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Once hair is collected, bought by companies, it’s transported (rolled up in huge bales like hay) by road and plane to factories, and distributed to workers as many as 350 per site to be processed.

There’s a lot of secrecy in the trade. Obtaining hair is not easy, and there’s a risk of it being stolen while in transit. ‘Hair collectors are in competition,’ says Ms Tarlo. ‘The factories don’t want to reveal their sources and they don’t want to give away their methods for bleaching or processing the hair.

‘Hair is worth a lot of money it’s known in the industry as “black gold”.’

The first stage in the extension making process is to separate each hair, with women in a factory in China, pictured, taking on the painfully slow and poorly paid job.

A temple in Tirumala made £22million in a single year from the 'mountains of black gold' it received from local women.

A boy having his head shaved.

Women wait in line in at a temple in southern India where they have their heads shaved, pictured, with steel blades as an offering to Vishnu, often knowing the hair will be sold on.

As hair extensions once again surge in popularity, there have been renewed calls to educate the public on where a lot of this hair comes from.

Though some hair extensions come from animals and others are synthetic, but a lot of the higher-end hair extensions from companies such as Great Lengths, actually come from temples in India.

According to the documentary “Hair India,” Hindu pilgrims have donated their hair at holy temples throughout Southern India for centuries in an attempt to purify themselves and repay debt to their gods.

The Venkateswara Temple in Tirumala, India, had a problem. Thirty to forty million pilgrims visit the temple each year, thousands everyday and in a gesture of humility and sacrifice, 10% to 25% of them, men and women both, have their heads shaven.

At the temple, some 650 barbers sit in lines on the concrete floor and tie the women’s hair into ponytails before cutting it off. Once the large portions of hair are removed, the barbers use a razor to shave each pilgrims head, before dousing their head with water to wash away any blood.

When companies buy hair from the temple for as much as $700 per pound, it contains sweat, blood, and lice.

Africa also bucks global trends: despite the prevalence of poverty in many countries, Africa isan importer of hair.

Britain, the third largest importer in the world, buys 43 million tonnes of human hair a year. That’s enough to cover two million heads, or stretch around the world 3,200 times.

In India, they’ve been known to target men, offering them £6 if they persuade their wives to sell their hair.

There have been reports of husbands forcing their wives to do so, and of women being attacked and shaven by gangs.

Slum children have been tricked into having their heads shorn in exchange for toys. ‘I was held down by a gang of men who hacked at my hair,’ one girl said. ‘I know of other women who have been blackmailed and threatened.’



Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3849708/The-shadowy-human-cost-1-200-hair-extensions-style-obsessed-women-t-live-without.html

hopsydboi:
Guatanamo got me cracking

Like seriously.

Funjosh:
Nairalanders will never cease to amaze person

Lol...

yekparikpa:
The mistake has been made...He should be heavily compensated by the police! #25million can be manageable!

Whats 25M

$1, 000,000 will do....Then they will negotiate and beg for $500, 000.

sheffyUTD:
@Explorers what course do you belong Geography, History, Political Science or International Relation

Lol....None of the above bro.

khalifahsparkles:
what is doing some women is not ordinary.

I dont believe in that sis, some women are like that naturally. Ive met many girls, female friends in school, during and after service. I realized that if a guy is making it too obvious, too loving, too caring, these girls takes them for granted, as maga/mugu.

They always love and respect guys that are so harsh and hard on them. They love it when a guy is rough, guys that doesn't care, doesn't give a f**k about them.

Spend all you have on some of these girls, they will still run after a ruffian somewhere who will always brutalize them and keep their ATMs for them.

About 3months ago in my school, at the Student Affairs, there's this case of two students living a couple's life.

The guy beat the girl up and she was really bleeding.

She was rushed to the health centre and spent 2 nights there. We told her "The management can ask this guy to stay away from you, how about that?' She said ' No o, he's my fiance and i love him, just tell him to stop beating me.'

She's 22, 300L student.

jagugu88li:
Jeez! I'm imagining having to tell my parents why my husband sent me packing.

He said he's tired of the marriage

He nicknamed her “Guantanamo” on his cellphone.



Not all pet names are created equal. Just ask the Saudi woman who apparently filed for divorce after discovering that her husband had nicknamed her “Guantanamo” if his cellphone ring, as reported by Al Arabiya news.

She discovered the unflattering nickname, based on the infamous U.S. military prison, when she called his cellphone and realized that he had left it at home.

The man claimed the nickname was to protect the couple’s privacy, saying “I don’t want people sitting around me to know that this is my wife calling.” (Apparently, he would rather people think that the Guantanamo Bay prison is calling him?).

The Man who faced divorce after his penis extension broke during sex.



A man was divorced by his wife after his penis extension snapped off during sex.

Doctors in Voronezh, southern Russia, had fitted the special prosthetic when Grigory Toporov, 47, told them he didn't measure up to his wife's expectations in the bedroom.

But she was horrified when the extension broke off during a wild sex session. He told his wife he would get a new one but she said she was fed up with his failures in bed and asked for a divorce.

Man Lost His Wife Over A Game Of Cards.


Betting money on a card game is perfectly normal for a lot of people.

Betting your wife on a card game on the other hand, is kind of (a lot) messed up.

A Russian man named Andrei Karpov bet his wife on a game of poker and lost. When his wife found out about it, she was so infuriated with him that she decided to leave him.

Not only that, the wife actually started a relationship with the man that beat her ex-husband in the card game.

When someone bets their spouse on a card game, they do not deserve any sympathy. Sadly, this isn’t the most shocking reason for a divorce.

Wife Divorces Man Over His Relationship Status On Facebook.


Did you know that Facebook plays a significant role in approximately 20% of all divorces?

A woman actually divorced her husband because he never changed his relationship status to “married” on Facebook.

The man simply told the court that he didn’t think to, and that they had only been married for a few short months.

For the record, his wife admitted that she didn’t trust him.

In all honesty though, if she did not trust him, then why on earth did she marry him in the first place?

Again, serious matters should not be discussed on social media sites.

Husband is too neat, cleans too much.



A German woman divorced her significant other for his incessant cleaning.

Wouldn’t most women appreciate it if their husbands cleaned and tidied up the house?

Well, I guess not. As it turns out, the man was so fixated with cleaning, that he actually knocked down a wall for being dirty and he rebuilt it.

Now, we all understand that everyone has their own habits, but tearing down a wall for just being dirty? We think that’s a bit much.

If you don’t like or even tolerate each other’s quirks, there is no chance the relationship will work.

Woman Divorces Husband Because He Forbid Her to Watch Soap Operas.



A woman left her husband because he forbid her from watching her favorite television shows. At first, the couple would get into constant arguments about it.

Although, after a while, when the arguments became too much to bear, she decided to leave him. While this was an unusual reason to leave someone, having an overly demanding spouse can undoubtedly be very stressful, and it can have a detrimental effect on a marriage.

The man who bought a porn DVD only to find out his wife and best friend were starring in the film.



A Taiwan man bought a porn DVD only to find secretly taped motel footage of his wife having sex with his friend.

The husband, identified only by his surname Lee, discovered the illicit sex on the DVD in 2002. The sexual acts apparently had been recorded using a hidden camera and were on a pornographic DVD, titled Affairs with Others' Wives, which the husband bought from a vendor to watch at home with the wife.

Lee, who lives in Taoyuan County near Taipei, divorced his wife after viewing the DVD. His friend, a butcher, fled the town.

lalasticlala

Wife Leaves Husband For Being Too Nice And Caring.


A woman complained to the judge that her husband was being too nice too her.

After hearing this, the judge gave her a baffled look. The judge called the wife ungrateful and self-centered, lecturing her on not realizing how good a man she had.

While this reason does sound silly, it’s not placed higher on this list because she most likely perceived her husband as boring.

Perhaps she needed to have more passion in her life, and she knew her husband wasn’t able to provide that for her. A passionless marriage is an unhappy marriage.





*. Ive experienced this myself back in school though, she told her friend am too cool, too quiet, and too caring for her liking.

Also told her friend that i cant even scold her or hit her for once, despite what she has been doing to me, like am not man enough, im too dull for her and so she left.

Life was difficult after she left though, but i survived it and moved on.

But since then, she taught me a lesson, its in my left hand so that i wont eat with it....

Woman Leaves Husband Because of His Video Game Addiction.


When most people think of addiction, they often associate alcohol, painkillers, cigarettes and gambling with it.

In recent times, video game addiction has become a serious problem for many people, especially for younger men. In fact, many marriages and relationships falter because of it.

A London woman said that her husband played computer games such as World of WarCraft, over eight hours a day. She constantly called him out on it, and eventually it came to a point where she just couldn’t take it anymore. This kicks off at number twelve because video game addiction is relatively common, and it has hindered many marriages.

Divorce has become such a big part of our society, virtually everyone knows someone that has been through it.

Marriage is hard. It requires commitment, patience, understanding, communication, sacrifice, compromise and obviously, love.

With the right person, marriage can be great. In a perfect world, your spouse should make you become a better person.

On the other hand, if it is the wrong person, marriage can be extremely difficult and stressful.

Being in an unsuccessful marriage can have detrimental effects on a person both physically and psychologically. Unfortunately, a majority of marriages don’t last these days, and many people decide to just cut the chord.



http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/most-shocking/12-of-the-most-shocking-reasons-to-ask-for-a-divorce/

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/06/weird-divorce-story_n_3881602.html

Lalasticlala

Nice one, our time will come.

Sleekyshuga:
Where is the car you promised me ?

Waoh....Thats it up there

Wolef7:
This would have been better

Lol....Abi.

But where's lalasticlala sef

ben1daEbiri:
@Explorers I never knew you visit quora;Do you have an account?Quora is one site I don't joke with,You get to learn alot.It's quora or nothing!

No, just a guest.

Its the same thing with this one na abi.


cc: freecocoa,ishilove,sleekyshuga.

You've been dreaming and praying to God for a long time to own a GWagon, but you cant just afford one.

So on your Birthday, your Man/Fiance decided to save his 3months salary and surprised you with this AMG.

What will you do?


cc: Lalasticlala

They earn by running Adverts, i think that's the main source of income.


The Advert can also come in form of programmes that will run live for like 30min-1hr every week.

School programmes, church programmes/preaching on air, businesses and others.

Public announcement also like wedding, burial, installation, Anniversaries, campaigns etc.

In some TV stations, 20secs of Advert/announcement that will be aired for 3 times in a day could cost about #100, 000 or more. From just one person.

Now imagine they're doing 5-10 of this in a day for different people, calculate it in one month.

tinydick

Orun mooru(Baba sala).

Ipadabo Abija.

Arelu.

Yanpa Yanrin.

Alejo oran.

Koto Orun.

Ila ilo.

Ogbori elemoso.

Asiri Nla.

Yemi My Lover.

Sunmisola.

Yemi in the Moon.

Jensinmi.

Mama mi Leko.

Agbara nla.

Labake(the snake girl).

Ide Esu (Mount zion, daniun).

Amin orun.

Omo elepa.

Omo Araye le.

Berlynn:
Omg what is the work of all this thing op mentioned most especially thast angry watever i am confused

Really?

They're drilling machines, and also trumpets people can blow.

989900:
. . . but good to let the battery discharge to like say 35% and fully recharge once in a while, like once a week.

Yea, i saw this too. Thanks.