FlordFlorez:
Why is it associated with yoruba tribe? I mean u hardly see Igbo, Hausa or any other tribes with it.

I chose dreads in college cause it’s easier to maintain than going to the salon every week which can be costly but I just love the essence of it I was one of those children who went to schools that called hairstyle from chuku to police cap they didn’t let my hair rest see how it’s strong and natural relaxer for kill am die

I’m Igbo raised in a Yoruba household tho but all the same it’s just natural

There are pastors in my family there are side comments from people but for me when I wash my hair I wash each dread well well every other day.

The History of Dreadlocks

BY KNOTTY EMX
The following blog excerpt contains an overview of the history of dreadlocks by Knotty EmX. Reprinted with permission.


The first known examples of the hairstyle date back to ancient Egypt, where dreadlocks appeared on Egyptian artifacts. Mummified remains of ancient Egyptians with dreadlocks have even been recovered from archaeological sites.

The Old Testament also recounts the tale of Samson and Delilah in which a man's potency is directly linked to 'the seven locks on his head' and according to Roman accounts, the Celts were described to have 'hair like snakes' Germanic tribes, Greeks and the Vikings are all said to have worn dreadlocks too.

Rastafarianism however is something entirely separate. It was born in the 1930s when Ras Tafari was crowned emperor of Ethiopia. When the emperor was forced into exile during an invasion, guerrilla warriors swore not to cut their hair until the emperor was reinstated. The religion resonated with the ideologies of the day, for example socialism, Marxism, nationalism and black power. It was therefore, seen as a threat to Christianity and came under attack by the authorities that tried to suppress the 'Rasta' movement and imprisoned those who possessed 'ganja'. Rastafarians smoked cannabis because they thought it prompted a clearer state of well - being. Their dreadlocks were thought to be disgusting and frightening, hence the term 'dread' which was later reclaimed by the 'Rasta' community.

The hairstyle was later brought into mainstream culture through the worldwide success of reggae artist Bob Marley. Sporting locks himself, he prompted an international interest in the style, and the anti establishment philosophy of Rastafarian culture.

Dreadlocks became increasingly popular and there are many reasons in various cultures for wearing them. They can be an expression of deep religious or spiritual convictions, a manifestation of ethnic pride. They can make a political statement, or simply be a fashion preference.

This essay on the history of dreadlocks is written by our own Knotty Vic Dicara, from the hardcore bands Beyond, Inside Out with Zack de la Rocha and 108. Reprinted with permission

SKhanmi:


How? Can you explain better? And how about those that have it naturally as kids?

If the hair is shaved, the dada will not be there in future. However, especially in Yoruba land, children born with dada are usually not shaved and the hair not combed.
Even if the child is not born with dada, some church will ask that the child's hair not be combed and not shaved. So the child will have dada hair

MistarT:
Information alone cannot transform a man, only God's word, His Spirit and personal determination can, science and technology cannot, you can't ignore Jesus and make any genuine progress in this world, if only education can transform, then professors will not demand for sex from undergraduates, there's something higher than man in this life, I tell you. JESUS IS THE ANSWER!!! and from now on the world will have to bow to His lordship for the world's good.

Are u serious? You can’t ignore Jesus and make a genuine progress in this world. You’re very very ignorant. So countries that don’t see themselves as a Christian nation don’t make progress How about Prof. Wole Soyinka who is an ATHEIST,isn’t he making genuine progress??
All this religious aficionados deceiving people better sharrap

Olarewaju89:
All na religions believe. There is no where in the Bible that you will find Dada, yes no where.

what of Samson?

SKhanmi:
Would have loved to reply the poster above but looking through his statements again ,one can hear the uninformed religious society speaking as usual, coupled with his escape clause about carnal minds not being able to comprehend. Smh.

To others reading this, Man is not just a PHYSICAL BEING of meat & bone. He has other bodies, up to 7 to the best of my knowledge, now the black man is more naturally attuned to the spiritual realm than the other races and as such possess different gifts that other races have to train hard to get. The white garment churches know the usefulness of that type of hair even if they eventually chose to pervert it for their own uses. Ever wondered why Moses, Elijah & most prophets are portrayed with very long beards & long hair? It is based on the same premise. Find that out and you'll get your answer. The black man's bane is ignorance, preferring to ignore his soul, his roots & identity for a pseudo one and then turn around to blame the world for treating him like turd. Knowledge is really power & the black man unfortunately is not ready to learn anytime soon.

I don't seem to understand anything you wrote up there, can you explain in a simple language?

Olarewaju89:
All na religions believe. There is no where in the Bible that you will find Dada, yes no where.

Samson was in the Quran I guess!!

Stereotypes. To me, it looks dirty.

madridguy:
And your sister is now going around with Dada now?

It was shave oh without her consent.. The side effect almost killed her. The way she look now the Dada would have been better.. Half of her face shrink and there a hole on her head like her skull Melt.. So far they said if not that they took her to church that night she wud have died.

Oga I won't say that the bolded is a lie. But as Sir Winston Churchill said. " That is a Terminalogical Inexactitude "
You are collecting the hair hair of the dreadlocks. I hope you are not ogwu ego.
Naso e de take start

Lai

GodPunishBiafra:
IT IS ABSOLUTE RUBBISH!

IT IS DIRTY!


I HAVE COLLECTED MORE THAN 100 SAMPLES OF THE NONSENSE DADA FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM ALL WORKS OF LIFE TO ANALYZE.

(The so-called natural ones)

WHAT I USUALLY FIND ESPECIALLY UNDER THE MICROSCOPE IS RUBBISH!!!

Rutherford2019:
Some people are born dark, chocolate or fair (skin colour ) so also some people's hair appear short, long or dreadlocks..we are all creations of God..if you have any of these look for a better way of caring for it and you will appear pretty fine and God will bless you for taking care of his creation..
@OP there's no spiritual, superstitious or physical attachment to dreadlocks apart from what you are seeing..
If you want to serve God he will not reject you because you have/don't have dreadlocks, that you are rich or poor, working or jobless,sick or healthy has nothing to do with your hair
Just work hard and serve God and you will be fine

u remind me of the true rutherford...talking from sense!

SKhanmi:
Would have loved to reply the poster above but looking through his statements again ,one can hear the uninformed religious society speaking as usual, coupled with his escape clause about carnal minds not being able to comprehend. Smh.

To others reading this, Man is not just a PHYSICAL BEING of meat & bone. He has other bodies, up to 7 to the best of my knowledge, now the black man is more naturally attuned to the spiritual realm than the other races and as such possess different gifts that other races have to train hard to get. The white garment churches know the usefulness of that type of hair even if they eventually chose to pervert it for their own uses. Ever wondered why Moses, Elijah & most prophets are portrayed with very long beards & long hair? It is based on the same premise. Find that out and you'll get your answer. The black man's bane is ignorance, preferring to ignore his soul, his roots & identity for a pseudo one and then turn around to blame the world for treating him like turd. Knowledge is really power & the black man unfortunately is not ready to learn anytime soon.

this your assertion can't be collaborated by the bible. there are a lot of falsehood everywhere, even with portrayals of biblical figures, many prophets and apostles must have carried moderately trimmed hear and beards. Jew's customarily kept beards, but it's something of a shame for them to carry long hair. Paul inferred this.
You are sadly propagating further falsehood. You are not a Christian. because if you were, you will understand that their is no partiality before God; he created all-blacks and white-equally

Harllaby:
It pises me off when I see the way some fellows thinks. Some just dish out comment like a programmed robot being controlled by religion indoctrination.
Op, the bias is deeply rooted in traditional religious beliefs and myths, especially in this part of Nigeria. Often times, people with dada are tagged negatively in likes of mentally challenged person, Yahoo guys, mad person.

These superstitions and beliefs ignite fear and portraited evil in the society which have been deeply entrenched into people's mind and certain religious group renforced the belief among their followers. Only certain people who questioned their culture and belief become emancipated from their culture and religion dogma.

So if you like dada hairstyle, feel free to go make one for yourself. Dreadlock is the style name. Basket mouth, Olamide, Rema, Flavor, formal Psquare, Zlanta once rock the hairstyles and some are still rocking it. No spirituality, no cause, no negativity, it just vibe, trend and lifestyle

my brother u are among the few wey get brain. The problem you see is not religion, the problem is false religion

FlordFlorez:
Why is it associated with yoruba tribe? I mean u hardly see Igbo, Hausa or any other tribes with it.

oga u seem to be talking from bedroom wisdom!

MansoryMX:


You sound intelligent and someone fit to drop this bomb for. What if one day you wake up and discover the Bible and Quran are just books, an interesting books and nothing more.

Lol, I probably came across as a religious adherent to you right . I'll give you a better one, They mostly contain forged contents plagiarized from more older manuscripts. The truth isn't exclusive to one religion or book

lawalbo:
what of Samson?

So Samson second name is Dada, right?

If you don't comb your hair, it locks, kids resists because of hair type, some have tough hair. Cikena.

MistarT:
Okay, Good to know, u earlier asked a question, only for you to come and say otherwise. Dreadlocks is not a fruit of the Spirit. If you know the TRUTH. He (Jesus) will set you free, you see unless the Light shines darkness will forever rule, unless the world acknowledges Jesus as Messiah, the whole world will be on one chance, I de tell you.

STFU

Please don't come here and speak the trash you know not about............don't lead people astray with the name of Jesus christ

It's people like you that paint this ugly picture on Christianity, soon you'd have your own church and preach "misinformed truth" to those lame congregation and your lies will flow like a wildfire and it'll kill more people than ignorance has

Please don't try to be God, that's not who you're

CAPSLOCKED:
BY NATURE OF OUR RACE, DADA IS THE NATURAL FORM OF OUR HAIRS IF WE LET IT GROW FROM THE ROOTS WITHOUT COMBING OR TOUCHING IT.

THIS IS WHY YOU SEE MANY MADMEN AND PRISONERS WITH DREADS. IT HAS NOW BECOME FASHION, AS EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS PAY MONEY TO HAVE WHAT WE HAVE NATURALLY. IT'S THE SAME WAY OUR WOMEN PAY MONEY TO HAVE THEIR HAIRS LOOKING LIKE THAT OF EUROPEAN WOMEN.

HOWEVER, I EXPECT US TO ASCRIBE IT TO MARINE SPIRITS AND WITCHES BECAUSE WE'RE STUPĮDLY SUPERSTITIOUS IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD.

I love you my brother /sister. please how do u type in red color

There's nothing wrong at all with dreads for all I know. The natural dreads are hereditary and symbolize nothing spiritually. Superstition made it scary and religion has come to cap it.
The fashion dreads, otherwise known as the social dreads come as you have seen them with nothing spiritually attached.
Hair naturally tangles and locks due to movement of wind through the hair. If the owner doesn't comb it, the hair must consequently dread. There's no spirit that tangles hair. My nephew had genetic dreads (his mother had it). At 7months old, we were tired of frequently combing out the dreads and within hours, it would lock back like no one ever combed it. His father returned from work one evening and ran his clipper through the son's hair. The Africans around our neighborhood were stunned we didn't do any ritual or wait for the boy to demand something in exchange for the hair. Some said he'd die before a year, others said he'd lose his sense before 2yrs. They said we should get a "powerful man of God" to cancel that. My brother and his wife didn't even remember to think of that. He's in his mid 20s now and doing great as an engineer in the UK.
What you think of something is what it is. Dreadlock, apart from fashion is just another hair type.

with the prevalence of Dada among white garment churches, you will be willing stupid if you think it's not spiritually inclined

Olarewaju89:
All na religions believe. There is no where in the Bible that you will find Dada, yes no where.

Judges 13:5-Let somebody with insight help us interpret this verse.

Raydos:


Samson was in the Quran I guess!!

I don't think so bro. Although, I'm a Christian and i no nothing about Quran. Thanks

xreal:

today makes it 39 years and 3 days Bob Marley left this world.

True.
RIP Marley. He had a cool soul.

Fashion
N fashion is same as MADDDNESS

All i see here is opinion, opinion and more opinion... No fact, no truth.
Let me also work with my mind opinion until i find facts to it.

oh

But scripture says; I know you even before you existed.. So why didn’t he remove the dread before the person is born ?

MistarT:
Okay, Good to know, u earlier asked a question, only for you to come and say otherwise. Dreadlocks is not a fruit of the Spirit. If you know the TRUTH. He (Jesus) will set you free, you see unless the Light shines darkness will forever rule, unless the world acknowledges Jesus as Messiah, the whole world will be on one chance, I de tell you.

ybalogs:
I'm interested in unraveling the mystery as well.

that dada is a spiritual thing, if doubt me ask the white garment for more details..
cuttin off dada without proper traditional cleansing can leads to some moments of madness..[ARA AGWU]

I see nothing absolutely nothing and if you do I argue with you not.

MistarT:
The best and surest adviser is the Holy Spirit, however with little knowledge about dreadlocks, there's a comma somewhere, if you have a child with dreads, prayerfully cut it, that is why most believers cut their children's hair before dedication, the words I write are not comprehendable with a carnal mind, they're spiritually discerned. God bless you.

your child can't have dreadlocks just like that, except you don't oil and comb his hair.

DriggityDre:
Hmm... Bob Marley comes to mind.

IMHO , there is some sort of connection between miscegenation and dreadlocks..... its Usually common to people whose bloodlines are an admixture of African & European ancestry, for example, Robert Nesta Marley. He is actually what we call "half caste" ,( born of a Scottish father and black Jamaican mother) in this part of the world.
Overtime, the hair of a mulattoes (half-caste) gradually gets to be dreadlocks because their hair is NEVER well combed and well taken care of.

Superstition is very strong in the traditional African mindset and worldview...