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Why Sikhs people don’t cut their hair and beard

Sikhism people are much into their religion, with this practice they believe that hair is simply a gift that God gave and therefore it is blessed to them("Why India some people don't cut their hair?", 2013). Considering this aspect, they adore God who is providing them with all gifts including hair in this case thus cutting off the hair is like undermining the Gift. They want to make God happy through appreciation of giving them hair. As believers, they believe God is a provider of everything and them as God’s people they are supposed to take care of that creation that they are entitled to take care off. Thus giving one reason why the Sikhs do not cut their hair and beard included.

Another thing that makes the Sikhs not to cut their hair is because the hair is beautiful, thus maintaining the hair establishes the attractiveness of an individual and helps to recommend relationship between rates of beautifulness one is. Hair adds the beauty and matches with the body figure if maintained and taken care off. That’s why these people prefer keeping the hair for long. Not forgetting that the longer the hair, the more beautiful it is. When a person can take time to manage and maintain the hair, it builds self-confidence when interacting with other people since one enjoys and feels proud of it because it’s worth to enjoy having that lengthy hair which also reflects with nature of good looking as God created it as a sign of beauty to Sikhs.

Reference

Why in India some people don't cut their hair . (2013). Indiandacoit.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016, from http://www.indiandacoit.com/archive/2013/10/10/why-don-t-sikhs-cut-their-hair-and-wear-a-turban-5179982.html