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brief question: What is the minimum versus the recommended head wear for a non-Sikh non-Indian adult male to wear at Gurudwara?
I am not Sikh, and although I do respect the ten Sikh Gurus, I am secular. I am a westerner. In my hometown of Greater Vancouver area (BC, Canada) as well as in Southeast Asia I observe the following...
The reason I am asking this is because when in Malacca, Malaysia I attend a yearly festival there, and I want to be properly dressed as I feel silly wearing a handkerchief. Also, I want to visit a Gurudwara on a shaheedi feast day such as one for Arjandev and Hargobind (my interest is more socio-political than religious). I wish to behave respectfully but have no pretenses to be Sikh myself. So, I was thinking of just getting one of those quasi-turbans that are popularly worn by overseas Punjabi Sikhs integrated into Thai society (often they even have Thai wives who convert). There is even the super mini version which is really just fabric cut and with a string to hold it tight. I never saw them for sale and when I asked a Bangkok bizman where he bought them he said he makes them himself in-house.
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brief question: What is the minimum versus the recommended head wear for a non-Sikh non-Indian adult male to wear at Gurudwara?
I am not Sikh, and although I do respect the ten Sikh Gurus, I am secular. I am a westerner. In my hometown of Greater Vancouver area (BC, Canada) as well as in Southeast Asia I observe the following...
The reason I am asking this is because when in Malacca, Malaysia I attend a yearly festival there, and I want to be properly dressed as I feel silly wearing a handkerchief. Also, I want to visit a Gurudwara on a shaheedi feast day such as one for Arjandev and Hargobind (my interest is more socio-political than religious). I wish to behave respectfully but have no pretenses to be Sikh myself. So, I was thinking of just getting one of those quasi-turbans that are popularly worn by overseas Punjabi Sikhs integrated into Thai society (often they even have Thai wives who convert). There is even the super mini version which is really just fabric cut and with a string to hold it tight. I never saw them for sale and when I asked a Bangkok bizman where he bought them he said he makes them himself in-house.