadors had red hair and pale skin and blue eyes. By a fcukin huge coincidence the Aztec main god dude quetzolcoatil(sp) was also described as having red hair, pale skin and blue eyes and even more "you have got to be making this shít up", oul Hernando rocked up in the very year the local priests reckoned old Quetzo was going to return. So they welcomed him and his men in. Result for the Spaniards, not so good for the locals.

EDIT apparently quite the number of far flung cultures who would have had no direct experience with red headed Euro types had legends of pale ginge(and blond) people.

The Diabolical Monocle

kneemos wrote: »

Why do some Indian men dye their hair red?or is it a natural colour?

Because they're worth it.

The_Valeyard

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Nope, both are correct, they were opposing slgoans used in the 1950s/60s.

Balls back in your court Baxter.

Ball?

Court?

BAXTER!!!!!!



where will the madness end??:::

maameeo

kneemos wrote: »

Why do some Indian men dye their hair red?or is it a natural colour?

because red hair is awesome

Probably due to groups of Macedonians getting into the gene pool back in the day.

Tugboats

Anyone watch the documentary that was just on c4? 70% of Indians take a dump on the street

ted1

Check out the Dinka tribe .

http://youtu.be/8tRzM2tZFng

Yamanoto

Among Muslim men in India & elsewhere, the henna / ginger thing may signify that they've undertaken the Hajj - beards are often given the touch of rouge too.

Wonder if the OP was watching Guy Martin in India this evening? The redser featured tonight appeared to be a Hindu & a Dalit, so perhaps henna is just the most economical way of covering up the ould bit o' grey.

Poor Uncle Tom

Sur isn't it definitive proof that we are all descendants from the red planet.....

kneemos

Tugboats wrote: »

Anyone watch the documentary that was just on c4? 70% of Indians take a dump on the street

Guy Martin in India.600; 000 die from diarrhoea every year.
Least the guy was honest about hygiene,health and safety and poor workmanship.

nokia69

Tugboats wrote: »

Anyone watch the documentary that was just on c4? 70% of Indians take a dump on the street

Luxury

mandrake04

kneemos wrote: »

Guy Martin in India.600; 000 die from diarrhoea every year.
Least the guy was honest about hygiene,health and safety and poor workmanship.

I was near one of them, went there for 3 weeks for work and it was nearly death by toilet.

I was staying in a good hotel, careful with what I ate and brushed my teeth with bottled water etc and I still got sick apparently the flies are the problem.

Trust me India is the toilet of the world.

elefant

kneemos wrote: »

Why do some Indian men dye their hair red?or is it a natural colour?

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/547922/338266.jpg

Looks like the Indian Billy Bob Thornton.

BeerWolf

heldel00 wrote: »

Saw a show a few weeks ago, a tribe along the river Nile colour their hair using cow pi$$!!!
Just stick their head under the cow's tail when she mid-flow. Hair goes a blondey/reddy colour. Sure if it keeps them happy, let them at it I suppose!

I'll one you up better:

LINK

:pac:

Mesrine65

The use of henna in Islamic cultures is emphasized as a sunnah (a behaviour, usually learnt from the example of the prophet Muhammad, that is encouraged but not obligatory)

The use of henna in Muslim communities serves as a visible marker to display an individual’s piety & devotion to the tradition.

FTA69

Ha ha ha. Loads of the Bangladeshis in my work do it.

It's called "mendi" and it's henna. The reason being it's against Islamic jurisprudence to die your hair black or mark your body; for that reason dye, tattoos, piercings in men and some other stuff is "haram" or forbidden. Muhammad says in the hadiths to use henna instead and as such lots of men in the Islamic world do it.

It looks sh*te though.

FTA69

mandrake04 wrote: »

I was near one of them, went there for 3 weeks for work and it was nearly death by toilet.

I was staying in a good hotel, careful with what I ate and brushed my teeth with bottled water etc and I still got sick apparently the flies are the problem.

Trust me India is the toilet of the world.

I had the genius idea of drinking from a village well in the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. I lost nearly a stone in three days, continuous sh*tting and gawking and waking up in a cold sweat or a fever. I honestly thought I was going to die, I didn't realise if it was day or night half of the time. I had around two brief sips at the time. For a week after I had no appetite. Sitting in grimy, filthy cafes watching people stuff rice into their mouths with dirty fingers as cockroaches scuttled around didn't help matters.